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8. A RADIATUM. A beautiful small Fern, like a miniature 

 Palm ; found growing in the chinks of old walls and rocks, Deccan 

 (vide Graham, p 254). 



PTERIS, Linn. A general Greek name for the Fern Tribe. 



9. P AQUILINA(?), Willd. Spr. 5, p 402; Moris. Hist. 9, S. 14, 

 t. 4, /. 3 ; Blackwell t. 325. The common Brake, or Bracken. 

 Grows in great abundance at Mahableshwur. 



10. P FARINOSA, Willd. Spr. 5, p 397 ; Vahls. Sym. 3, t. 75. 

 A small fern, fronds white beneath. The banks of the Yeena, 

 Mahableshwur; the ravines at Kandalla. 



BLECHNUM, Linn. Blechnon, Greek name for a fern. 



11. B ORIENTALS, Willd. Spr. 10, p 407. 



ASP1DIUM, Swartz. From aspis, a little buckler, referring 

 to the form of the indusium. 



12. A SPLENDENS, Spr. syst. 4, p 100; Polypodium punctula- 

 tum, Lam. Encycl. 5, p 553 ; Arana panna, Rheed. Mai. 12, t. 3 1 . 

 Grows in moist, shady ravines on the Ghauts. 



13. A PARASITICUM, Willd. Spr. 5, p 246 ; Kariwelli panna 

 maravara, Rheed. Mai. 12, t. 17. Parasitic; fronds pinnate. The 

 Ghauts. 



AD1ANTUM, Linn. From adiantos, dry, referring to the 

 nature of its stems. 



14. A LUNULATUM, Spr. syst. 4, p 110; Pteris lunalata, Vahl. 

 Rheed. Mai. 12, t. 40. The common Indian Maiden Hair. Ap- 

 pears in the rains on old walls, &c. The natives use a decoction 

 of the plant to allay coughs, &c. This is the genus from which 

 the Sirop-de-Capillaire is manufactured. 



CHEILANTHES, Swz. From cheilos, lip ; anthos, flower ; 

 alluding to the form of the indusium. 



15. C TENUIFOLIA, Spr. syst. 4, p 117; Trichomanes tenui- 

 folia; Burm. Rumph. Amb. 6, t. 34, /. 2. 



ALLANTODEA, R. Br. From allantos, a sausage; resem- 

 blance in the form of the indusia, or membranaceous involucre. 



16. A BRUNONIANA, Wall. PI. Asiat. rar. 1, t. 52. Moist 

 places on Mahableshwur. 



SPH^ROPTERIS, Wall. From the spherical form of the 

 indusium inclosing the sori. 



17. S BARBATA, Wall. PI. Asiat. rar. 1 to 48. A fern with 

 scales on the stem ; jungles at Parr. 



OSMUND A, Linn. From Osmunder, a Celtic divinity. 



18. O (?) sp. A very beautiful species, growing common 



in the bed of the Yeena, at M ahableshwur. 



LYGODIUM, Swartz. From lygos, a band, in allusion to the 

 twining habit of the species. 



