FLORA OF MaTHERAN AND MAHABLESBWAE. 



431 



Natural Order, 



Genus and Species. 



101. Pilices (Ferna).® 

 Sub-order — ■ 

 Polypodiapoae ...... 



Leucoategiaimmersa, WoJl 

 ,, pulchra, Don. 



Schizoloma 



Adiantutn 



ensifolia, 



Swartz. 



lunulatum, 



Burm. 



Vernacwlar or E-ngiisli 

 name, use, habitat, &c., 



„ oapillus veneris, 

 Hook. 



Cheilantliea far i n o s a, 

 Kaulf. 



Pteris longifolia, Linn. ... 



„ pellucida, Presl. ... 



„ quadriaurita, i2eis... 



,, aquilina, Linn. 



Campteria biaurita, Linn 



Blechnum orientale, Linn, 



Asplenium lunulatum j-yar, 



trapeziforme, Roxh. 



„ falcatum. Lam. 



„ laciniatum, Wall 



Athyrium fllis-foemina, 



var. fiabellulata, Clarke, 



, , gymnogrammoides, 



Kl. 



Anisogonium esculen- 



tum, Presl. 



On trees and banks at 

 Bombay Point (Fair- 

 bank). 



On trees. 



Hansraj, Rajhans, ?, e,, 

 " Goose-foot " fern, 

 Maidenhair fern. 



On wet rocks, near Pan ch" 

 gani (Cooke). 



Patkuri. Silver fern. Com- 

 mon everywhere on the 

 two Hills, The "Copper- 

 fern" variety is found 

 at Pertabgarh (Fair- 

 bank). 



In the Konkan, below 

 Mahableshwar (Fair- 

 bank). 



Netsa. Brake fern. 



At Kas (Fairbank). 



Lady fern. 



Common on the Yenttaj 

 Mahableshwar, 



♦Ferns have nsaally a simple or branched creeping rhizome; less often an erect 

 simple, woody stem, as in, the tree-ferns. The rhizome or stem dies off slowly at its lower 

 end or becomes iiguiiicu. \«. ;r:^~"'S JBenuett, p 308.) 



The ferns in this list are arranged in the oruc<.~",:;^t::? '•T>nol, Beddome's Hand-boot- 

 of the ferns of British India. 



