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ORDER 165. FILICES. 
Tue Fern Trise. Lind. Nat. syst. 312. Cryptogamia. 
798. ACROSTICHUM. t. 
From akros—highest—stichos—order: referring to the lines on the back 
of the fronds, resembling the first lines of a poetry. 
1762. A. ————? 
“Asmall fern 4 or 5 inches high, frond simple. Rheede’s fig. 10. vol. 12. 
may perhaps be referred to it. 
799. POLYPODIUM.L. 
From polys—many —-pous—a foot: in allusion to the number of roots. 
1763. P. Querctrotium. Spr. Syst. 4. p. 49, P. indicum. Rumph. Amb. 
6, t. 36. Panna Keleago marano, Rheed. Mal. 12, ¢. 11. Moris. Hist. 3. S. 
14. ¢t. 1. f. 18. 
Ae ee Polypedium. Parasitic on the roots of trees. 
Nagotua, Salsette, both Concans. S.M. Country. Mr, Law. 
This remarkable fera has a wide range, specimens were brought from 
Torres’ Straits by Lieutenant Kempthorne, I. N. 
1764. P. TaxiroLium. Spr: syst. 4. p. 50. Rheed. Mal. 12. ¢. 12. and 13. 
Both Concans. 
1765, P. Apnascens. Willd. Spec. 5. p. 145. 
Niphobolus adnascens. Spr. syst. Maletta mala maravara, Rheed: Mal. 
12. ¢. 29. Parasitic. Concans. 
s00. LOMARIA, W. 
From Loma—an edge; in allusion to the position of the indusia, the mem- 
branous coverings, ; 
1766. L. Scaypens. Willd. Spr.5. p. 293. Lonchitis volubilis. Rumph. 
Amb. 6. ¢. 31. Burm. Zey. ¢. 46. Panna-valli, Rheed. Mal. 12. ¢. 3d. 
Scandent, fronds pinnate. The Ghauts and Concans. 
801. ASPLENIUM. L. 
From a—privative—splen--the spleen; thought to be a remedy for dis- 
eases of the spleen. 
1767. A. Fatcatum. Willd. Spr. 5. t. p. 325. Nellapana maravara. 
Rheed. Mal. 12. ¢. 18. Burm. Zey. t. 43. Concans. 
1768, A. AmBicuuM. Willd. Spr. 5. p. 343. Parapanna maravara. Rheed, 
Mal. [2. ¢. 15. Rumph. Amb, 6. ¢. 29. Diplazium Malabaricum, Spr. Ma- 
bleshwur. 
802. PTERIS. L. 
A general Greek name for the fern tribe. 
1769. P. Aaquitina? Willd. Spr. 5. p. 402. Moris. Hist. 9. S, 14. ¢. 4. f, 
3. Blackwell, t. 325. The common Brake, or Bracken, 
The heath this night must be my bed, 
The Bracken curtain for my head, 
My lullaby the warder’s tread, 
Far, far from love and thee, Mary. 
: Lady of the Lake, 
Grows in great abundance at Mableshwur. 
1770. P. Farinosa, Willd. Spr. 5 p. 397. Vahls. Symbols. 3, ¢. 75. 
A small fern, fronds white beneath, The banks of the Yena, Maha- 
bleshwur. The rayines at Kandalla, 
