Ferns of British India and Ceylon. $7 



stalked, proceeding from the base of the sinus, the mouth spreading 

 and much dilated. Hook. Syn. Fil. p. 73. T. Henzaiense, Bedd. 

 F B. I. t. 1S3. 



Tenasserim, Andamans, Ceylon. 



(Also in Borneo and New Caledonia.) 



2. Trichomanes exiguum. {Bedd. wider Hymenophyllum.) 

 Rhizome wide-creeping ; stipe very short ; frond \ to \ inch linear- 

 oblong, narrowed at the base, blunt repand, rarely somewhat 

 pinnatifid ; veins pinnate from a central costa, simple or forked, 

 spurious venules few but nearly as prominent as the veins, not 

 reaching the costa, and often not touching the margin ; involucre 

 solitar) 7 , terminal, the base sunk in the frond ; valves entire, large 

 and spreading ; receptacle exserted or included. Bedd. F. B. I. 



t ■? 



275. Hook. Syn. Fil. p. 464. 



Wynaad and Coorg, 3,000-4,000 feet ; Ceylon. 



3. Trichomanes neilgherrense. {Bedd.) Rhizome creeping 

 more or less tomentose ; stipe 3-6 lines long, glabrous Or tomentose, 

 fronds glabrous, very small up to 1 inch long, ovate to elliptic lan- 

 ceolate or linear, entire or somewhat lobed ; veins from a more or 

 less distinct central costa, spurious venules numerous, a marginal 

 band generally present ; involucres terminal, 1-2 sunk in the frond, 

 the mouth exserted, more or less two-lipped ; receptacles exserted. 

 Bedd. F S. J. t. 6. Hook. Syn. Fil. p. 74. 



Nilgiris, abundant about Walaghat, 3,000-4,000 feet ; Anamal- 

 lay hills, Tinnevelly and Travancore hills ; Ceylon, central provinces. 



4. Trichomanes Henzaianum. {Parish.) Rhizome creeping, 

 tomentose; stipe from obsolete up to h inch long; frond £-■ | 

 inch each way, very thin, orbicular to obovate-cuneate, more or less 

 lobed, central costa present or often obsolete, except towards the 



, above which it branches off into veins; veins prominent and 



distinct, spurious venules copious, marginal band absent or incon- 



:ous; involucres 1-6 sunk in the frond ; the mouth two-lipped. 



