66 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



secondary pinnae lanceolate-linear, very finely caudate, cut down 

 nearly to the rachis into ovate acuminate, unequal sided toothed 

 lobes; sori submarginal, one to each of the lower sinuses of the 

 lobes. Hook. Syn. Fil. p. 99, not of Wallich or Bedd. Clarke, F. N. 

 I. t. 50. 



Bhotan (allied to M. platyphylla). 



5. Microlepia platyphylla. (Don.) Rhizome creeping, stout, 

 scaly; stipes 2-3 feet long, firm erect; frond 3-4 feet long, tri- 

 pinnatifid ; lower pinnae 12-15 inches long, 6-9 inches broad, 

 lanceolate with distant linear-lanceolate pinnules, which are cut 

 nearly to the wavy rachis below, into broad, bluntish toothed, oblong- 

 deltoid lobes ; texture coriaceous when adult, glabrous and shining 

 on both surfaces, but when young more or less membranaceous and 

 hairy; sori 2-12 to a segment, placed one in each tooth, a short 

 distance from the edge, about a line across. Don. Fl. Prod. Nep. 

 10. Hook. Syn. Fil. p. 99. Bedd. F. S. I. t. 13. 



Madras Presidency, throughout the Western mountains, up to 

 nearly 6,000 feet; Ceylon; Himalayas, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhotan 

 3,000-5,500 feet elevation ; Khasya. 



6. Microlepia Kurzii. (Clarke.) Fronds large tripinnatifid ; 

 pinnae as in platyphylla, with linear-lanceolate pinnules, which are cut 

 down to its rachis (which is not wavy, or only slightly so towards the 

 apex) below into triangular subobtuse or lanceolate-caudate lobes, 

 which are bluntly serrate ; texture not so coriaceous as in platy- 

 phylla, uniformly pubescent beneath, even when adult ; venation 

 much less prominent than in platyphylla; involucres finely ciliated 

 round the margin. Clarke F. N. I. p. 446. 



Birma. 



This is very like platyphylla, arid may turn out to be only a 

 variety of it. I have only seen one specimen. 



7. Microlepia majuscula. (Lowe.) Rhizome creeping, tomen- 

 tose; stipe 6-12 inches long, erect naked ; fronds up to 3 feet long 

 lanceolate-deltoid, tripinnatifid; lower pinnae 9-12 inches long, 3-4 

 inches broad, lanceolate; pinnules lanceolate acuminate, cut down 



