7 6 



Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



branches*, 4-8 inches long ; pinnules 3-4 lines broad, 2 lines deep, 

 the lower edge often falcate, the upper 3-4 times bluntly, not deeply 

 lobed, close together, but not imbricate ; texture very thick, 

 coriaceous ; veins prominent ; sori in a marginal line on the lobes. 

 Hook. Syn. Fil. p. 108. Bedd. F. B. I. i. 166. 

 Malacca, on Mount Ophir. 



§ § Pinnae, equilateral. 



7. Lindsaya Walkers. {Hook.) Rhizome creeping, thicker 

 than a crow's quill, ferruginous with scale-like hairs. Stipes very 

 long, often 1 foot, and as well as the rachis dark purple, glossy ; 

 fronds lanceolate, pinnate, 6 inches to 1 

 long, pinnae 6-9 pairs, with a terminal one, 

 which is sometimes confluent with one or 

 both of the upper pair, coriaceous, sub- 

 opposite, remote, lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, equal, costa central, veins 

 copious, almost parallel with the costa ; 

 sorus marginal, continuous on both sides. 

 Hook. Sp. Fil. i. 209. Syn. Fil. 109. Bedd. 

 F S. I. t. 215. 



Ceylon, Hinidoon Corle in swamps. 

 (Also the island of Banca, east of 

 Sumatra.) 



8. Lindsaya divergens. (Wall.) Rhi- 

 zome creeping; stipes and rachis ebony- 

 black, glossy; fronds lanceolate-pinnate; 

 pinnai approximate, crowded, horizontal- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, subsemihastate at the base, glaucous beneath, the 

 sides equal ; costa central ; veins oblique, once forked, distant, in- 

 ternal, obscure ; sorus marginal and continuous on both edges and 

 at the apex. Hook. Sp. Fil. i. 210; Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. f. 

 226. Bedd. F. B. I. t. 250. Vittaria divergens, Herb. Roxb. Wall. 

 Cat. n. 2 1 9 1 . 

 Malacca. 

 (Also in Borneo.) 



N°33. 



LINDSAYA DIVERGENS. 

 (Wall.) 



