Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



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broad, recurved, rounded, the upper margin with broad, shallow lobes, 

 texture thin pellucid-herbaceous ; veins anastomosing in the upper 

 portion of the pinnules ; sori marginal in the lobes, the inner valve 

 of the involucre narrow and membranous, the edge of the frond 

 produced beyond it, and scarcely altered. Hook. Syn. Fil. p. in. 

 S. recurvata (Wall.), Bedd. F. S. I. t. 27. L. nitens, Blume. 



Malabar and Travancore Mountains, Ceylon. 



(Also in Queensland and the Polynesian Islands.) 



Var. ft malabarica. (Bedd.) Fronds always simply pinnate ; 

 rachis tetragonous ; pinnules erect, not recurved, upper margin more 

 deeply lobed ; veins less anastomosing. Bedd. F. B. I. t. 268. 



Perhaps a distinct species. 



Malabar and South Canara. 



2. SCHIZOLOMA DAVALLIOIDES. (Bl.) 



Rhizome short-creeping; stipes 6-12 inches 

 long, firm, erect ; fronds pinnate, pinnae 

 2-3 pairs, erect-patent, 4-8 inches long, 

 pinnules 4-6 lines long, 2-3 lines broad, 

 the lower margin straight or slightly curved, 

 the upper with 4-6 regular rounded but not 

 deep lobes, texture pellucid-herbaceous ; 

 veins anastomosing at the base of the 

 lobes ; sori marginal in the lobes. Hook. 

 Syn. Fil. p. in. Bedd. F B. I. t. 141. 

 (Closely allied to lobata.) 



Malacca. 



(Also in the Malay Islands.) 



3. Schizolomacordata. ( Gaud) Rhizome short-creeping ; stipe 

 3-6 inches long, slender, erect, wiry ; barren frond 2-3 inches long, 

 1-1 \ inch broad, cordate-oblong, quite entire, fertile one 3-6 inches 

 long, linear entire or forked ; texture coriaceous ; sori in a continuous 

 marginal line; veins anastomosing. Hook. Sp. i. p. 219, /. 66 A. ; 

 Syn. Ml. p. 111. Bedd. F. />'. I. i. 299. 



Malay Peninsula. 



SCHIZOLOMA CORDATA. 

 ( Gaud. ) 



