Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



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inches long and 3 inches broad, simply pinnate, often elongated and 

 rooting at the apex ; pinnae subdimidiate, the lower edge nearly in a 

 line or oblique with the petiole, the upper edge rounded and like the 

 bluntly-rounded sides usually more or less lobed ; petioles of the 

 lower ones spreading |—f inch long, texture herbaceous ; the rachis 

 and both surfaces naked ; sori in continuous lines along the edge 

 Burm. Fl. Ind. p. 235. Hook. Syn. Fil. p. 114. Bedd. F. S.I. 1. 1. 



Throughout Northern India in moist places ; South India, very 

 general on the western side in the plains and lower slopes of the 

 hills ; Ceylon ; Birma. 



(Also in the tropics of nearly the whole world.) 



Var. /3 Mettenii. (Kuhn.) 

 Stipes and rachis winged, not 

 polished, petioles winged, very short, 

 otherwise as in lunulatum (type). 

 Kuhn, Fil. Af. p. 65. Bedd. Ferns 

 Suppl. t. 354. A. pteropus, R. Br. 



Travancore Mountains, in dense 

 evergreen forests between Cour- 

 tallum and Quilon, 1,000-2,000 feet. 

 Perhaps a distinct species. 

 (Also in Tropical Africa.) 



3. Adiantum caudatum. (Z.) 

 Stipes 2-4 inches long, tufted, wiry, 

 spreading, dark chestnut-brown, 

 tomentose ; fronds 6-12 inches long, 

 simply pinnate, often elongated and 

 rooting at the extremity, pinnse \-% inch long, \ inch deep, di- 

 midiate, nearly sessile, the lower line straight and horizontal, the 

 upper rounded, more or less cut, often deeply and repeatedly, the 

 point usually blunt, the lower ones slightly stalked ; texture cori- 

 aceous ; the veins prominent ; the rachis and both surfaces of the 

 frond villose ; sori roundish or transversely oblong on the edge of 

 the lobes. Hook. Syn. Fil. p. 115. Jkdd. F. />'. J. I. 2. 



N0.43. 

 ADIANTUM lunulatum. 

 var. mettenii. {Kuhn.) 



