Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 135 



GENUS XXXVII.— WOODWARDIA. (Smith.) 



(In honour of T. J. Woodward, an English Botanist.) 



Sori linear or linear-oblong, sunk in cavities of the frond, placed 

 in single rows parallel with and contiguous to the midribs of the 

 pinna? and pinnules ; indusium sub-coriaceous, the same shape as 

 the sorus, closing over the cavity like a lid ; veins forming a series of 

 costal arches ; the rest free or anastomosing ; fronds ample and bi- 

 pinnatifid. 



1. Woodwardia radicans. (Smith.) Stipes elongate, with 

 large lanceolate acuminate paleaceous scales at the base ; fronds 

 ample, pinnate, subcoriaceous ; pinna? distant, often a foot or more 

 long, petiolate, deeply pinnatifid broad-lanceolate acuminate ; 

 laciniae ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, subfalcate, spinulose-serrate to- 

 wards the apex ; veins reticulate towards the main costa (of the 

 pinnae), a single series of areoles outside of the sori thence free to 

 the margin ; sori parallel with and near to the costule, short oblong, 

 sunk in the cavity of the sorus, which has an elevated margin ; in- 

 volucre vaulted coriaceous ; rachis here and there producing large 

 scaly germinating gemma? at the base of some of the pinna?. 

 Smith, Act. Tau?\ v. p. 4-12. Hook. Sp. Fit. iii. 66. Syn. Fil. 138. 

 Bedd. F. B. I. t. 88. 



Himalayas, from Kashmir to Bhotan, 3,000-8,000 feet elevation; 

 common in Khasya, 4,000-5,000 feet. 



(Also in Java, S. Europe, Macaronesia, California and Mexico.) 



GENUS XXXVIIL— DOODIA. (R. Br.) 



(In honour of Samuel Doody, a British cryptogamist.) 



Sori oblong or sub-lunulate, in one or more series, arranged 

 transversely with the veins forming areoles which are superficial, not 

 sunk ; involucres membranaceous, of the same form as the sori, 

 opening towards the costa and lying parallel with it ; veins uniform, the 



