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Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



pinnae give this a very different look to Gardneri or macrophyllum. 

 I have only seen two or three specimens and do not know how far it 

 varies, but should not be surprised if it turned out to be only a 

 variety of macrophyllum. 



(Also in Java and Sumatra.) 



22. Asplenium formosum. (JVilld.) Stipes tufted, very 

 short, naked, polished, dark brown; fronds 12-16 inches long ; pinnae 

 20-31 pair (lower ones generally reduced), sessile, horizontal, | 



inch long, by i-j 



lines deep, the upper edge deeply cut, the 

 apex rather obtuse, the 

 lower edge truncate in a 

 straight line, so that about 

 half the lower side is cut 

 away ; texture herbaceous ; 

 veins obscure, simple or 

 forked ; sori linear-oblong, 

 short, oblique, confined to the 

 lower side, or 1-4 on each side 

 of the midrib. Willd. Sp. PL 

 v. 329. Hook. Syn Fil. p. 

 210. Bedd. F. S. I. t. 136. 



South India, abundant in 

 moist woods at the higher ele- 

 vations on the Nilgiris,Pulneys 

 and Anamallays ; Ceylon, rare. 



N97G f/^. 



ASPLENIUM PARADOXUM. (Bhime.) 



(Also in Tropical America, the West Indies, and Africa, Angola, 

 and Congo.) 



23. Asplenium unilaterale. (Lam.) Stipes scattered slender, 

 naked, dark brown, polished or grey, and opaque, 4-8 inches long ; 

 fronds 6-15 inches long, lanceolate-oblong ; pinnse 10-30 pairs 

 sub-sessile horizontal 1-3 inches long, by |— 1 inch broad, in shape 

 almost dimidiate, two-thirds of the lower side being entirely cut away, 

 the apex acute or bluntish, all except the truncate part incised, the 

 upper half of the base narrowed nearly at a right angle ; texture 

 thinly-herbaceous; rachis usually polished like the stem, or green and 



