i6S Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



not the Madagascar plant of Schlecht. Athyrium pectinatum, Bedd. 

 F. S. I. t. 155 (not Wall.) Athy. nigripes, Bedd. F. S. I. t. 157. 



Madras Presidency, Western Mountains, Nilgiris, common at 

 6,000-8,000 feet. Pulneys, Tinnevelly Mountains; Ceylon at 

 Newera Elya, and Maturatte, &c. 



9. Athyrium gymnogrammoides. (A7.) Fronds large, 5-6 

 feet long, bi-tripinnate, primary pinnae 12-16 inches long, oblong- 

 lanceolate, secondary pinna; up to 4! inches long, by i-§- inch broad, 

 either deeply pinnatifid to a winged rachis, or pinnate, the wing being 

 obsolete ; ultimate segment oblong, lobed one-third of the way down ; 

 sori near the midrib. Mett. Aspl. p. 193, t. 6, fig. 13-14. Bedd. 

 F S. I. t. 156. Thw. En. PL Zey. p. 385. 



Ceylon, central provinces 5,000-6,000 feet, nearly allied to 

 selenopteris. Mr. Baker includes this under nigripes, but it is not 

 very near the Himalayan plant. 



Var. /3 erythrorachis. (Bedd.) The naked stipes and 

 rachis deeply channelled, bright purple ; fronds deltoid, much 

 smaller than the type, 6-10 inches long, without the stipe, lowest 

 pinna; 3-4 inches long, the partial rachis channelled and winged 

 on the upper side, the pinnules petiolate, •§ inch long, auricled at 

 the superior base and somewhat pinnatifid at the inferior base, 

 crenate or subentire above, veins pinnate and forked terminating 

 within the margin ; sori asplenioid (never double), a few more or 

 less curved. Bedd. Sup. Ferns, p. 12. Athy. nigripes, Thw. En. 

 PI. Zey. p. 3S4. 



Ceylon, about Newera Elya. 



This is probably a distinct species, it is included in the Kew 

 bundle of nigripes, but is nearer to the Nilgiri selenopteris, some 

 specimens of which are also in the Kew packet of nigripes, whilst 

 others exactly similar are placed with the South African aspidioides. 

 Mr. Thwaites has also referred it to nigripes, but he may not have 

 seen the Himalayan plant. 



10. Athyrium Filix-fcemina. (Bem/i.) Fronds 1-4 feet, lan- 

 ceolate, narrowed at both ends, membranaceous, green, bi-pinnate; 



