Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



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upper pinnules small falcate subentire, the lower ones much pro- 

 duced lanceolate acuminate, the 2-3 basal ones cut about one-third 

 down into falcate lobes, terminal pinnae deeply pinnatifid, lobes 3-6 

 inches, pinnatifid a quarter of the way down to the midrib ; texture 

 moderately firm, surface glabrous above, pubescent on the veins 

 beneath ; veins anastomosing with a few free included veinlets ; sori 

 scattered, small, generally on the netted veins ; indusium variable, 

 reniform, curved, horseshoe-shaped or nearly peltate, persistent. 

 Bedd. Sup. Ferns, t. 364. 



Khasya, 3,000-5,000 feet elevation, below Umwai. 



4. ASPIDIUM SEMIBIPIN- 



nattjm. ( Wall, under Poly- 

 podium}} Stipes 1 foot or 

 more long, pale brown, naked ; 

 fronds 12-18 inches long, 6-9 

 inches broad, terminal pinnas 

 linear-oblong, 6-9 inches long, 

 1 inch broad, entire, narrowed 

 towards both ends, lateral 

 pinnae 4-6 on each side 

 smaller, the lower one or two 

 pairs tripartite ; texture her- 

 baceous; veins inconspicuous, 

 the primary ones lost before 

 they reach the margin, the 

 rest variously anastomosing, 

 the areoles with free included 



• , . • • , ,. , ASriDIUM SUnCONFLUENS. (Bcdd.) 



veinlets; son minute, scattered, v 



confined to the connected veinlets ; indusium reniform and irregular 

 as in the last. Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 59, t. 231. Syn. Fil. 297. Bedd. 

 F. B. /. t. 137. Polypodium semibipinnatum, Wall. Cat. 388. 



Penang ; nearly allied to some forms of polymorphum, but I 

 think sufficiently distinct. 



(Also in Borneo.) 



5. Aspidium suiiTRiPHYLi.uM. (/Took.) Rhizome creeping; 



N?I09. 



ASHDIUM SUnCONFLUENS. 



