222 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



beneath ; principal veins tolerably conspicuous to the margin, others 

 copiously netted with often free included veinlets (there are no 

 prominent cross veins forming large well-defined areoles as in some of 

 the species, and the free veinlets are often few only) ; sori rather large, 

 in two rows between the main veins, on the netted veins (compital) 

 or at the apex of the free veinlets ; indusium reniform or peltate. 

 Sivartz. Mett. Farngatt. Pheg. and Asp. 117. Hook. Syn. Fil. 299. 

 Sagenia coadunata (Wall.), Bedd. F. S. I. t. 81. and t. 170 (variolosa). 



Throughout the Indian region, from the plains up to 5,000 feet. 

 In South India (both Eastern and Western sides), the more hairy 

 variety known as coadunata only is found, but in Northern India 

 the glabrous variety is also common. 



(Also in the tropics throughout the globe.) 



12. Aspidium MULTicAUDATUM. {Wall.) Stipes 1-3 feet, 

 often densely clothed nearly its whole length with linear-subulate 

 brown persistent scales ; fronds 3-4 feet long, with a large terminal 

 pinna deeply pinnatifid, lobes lanceolate acuminate, and several 

 pinna? on each side, the lowest deltoid 1 foot or more long and 

 nearly as broad, deeply pinnatifid above and pinnate below ; texture 

 firm herbaceous, rachises beneath rusty ; main veins distinct to 

 the margin, areoles with free included veinlets ; sori rather large in 

 two rows between the principal veins, or more numerous and scat- 

 tered, generally at the apex of free veinlets, rarely on the netted 

 veins (compital). Wall, in Herb. Nephrodium Griffithii (Baker), 

 Hook. Syn. Fil. 300. Sagenia Griffithii, Bedd. F B. I. t. 337. 



Khasya Hills, South side up to 1,000 feet elevation. Birma ; 

 Aspidium? t. 118, F. S. /., is probably this species, or at least 

 closely allied, it has twice been gathered in the Anamallay forests, 

 but young fronds without fructification. 



In the Synopsis Filicum Sagenia is kept up as a section of Ne- 

 phrodium for all species supposed to have a reniform indusium, and 

 Euaspidiumas a section of Aspidium for those with an orbicular 

 indusium, the result of this has been that allied species like repan- 

 dum and polymorphum (probably one and the same plant) and 

 membranaceum and (Trimeni) giganteum (closely allied if not 



