262 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



but the lobes of the sinus often overlapping, so that it appears to 

 be circular ; fertile portions of the frond often much contracted, 

 and fronds often only partially seeding. C/arke, F N. I. p. 526. 



Himalayas, Sikkim, and Bhotan, 4,000-7,000 feet, very abun- 

 dant between Darjeeling and Surail ; Khasya, 3,000-5,000 feet. 



Mr. Clarke says that it seeds but rarely, and then usually only 

 very partially, this is an error, as I found many clumps near Dar- 

 jeeling (end of November) with most of the fronds entirely covered 

 with seed, and not in the least contracted. I had written out a full 

 description, believing this to be a distinct species from dissecta, 

 differing in having copious multicellular hairs beneath, the South 

 Indian plant being glabrous ; I have, however, since seen Ceylon 

 specimens in the British Museum which have similar hairs beneath, 

 so I can now only regard it as a variety ; it only diners in its larger 

 size, and in being more compound, and in the ultimate segments 

 being more entire. 



41. Lastrea splendens. (Hook.) Stipes 2-3 feet long, stout, 

 polished bright chestnut coloured and scaly, as is the main rachis ; 

 fronds long-lanceolate up to 4 feet, by about i\ broad, bipinnate, 

 primary pinnae narrow lanceolate, about 2 inches broad, and nearly 

 the same breadth throughout ; secondary pinna? 20-30 pairs, about 

 i inch broad, lanceolate-oblong, rounded at the apex, cut about 

 one-third towards the rachis into small lobes, the upper basal one 

 being generally rather larger than the others, all more or less serrated ; 

 texture subcoriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, or slightly scaly 

 beneath ; rachis of primary pinnae deeply channelled above, and 

 winged upwards glabrous above, often scaly beneath; veinlets pinnate 

 or forked, not reaching the margins ; sori well below the middle of 

 upper veinlet, forming a row on each side of the pinnule near the 

 costa. Hook. Syn. Fit. 282. Bedd. F. B. I. t. 42. 



Sikkim and Bhotan, 6,000-7,000 feet elevation ; Malay 

 Peninsula. 



42. Lastrea angustifrons. (Moore.) Rhizome wide-creep- 

 ing ; stipes 1-2 feet long, ebeneous, deciduously scaly ; fronds 2 feet 



