Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



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base, the margin entire or slightly undulated, texture herbaceous to 

 subcoriaceous, both sides more or less clothed with long hairs ; veins 

 more or less immersed, forked ; sori often mixed with copious hairs, 

 round or linear, at the apex of the superior veinlet forming a single 

 row on each side of the costa. Hook, Syn. Ml. p. 319. Bedd. 

 F. S. I. t. 165. P. mediale (Baker), Hook. Syn. Ml. p. 507. 



South India, common on the Nilgiris and other Western moun- 

 tains at the highest elevations ; Ceylon. (This includes P. mediale of 

 Baker, the sori often being linear and globose on different fronds 

 of the same plant, as in 

 my figure quoted above). 

 Mr. Wall sends some 

 specimens from Ceylon 

 with a creeping root, 

 but I never saw it creep- 

 ing in the Nilgiri plant. 



2. POLVPODIU.M 

 SUBEVENOSUM. (Baker.) 

 Stipes tufted, very short, 

 black wiry ; fronds 3-4 

 inches long, •§■ inch 

 broad, ligulate, the point 

 bluntish, the lower part 

 narrowed very gradually, 

 the edge slightly repand, 

 texture subcoriaceous, 

 colour bright green, the 

 rachis black, slightly fur- 



furaceous below ; veins polypodium parasiticum. (Mett.) 



simple, very short and indistinct ; sori round, tending slightly to- 

 wards oblong, in a long row on each side close to the midrib. Hook. 

 Syn. Ml. p. 320. Bedd. F. B. I. t. 323. 



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POLYPODIUM PARASITICUM. 



3. Polypodium ZEYLANICUM. (Met t.) Rhizome strong, wide- 



