332 



Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



N?I8I. 



NIPHOBOLUS GARDNERI. 



[Mett. 



ing, the younger portions densely ferrugineous-paleaceous ; stipes 

 approximate, arising from a scaly branch of the caudex, 2-4 inches 

 long ; fronds about a foot long, carnose-coriaceous lanceolate, ob- 

 tusely acuminate, gradually atten- 

 uated upon the stipes, densely 

 clothed with a very compact firm 

 sub-furfuraceous mass of whitish 

 or ferruginous stellated tomentum, 

 costa and primary veins or cos- 

 tules slightly elevated beneath, 

 venation of Campyloneurum, 

 secondary transverse veins more 

 obscure, areoles about 7 between 

 the main costa and margin, each including 2-4 veinlets, which are 

 generally simple with a clavate apex, rarely forked and rarely 

 anastomosing with adjoining veinlets ; sori superficial (not sunk) in 



3-4 series, parallel with the cos- 

 tules and 10-12 transverse series 

 between the costa and the margin. 

 Met ten. Poly pod. p. 129. Hook. 

 Sp. Fit. v. 51. Bedd. F. S. I. 

 t. 241. 



Ceylon, rocks and trees in 

 central and southern provinces up 

 to 3,000 feet ; South India, Ana- 

 mallay Hills, 5,000 feet elevation. 



II. NlPHOBOLUS PENANGI- 



anus. {Hook.) Rhizome short- 

 creeping ; stipes scarcely any ; 

 fronds submembranaceous, i\ 

 foot and more long, 2 finches wide, 

 {Hook.) oblanceolate finely acuminate, the 

 base much and gradually attenuated, sessile, the margin irregularly 

 sinuated, glabrous above (at least in maturity), beneath thinly 

 clothed with fuscous stellated hairs, venation internal, but manifest 



N°I82 

 NIPHOBOLUS PENANGIANUS 



