344 



Ferns of British India and Ceylon, 



I have seen no specimen from South India, but without critical 

 examination it might be passed by in the field or in the herbarium 

 as quercifolia. 



Drynaria rigidula 



Rhizome stout creeping, the 

 the scales fibrillose dark-brown, 

 fronds dimorphous, the barren 

 ones sessile, 6-9 inches long, 

 rarely more, 3-4 inches broad, 

 cut down ^— I towards the 

 rachis into blunt lobes, or rarely 

 quite pinnate at the apex, the 

 fertile 2-4 feet long, 12-18 

 inches broad, long-stalked pin- 

 nate, pinnse one inch or more 

 apart, narrowed or stalked at 

 the base, 6-12 inches long, 

 i-f inch broad, the point acu- 

 minate, the edge more or less 

 deeply incised, crenate, tex- 

 ture rather coriaceous ; rachis 

 N°I92. and both surfaces naked, 



drynaria rigidula. (Sw.) ma in veins not distinct to the 



edge, areoles copious, free veinlets few ; sori immersed in a single 



row half-way between the edge and midrib. S.-w. Syn. Fil. 230. 



Hook. Syn. Fil. 368. Drynaria diversifolia {R. Br.), Hook. Sp. Fil. 



v. 98. Bedd. F. S. I. t. 314. 

 Malacca. 

 (Also in tropical Australia, Malay Islands, the tropical Pacific 



Islands.) 



GENUS LXV.— PLEOPELTIS. {H. &> B.) - 



(Pleos, full; peltis, shield — the sori often furnished with round scales.) 



Veins copiously anastomosing, forming copious irregular areoles, 

 with generally free included veinlets spreading in various directions, 



