Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



;6i 



areoles, within which the sori have their origin, a second series of 



smaller areoles is formed nearer the margin, and these and the rest 



of the frond are filled up with a net-work of smaller irregular areoles, 



including free simple or forked veinlets which have clavate apices ; 



sori small not very numerous, 1-3 in each large areole, compital 



upon the secondary veins 



of the primary areole, often 



confluent into transverse, 



oblong or linear (grammi- 



toid) sori. Bl.Fl. Jem. Fil. 



16S, /. 76.. Polypodium tri- 



dactylon, Wall. Cat. n. 315. 



Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 75. Hook. 



et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 209. 



Bedd. F. B. T.t. 11. 



North India, Sikkim 

 and Bhotan, 1,000-4,000 

 feet elevation ; Khasya from 

 no elevation up to 4,000 

 feet, in the plains atMymen- 

 singh, Chittagong, plains 

 up to 1,000 feet: Malay 

 Peninsula. 



(Also in the Philip- 

 pines and South China.) 



Var. minor. Fronds 

 always small and simple 

 3 4 inches long, by |-| 

 inch broad, never lobed. 

 Bedd. F. .V. /. /. 179. 



South India, AnamaHays and Polampatty Valley, 3,000-4,000 

 feet elevation, in rivers on rocks under water, fructifying when the 

 water subsides after the rainy season ; Ceylon. This may not be 

 entitled to r;mk as a permanent variety, as Mr. Clarke snys the North 



N?204. 

 PLEOPELTIS l'TKROI'US. 



VAR. MINOR. 



