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Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



and up to i foot broad; pinnae numerous f-i| inch apart, 4-8 

 inches long by J-f inch wide, narrowed very gradually from the 

 middle to both ends, the apex being long acuminate, the margins 

 entire or nearly so, texture subcoriaceous, rachis and both sides 

 glabrous, main veins oblique, 1 line apart, areoles 4-5 between the 

 midrib and margin, excurrent venules generally free ; sori oblong, 

 formed of two confluent rounded ones. Wall. Cat. n. 63. Hook. 

 Syn. Jul. 391. Bedd. F. B. I. t. 207. 



Malay Peninsula, Penang and Singapore. 



4. Meniscium cuspida- 

 tum. (Bl.) Stipes 1-2 feet 

 long, stout, naked ; fronds 2- 

 4 feet long, pinnate, pinnae 

 numerous up to about 18 inches 

 long and 3 inches broad, ob- 

 long or elliptic lanceolate, 

 the apex long acuminate or 

 caudate, the margin subentire or 

 crenated, the base gradually or 

 suddenly narrowed, generally 

 somewhat stalked, texture 

 subcoriaceous, rachis and both 

 sides glabrous or slightly pu- 

 bescent ; main veins proaii- 

 'nent, areoles 6-20 between 



MENISCIUM CUSPIDATUM. (Bl.) th& m[dr[h ^ thg margin# 



Bl. En. Pl.Jav. Fil. 114. Hooker, Syn. Ft I. 392. Bedd. F. B. I. t. 

 309. M. longifrons, Wall. Cat. 60. 



North India. The plant figured is the same as Plume's type, 

 with narrower more attenuated pinnae and comparatively few areoles ; 

 it is from Sylhet, 250 feet elevation, and from Jaihtea, Jowye, 4,000 

 feet elevation, it is not common in North India, also inhabits 

 Java and the Philippines. The variety with broader pinnae and about 

 20 areoles (Wallich's type of longifrons) is very common on the 



