408 



Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



(Also in Tropical America, and the West Indies, Africa and its 

 Eastern Islands.) 



6. VlTTARIA SCOLOPENDRINA. 



(Pres/.) Caudex creeping, paleaceous 

 with subulate scales ; fronds linear 

 lanceolate acuminate, membranaceous, 

 gradually attenuated at both ends, 

 16-28 inches long by 1 inch broad, 

 glabrous on both sides, scarcely stipi- 

 tate ; midrib thick ; sori sunk in a 

 furrow within the margin of the upper 

 portion of the fronds, inner margin of 

 the furrow winged, margin of the frond 

 revolute over the fructification diapha- 

 nous or sub : n .'usiate. Haplopteris 

 141. Hook. Syn. Fil. p. 396. 

 Tasniopsis, Bedd. F. S. I. t. 212. 

 Vitt. Zeylanica, Fee. 



Ceylon, southern and cen- 

 tral provinces, on rocks up to 

 3,000 feet elevation ; Himalayas, 

 Sikkim, Assam, Bhotan. 



(Also in New Guinea, Phi- 

 lippines,MalayIslands, Seychelles, 

 and Mozambique.) 



N?240. 

 VlTTARIA SULCATA. 



{Kuhn.) 

 scolopendrina, Fr. Tent. Pter. p 



N9 24-1. 



VlTTARIA SCOLOPENDRINA. {Prcsl.) 



7. VlTTARIA SULCATA. 



{Kuhn.) Rhizome short creep- 

 ing, scales dense lanceolate, pale- 

 brown ; fronds crowded, ligulate, 

 obtuse, sessile, narrowed to the 

 base, 2-4 inches long, -J inch 

 broad ; sori in an intramarginal 

 deep furrow confined to the very 



much thickened upper half of the frond, where the midrib and veins 



