4rB 



PERN'S OF 3RITISH INDIA AND 'CEY'LfCTN.. 



thickened ; veins prominent, apices thickly clavate, and not reaching 

 the margin. Sw. in Schrad. Journ. Elaph. daurifolium, Bedd. 

 K S. I.t. 200. 



South India, Nilgiris, and Anamallays, at the higher elevations, 

 rare compared with conforme ; Ceylon, in central provinces ; (not in 

 North India.) 



(Also in Cuba and Tropical America.) 



3. Elaphoglossum Norrisii. {Hook.) Rhizome stout, 



woody, the scales long, linear 5 

 dull-brown ; barren frond sessile, 

 or nearly so, tufted, 12-18 inches 

 long, f-i inch broad, the point 

 blunt, the lower half narrowed 

 very gradually, texture coriaceous, 

 both sides nearly naked ; veins 

 immersed, indistinct; fertile frond 

 much narrower than the other. 

 Hook. Sp. v. p. 215. Syn. Fil. 

 p. 401. 



Penang. 



4. Elaphoglossum stigma- 

 tolepis. {Fee.) Rhizome stout, 

 woody, creeping, the scales dense 

 reddish-brown, long linear lan- 

 ceolate, hair-pointed, not jagged 

 on the margin, scales of the stipe 

 like those of the rhizome, not 

 sheathing, very dense towards the base ; barren fronds lanceolate, 

 8-12 inches long, f-i inch broad, acute, narrowed very gradually 

 towards the base into a stipe 1-3 inches long, texture coriaceous as 

 in the last two, upper surface naked, lower thickly scattered over 

 with small scales ; veins apparent, fine, close, forked, or more rarely 

 simple, fertile fronds smaller, contracted and on longer stipes. Fee, 

 2me Mem. Foug. t. 25. Bedd. F S. I.t. 199. Hook. Syn. Fil. p. 521. 



ELAPHOGLOSSUM LATIFOLIUM. (57i\) 



