420 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 

 South India, Nilgiris, and Palghat Hills. 



5. Elaphoglossum viscosum. (Sw.) Rhizome woody, creep- 

 ing, the scales bright-brown, narrow, linear, hair-pointed ; sterile 

 fronds linear-lanceolate, 6-9 inches long, by f-f inch broad, narrowed 

 gradually at both ends, densely covered on the under surface with 

 stellate pubescence, glabrous above, at least in age, its stipe 2-3 

 inches, scaly and with stellate pubescence ; veins apparent, their clavate 

 apices well within the margin, generally once forked, rarely the forks 

 again forked, fertile fronds contracted and on a longer stipe. Sw. 

 Syn. Fil. 10, 193. Bedd. F. S. I. t. 196. E. stelligerum, Wall. 

 Cat. 2167. 



South India, Western mountains, Anamallays 4,000 feet, on 

 rocks up the Toracadu River, Coorg, Travancore ; North India, 

 Sikkim and Nepal, 6,000-8,000 feet elevation, Khasya, 4,000-6,000 

 feet. (It has been proposed to separate the South Indian plant from 

 the Himalayan under the name of stelligerum, but I cannot dis- 

 tinguish them.) 



(Also in Tropical America ; Tropical Africa, and its eastern 

 islands ; and the Malay Islands.) 



6. Elaphoglossum squamosum. (Sw.) Rhizome short creep- 

 ing, scaly ; the scales black margined and ciliate ; stipes 1-2 inches 

 long, very scaly, fronds linear-lanceolate obtuse, gradually attenuated 

 at the base, 4-12 inches long, \-\ inch broad, densely covered on 

 both sides with velvety ciliated scales, fertile fronds often not con- 

 tracted, texture flaccid ; veins hidden, simple or forked. Sw. in 

 Schrad. Journ. 1800, ii. p. 11. Bedd. F. S. I. t. 197. 



South India, Nilgiris, Anamallays, Travancore hills, 3,000-4,000 

 feet elevation, not common; Ceylon, central provinces. 



(Also in Tropical America and West Indies ; Sumatra ; Sandwich 

 Islands ; Mascareen Islands ; Guinea Coast ; Madeira and Azores.) 



7. Elaphoglossum spathulatum. (Sw.) Rhizome short, creep- 

 ing, densely scaly, furnished with numerous wiry roots ; stipes 2-4 



