Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 427 



Hook. Sp. Fil. p. 252. Bcdd. F. B. I. t. no, and in right 

 hand top fig. 



Tenasseriuij Khasya; Jeypore Hills, West of Vizagapatam. 

 This variety can at once be distinguished by the much rr.ore deeply 

 pinnatifid pinnae, and by its costu^te ma : n veins, but the bipinnate 

 character is not so constant; some specimens from Birma (vide Bedd. 

 F. B. I. t. no) have the lowest pinnae deeply bipinnate in both 

 sterile and fertile; and some specimens from Khasya and Jeypoie 

 are only slightly bipinnate in the sterile only, whilst other specimens 

 from Birma have the lowest pinnae quite unchanged (vide Bedd. 

 F. B. I. t. in, right-hand top figure.) 



Var. I subintegra. Pinnae almost entire, of a very dull 

 colour and more coriaceous than in the type, not at all or very 

 slightly auricled at the superior base, and the inferior base rounded 

 and not at all unequal. Bedd. F. B. I. t. in, left-hand top fig. 



Birma only. 



GENUS LXXXIV.— ACONIOPTERIS. (Brest.) 



(Ahon, a point, and p ten's ; the veins forming pointed angles near the 



margin.) 



As in Elaphoglossum, only the veins are combined near the 

 margin by a straight or zigzag vein. 



1. Acoxiopteris gorgonea. (Kaulfi.) Rhizome very short, 

 with ovate-lanceolate obtuse, brown-red scales; stipes tufted, scarcely 

 an inch long, being usually winged near the base by the decuirent 

 frond ; barren fronds simple entire narrowly elliptic, tapering at both 

 ends, 3-5 inches long, by §-1^ inch broad ; glabrous, but with peltate 

 flat scales, sparingly scattered on the surface beneath ; midrib strong, 

 texture firm, but diaphanous; veins parallel, above simple or furcate, 

 the marginal vein more distinct, and further from the margin than in 

 examples from Polynesia. Kaulf. En. Fil. 63. Clarke, F. N. /. 

 578. 



