Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



437 



Fil. p. 423 (at least as far as the North Indian specimens are concerned). 

 Acros. terminates, Wall. Cat. 2168. 



South India, most abundant in all the Western coast moist 

 forests from the plains up to about 4,000 feet ; East Bengal, the 

 lower hills up to 3,000 feet elevation ; Ceylon (repandum of Thw. 

 En.) ; Birma, common. 



11. Gymxopteris . subcrenata. (Hook, and Grev. under Acros- 

 tichu/n.) Rhizome thick, fronds 

 glabrous pinnate, 1-4 feet, of 

 which the stipe is sometimes 

 nearly half; stipes and rachis 

 furnished with a few scales ; 

 sterile fronds, pinnae 4-12 

 a'ternate or sub-opposite petio- 

 late, broad lanceolate sinuate 

 or waved, with a longish ser- 

 rated acumination, terminal 

 pinnae much the longest 

 (sometimes 2 feet long), proli- 

 ferous at the apex ; primary 

 veins close, costate and con- 

 spicuous nearly to the margin, 

 veinlets anastomosing pretty 

 regularly at right angles, from 

 which proceed one or two 

 generally free veinlets with 

 clavate apices ; fertile fronds 

 conform to sterile, but much contracted. Hook and Grev. Ic. Fil. 

 1 10. Paeciloptcrii terminans, Bedd. F. S. I. t. 203 (not Wall.). 

 P. Hookerianum, Moore, Thw. En. p. 380, prolifera. Hook. Ic. 

 PI. t C3i-2. Rheede, Hort. Malab. xii 19. 



South India, not uncommon in the Western moist forests of the 

 Madras and Bombay Presidencies, up to about 4,000 feet elevation ; 

 Ceylon, central provinces. 



GYMNOPTERIS SUKCRENATA. 

 (Hook, and Grev.) 



