444 



Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



PHOTINOPTERTS 



N° 270 



DRYNARIOIDES. 



(Hook. 



IM? 271. 

 PLATYCERIUM GRANDE. (J. Sill.) 



this pinnatifid, with nume- 

 rous close entire lanceolate 

 acuminate lobes 4-6 inches 

 long, i|-if inch broad 

 which reach down nearly to 

 the rachis, all articulated, the 

 lower ones passing down 

 gradually into a mere un- 

 dulated wing to the rachis, 

 which is continued to its 

 very base ; texture very cori- 

 aceous ; main veins raised, 

 with transverse veinlets, and 

 between them copious small 

 areoles with free veinlets. 

 Hook. Syn. Fil. p. 425. Sp. 

 Fil. v. 282. Bedd. F. B. I. 



t. 325- 



Malay Peninsula, Pe- 

 nang. 



(Also in the Solomon 

 Islands.) 



GENUS LXXXVIII. — 

 PLATYCERIUM. (Dew.) 



(Platys, broad ; keros, a horn 

 ■ — stag's-horn fern.) 



Sori occupying a portion 

 only of the under side of 

 the disk of the fertile fronds 

 and forming large, often re- 

 niform patches, frequently 

 at the sinuses of the primary 

 lobes ; main veins costseform, 



