Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



465 



3. Ophioglossum fibrosum. {Schum.) Rhizome a large 

 round white bulb with numerous fibrous rootlets ; stipe very short 

 with the sterile division close to its base, the latter 1J-2 inches long, 

 by I inch broad, lanceolate, acute or obtuse, the texture thick and 

 opaque \ midrib prominent, venation indistinct (except when dried), 

 fertile spike 1^-2 inches long on a spike 4-5 inches long. Schum. 

 K. Dansk. Vid. AJ7i. iv. 226. O. Wightii, Hook and Grev. Bot. 

 Mis. iii. 218. O. brevipes, Bedd. F. S. I. t. 72. 



South India, Anamallay teak 

 forests, 2,000-3,000 feet elevation. 



(Also in Tropical Africa, Guinea 

 Coast ; Ascension Island.) 



4. Ophioglossum reticula- 

 tum. (Z.) Rhizome cylindrical, 

 elongated with many fibrous rootlets ; 

 fronds 6-12 inches long, the sterile 

 division placed a little below the 

 middle, i|~3 inches long, by 1-2 

 inches broad, with a distinct haft, 

 and distinctly cordate at the base, 

 the apex blunt or acute, texture 

 thin ; veins prominent, but usually 

 no midrib ; fertile spike 1 inch or 

 more long on a slender peduncle, 

 2-4 inches long. Linn. Sp. PL 

 15 18. Hook. Syn. Fit. p. 446. Bedd. F S. I. t. 70. O. cordifo- 

 lium (Roxb.), Wall. Cat. 47. 



South India, Nilgiris and Anamallays, 2,000 feet elevation 

 and upwards ; Ceylon, Newera Elya ; Himalayas ; Malay 

 Peninsula. 



(Also in Malay Islands ; Polynesia ; Tropical America ; Africa, 

 Mascareen Islands ; Philippines.) 



OPHIOGLOSSUM FIBROSUM, (Schum.) 



5. Ophioglossum pendulum. (Z.) Epiphytic on trees; 



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