SUPPLEMENT 



TO THE 



FERNS OF BRITISH INDIA, CEYLON, 



AND THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



SUB-ORDER GLEICHENIACEiE. 



ia. Gleichenia dicarpa. {Br.) Fronds dichotomous, divari- 

 cated, branches pinnate, pinnae pinnatifid, narrow-linear, segments 

 orbicular, cucullate and reflexed beneath, capsules about two con- 

 cealed within the bead-like lobes, and mixed with ferruginous, 

 paleaceous hairs, which often extend to the rachis. 



Var. /3 alpina. {Br.) Generally smaller and more compact, 

 rachis and young shoots ferruginous with paleaceous wool. Hook. 

 Sp. Fit. p. 12. 



Perak. {Father Scortechini. King, No. 7,345.) 



(Also in the Malay Islands, Tasmania, and New Zealand.) 



3. Gleichenia Norrisii. Perak. {Scortechini. King, 

 No. 1,694.) 



3A. Gleichenia flagellaris. {Spr.) Branches of the frond 

 several times dichotomous, copiously foliaceous, paleaceous, or at 

 length smooth ; pinnae erect-patent or divaricating, varying from 

 linear-lanceolate to broad-lanceolate, 5-12 inches or more long, 

 segments subcoriaceous, linear, obtuse or prominently cmarginate 

 at the apex, glaucous beneath, and often furnished with ferruginous 



1, capsules 2-4. Hook, Syn. Fil. />. 14. 



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