Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 9 



the end of the distinct midrib ; indusium funnel-shaped immersed, 

 with a broad entire collar-like border. 

 Southern forests of Ceylon. 



2. Trichomanes exiguum. T. setigerum Jemn. {Jour, of 

 Bot. 1 88 1,/. 52) is a synonym. 



(Also in Cuba and Jamaica.') 



3. Trichomanes xeilgherrexse, Perak. (Scortechini. King.) 



5. Trichomaxes mtjscoides. Perak. {King.) 



6. Trichomaxes parvulum. Perak. (Scortechini.) Ceylon. 

 {Trim en.) 



13. Trichomaxes bipuxctatum. Perak, 4,000 feet alt. (Day,) 

 Var. § late alatum. V. D. B. Similar to the type, but fronds 

 sessile. Rungbee, Sikkim. Clarke, Jour. Linn. Soc. vol. xxiv. 

 /. 410. 



15. Trichomaxes birmanicum. Omit this species, as it is 

 only a finely-cut form of radicans. 



16. Trichomaxes radicaxs. Tenasserim on the Mooleyit Mt. 

 Perak. (King.) 



17. Trichomaxes auriculatum. Perak. 3,000 feet. (Day, 

 Scortechzm.) 



18. Trichomaxes javaxicum. (Bl.) Perak. (King.) 



20. Trichomaxes hispidulum. (Mett) " Rhizome woody, 

 suberect ; scales minute, subulate bright-brown ; stipe J— \ foot 

 long, winged, and slightly crinite upwards ; fronds \-\ foot, 

 deltoid 4-pinnatifid ; main rachis narrowly winged throughout ; 

 pinnae close deltoid, lowest much the largest, 1^-3 inches broad, 

 produced on the lower side; pinnules close, lower deltoid, cuneate- 

 truncate on the lower side at base ; ultimate lobes distinct, \ line 

 broad, J-} line long ; texture rather thick ; colour, dark olive 



