i4 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



inches broad at the centre, somewhat coriaceous in texture ; 

 secondary pinnae oblong lanceolate ; tertiary about \ inch long, 

 deltoid dr deltoid oblong, with 4-10 distinctly petioled small 

 pinnules, the lowest superior one again pinnatifid, the others 

 inciso-dentate ; partial rachises glabrous or sparingly scaly ; a 

 gland present on the main rachis at the insertion of the pinna? ; 

 veins swollen, pinnate or forked in the ultimate lobes ; sori 

 apical ; indusium as in the genus. 



Yakla, Sikkim (No. 9,82^, Clarke, under the name of 

 Athyrium Atkinsoni var. Andersoni, but not the fern described 

 as such). Yaksam {Anderson), 4,500 feet alt. (No. 1,512). 



1. Prosaptia Emersoni. Perak. {Day, Scortechini.) 



2. Prosaptia contigua. Singapore. Perak {Day, Scortechini. 

 King, No. 2,107.) 



1. Davallia triphylla. Perak. {Dr. King's collectors, No. 

 974 and 8,149.) 



2. Davallia solida. Perak, sea level. {Day.) 



5. Davallia divaricata. Munipore. {Watt.) Katakhal 

 Forest, Cachar [Mann). Of very large size and dull coloured, instead 

 of shining, stipes 18 inches long ; fronds 3J feet long and nearly 

 3 feet broad ; lower pinnae 16 inches long. 



7. Davallia Lorrainei. Perak. {King, No. 6,381.) 



8. Davallia bullata. 



Var. j3 cyphochlamys. Clarke, Jour. Linn. Soc.xxiv. p. 411 ; 

 involucre broadly campanulate, the mouth wider and more open ; 

 scales of the rhizome not ciliate. 



Khasia, near Shillong, 4,000 feet alt. {Clarke, Manni) 



