1 8 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



elongated, attenuated often rooting at apex, and there bare of 

 pinnae ; pinnae nearly sessile, alternate dimidiato-oblong, rather 

 acute, the upper base truncated and parallel with the rachis ; 

 upper margin obscurely lobed ; lobes truncated, each bearing an 

 oblong elongated sorus. Hook. Sp. Fil. ii. 14. Adiantum cau- 

 datum, var. /3 Edgeworthii. Bedd. Handbook, p. 84. 



4. Adiantum Capillus-Veneris var. Fergusoni. Moore, 

 Gard. Chron. 1884, ii. 360. A very fine large form of this 

 species, now in cultivation in England, originated as a sport, it is 

 supposed, in a garden at Columbo (Ceylon). 



4A. Adiantum Capillus-Veneris var. Wattii. Rhizome 

 creeping, sparingly scaly ; stipes up to 7-8 inches long, naked, 

 slender, castaneous or black, shining ; fronds deltoid or sub- 

 deltoid, 3-pinnate, glabrous, moderately firm, up to 1 foot 

 long, 4-7 inches broad at base, with a long unbranched apex ; 

 pinnae erecto-patent, gradually smaller and simpler upwards ; 

 secondary pinnae erect, with 3-6 stalked pinnules, which are entire 

 or variously lobed, obscurely crenulate when sterile ; sori 1-4 to 

 a pinnule ; indusium firm from orbicular or reniform to oblong, 

 the shape depending on the cutting of the segment. Adiantum 

 Wattii. Baker. Jour. Bot. xviii. 381 tab. 14 (from small poor 

 specimens). Adiantum Levingei. Baker, Jour. Bot. v. 1891. 



N. India, Chingtang, 3,ooofeet alt. Sikkim (Levinge). Chamba 

 State. {Watt.) Pangi,Chenab Valley, 8,000 feet alt. (McDonell.) 

 Copious specimens from these localities prove that Mr. Baker's 

 supposed species belong to the same plant. I cannot regard it 

 as more than a slight variety of Capillus-Veneris, very similar to 

 some of the Crimean forms ; in fact some of my specimens of var. 

 Loweifrom the Crimea might be ranged with it. 



5. Adiantum ^ethiopicum. Afghanistan. 



6a. Adiantum Da vidi. (Frauchet.) Caudex creeping ; stipe 

 black, shining, stiff, 6-10 inches long ; frond broad, triangular, 



