28 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



texture coriaceous ; veins simple or forked, one line apart, incon- 

 spicuous, not quite reaching the margin ; sori extending from 

 close to the midrib to J- \ inch of the margin ; rachis stout, 

 pale, furfuraceous on the underside, glabrous above. Hook. Syn. 

 Fil.p.. 192. 



Perak, near Taepeng, at no elevation. (Day, Scortechini. 

 King, No. 1,927.) 



Habit of Thamnopteris, but without the transverse inter- 

 marginal vein. 



(Also in Java, Borneo, and Philippines.) 



2C. Asplenium amboinense. (Witld.) Rhizome creeping ; 

 stipes 1-6 inches long, more or less scaly ; fronds lanceolate, 18-24 

 inches long by if-2 inches broad, very gradually narrowed below, 

 rather suddenly narrowed towards the apex into an acuminate 

 point, where it is often proliferous, the margin entire or obscurely 

 crenated, texture subcoriaceous, slightly scaly below and on the 

 rachis ; veins nearly at right angles with the rachis, simple or 

 once forked | inch apart ; sori extending from the midrib about 

 two-thirds of the way to the margin. Aspl. fijeense Brack. Hook. 

 Syn. Fit. p. 192. 



Mergui and Tavoy. (Parish) Perak, 3,000-4,000 feet alt. 

 (Day and Scortechini ; King, No. 2,141.) 



(Also in Fiji, Samoa, and Aneitium.) 



3. Asplenium alternans. Khasia Hills, 3,000-4,000 feet, 

 (Mann) 



4. Asplenium viride. (Also in Afghanistan.) 



5. Asplenium Trichomanes. The altitude should be 4,000 

 to 11,000 feet. 



6. Asplenium normale. Perak, 1,500 feet alt. (Day.) 

 (Also in Japan, Siam, Sumatra, and Madagascar.) 



7. Asplenium subavenium. Perak, (Scortechini) 



