32 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



slightly scaly, 1-2 inches long ; fronds 5-8 inches long, f-i^ inch 

 broad at middle, thick and firm in texture, narrow lanceolate, 

 much attenuated at the base, subbipinnate ; pinnae sessile, or 

 very shortly petioled, ovate, or trapeziform, pinnules obovate, 

 deeply lobed, the lobes obtuse or 2-3 lobate ; veins pinnate, 

 veinlets forked ; sori oblong, straight ; indusium membranaceous, 

 pellucid. Franchet, PL David, ii. 



Moupine, Thibet. Said to be near varians, but larger, of 

 firmer texture, and the segments closer. 



38. Asplenium Belangeri. Munipore. (Watt, No. 7,480.) 



1. Athyrium spinulosum. Chumba. (Dr. King, No. 85.) 

 Lamting. (King, No. 8,800.) Rhizome wide-creeping. 



2. Athyrium Atkinsoni. Rhizome thick, short decumbent ; 

 stipes aggregated. Easily distinguished by its herbaceous texture 

 and very deltoid shape ; it is not a very large species, the whole 

 frond not very much exceeding a single pinna of the largest 

 specimens of fimbriatum. It has lately been collected by Mr. 

 Trotter in the Jalori Pass, 10,000 feet alt. Kulu (labelled 

 Phegopteris rugulosa). In the Kashang Forest, by Mr. Lace 

 (No. 490), and by Mr. Duthie in the forest above Ramri, 

 8,000-9,000 feet. (No. 5,139 labelled Cystopteris setosa.) 



(Mr. Clarke's Atkinsoni, var. Andersoni, is in part Athyrium 

 fimbriatum, and in part Leucostegia yaklaensis.) 



4. Athyrium drepanophyllum. (Baker.) (falcatiim Bedd.) 

 Panchmarree Hills. (Duthie and Blanford.). Khasia Hills. 

 (Mann.) 



5.. Athyrium thelypteroides. Near Simla, 8,500-9,000 

 feet alt. 



7. Athyrium nigripes* Fronds deltoid, no reduction of 

 lower pinnae. 



