46 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



(S. Kensington), collected in Northern India by Hook. f. et Thorn, 

 {i.e. the fern Mr. Clarke calls Asp. Wightii). 



8. Aspidium Simonsii. Nambur Forest, Assam. (Mann) 

 Quite distinct from polymorphism. 



10. Aspidium decurrens var. /3 minor. Dr. Trimen assures 

 me that this fern, which is common about Kandy, is a very 

 distinct species, so it must stand under the name it was originally 

 described and figured in the Ferns of Southern India, tab. ccxlv. 

 Aspidium pteropus-minor : 



9. Aspidium heterosorum. (Baker.) Naga Hills, 500 feet 

 alt. at Neechoogard. (Clarke) The name is changed from 

 heterocarpum, as that name is occupied by a Nephrodium. 



9A. Aspidium repandum. (Willd.) Stipes up to 2\ feet 

 long furnished with a few hair-like scales near the base, naked 

 upwards ; fronds 2-3 feet long, pinnatifid at apex ; pinnae 4-8 

 on each side, 6-12 inches long, 1J-2 inches broad, linear-oblong, 

 slightly sinuate at the margins, apex acuminate, base narrowed, 

 the lowest pair stalked bipartite; texture subcoriaceous ; main 

 veins distinct to the edge, the areoles copious, with free veinlets ; 

 sori large in two rows between the main veins ; indusium orbicular 

 peltate. 



Larut, Perak, 2,500-3,500 feet alt. {Dr. King^s collectors, 

 No. 6,305.) 



(Also in the Philippines.) 



ioa. Aspidium pachyphyllum. (Kze.) Stipe 1 foot or more 

 long, naked, brownish ; fronds 2-3 feet long, i-2f feet broad, 

 with an oblong-lanceolate entire or sinuated terminal pinna 

 6-12 inches long, f-2 inches broad, and 4-8 similar erecto-patent 

 lateral ones on each side, the lower ones forked at the base, or 

 with 2-3 unequal lobes, 8-9 inches long ; texture subcoriaceous j 



