Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 6i 



rachis, partial rachis and costules of the pinnules ; fronds 1-2 feet 

 long, narrow deltoid-lanceolate bipinnate-tripinnatifid, moderately 

 firm in texture, lower pinnae the largest, deltoid, the lower 

 pinnules being considerably elongated ; upper pinnae 2^—4 inches 

 long, secondary pinnules f— § inch long, the lower ones cut down 

 nearly to the rachis into lanceolate entire or slightly crenated 

 lobes, both surfaces sparingly covered with minute hairs, midrib 

 of ultimate segments wavy, veins distant, simple or forked, not 

 reaching the margin, sori medial, indusium not seen. 



Batang, Padang district, Perak, on the banks of the Padang 

 River, close to the water's edge. {King's collector, No. 8,038.) 

 Nearest to leucostipes {Baker), a species from Formosa. 



35. Lastrea crenata. Mussoorie {Hope.) Kashmir, 

 Chamba, Simla, and Hazara. {Trotter?) Lastrea Fordei {Baker, 

 Jour. Bot. 1889, 177), from Kwantung, China, is a synonym. 



38. Lastrea intermedia. {Bl.) Stipe, rachis, &c, with 

 long linear, hair-pointed rufous scales : fronds 1-1J feet long by 

 6-9 inches broad, deltoid-lanceolate, pinnate, with all but the 

 lower, or sometimes two lower pair of pinnae simply pinnatifid 

 nearly to the rachis, the lower or two lower pair with their lower 

 segments much elongated and again pinnatifid. Bl. En. Fil. 

 Java, p. 161. Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 135. Nephrodium Mannii, 

 Hope, Jour, of Bot. 1890. Lastrea propinqua, J. Sm. Lastrea 

 sarawakensis, Baker, Jour. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 225. 



Makum Forest, Lukhimpur, Upper Assam ; Khasia Hills, 

 southern base ; Cachar, up to 500 feet alt. {G. Mann) ; Penang 

 {Curtis) ; Perak {Day). 



(Also in Java, Philippines and Borneo.) 



Var. ,3 Blumei. Stipes, rachis, &c, as in the type ; fronds 

 much larger, tripinnate as described under Blumei at page 259, 

 Handbook. 



Ceylon, Perak and Penang. {Scortechini, Day.) 



