84 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



9B. Phegopteris laserpitiifolia. (Scort.) u Stipes tufted, 

 fine, stramineous, 12-16 inches long, scaly downwards, naked 

 above ; fronds as long, deltoid-ovate, tripinnate ; rachis glabrous ; 

 pinnae numerous, lowest 4-6 inches long by 2-3 inches broad ; 

 secondary pinnae 1-2 inches by f-i inch, those on the lower side 

 of the rachis the largest, naked on both sides, shining above ; 

 pinnules ovate-oblong, rounded, |— § inch long ; base unequal, 

 obliquely truncate on the lower side, broadly lobed on the 

 margin ; veins pinnate in each lobule, not reaching the edge ; 

 sori terminal, large, 1-2 on the lowest superior veinlet of each 

 lobe. Habit of Asplenium laserpitiifolium (Me it), except that 

 the stipes are longer, the pinnules larger and not imbricate ; its 

 position is near P. Hasseltii. Bedd. Jour, of Bot. vol. 25, 1887, 



P> 3 2 4- 



Perak. (Scortechini. King, No. 2,208.) 



1 1 . Phegopteris Kingi. (11. sp.) Caudex ? fronds large 

 tripinnate-quadripinnatifid, pinnae about if feet long ; secondary 

 pinnae about 4 inches long by ij inches broad, cut down almost or 

 quite to the rachis into oblong or obovate-oblong, rather deeply 

 lobed segments, nearly \ inch long by about \ inch broad, glabrous 

 on both sides except a few weak setae chiefly on the veins, 

 membranaceous and rather flaccid in texture ; veins forked ; sori 

 medial at the fork. 



Larut, Perak, 1,000-1500 feet alt. (King's collectors ^./Vb. 2,250) ; 

 it may be a Lastrea, but I have not been able to detect any trace 

 of involucres. 



2. Dictyopteris Tenerifrons. # This delicate little species 

 Mr. Parish informs me, grows on limestone hills near Moulmein, 

 appearing only in the rains. 



3. Dictyopteris chatTagramica. (Clarke) Is only a 

 synonym of Pleocnemia membranifolia, 



5. Dictyopteris polycarpa, I have never seen this species ; 



