Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 103 



1 a. Axtrophyum coriaceum. ( Wall.) Fronds 6-15 inches 

 long by i— 2 inches broad ; narrowed very gradually from the 

 centre to the base, and more suddenly to the acute apex ; texture 

 very thick, no midrib, the areoles'very long and narrow, very 

 distinctly raised on the upper surface ; the sori quite immersed, 

 sometimes confluent. Syn, Fil. p. 393. 



Himalayas, Perak (King, No, 565). Scarcely distinct from 

 reticulatum. 



ib. Antrophyum semicostatum. {Bl.) Fronds 6-18 inches 

 long by 2-4 inches broad ; broadest about J of the way down* 

 suddenly narrowed to an acute point, and very gradually to the 

 base ; a distinct blackish midrib in the lower half, the central 

 areoles often 2-3 inches long, -J- inch broad ; sori copious, often 

 joining, rising above the surface. Syn. Fil. 393. 



Perak (King's collector, No. 3,079). Malacca. 



(Also in the Philippines and Polynesian Islands.) 



2. Antrophyum plaxtagineum. 



Var. /3 axgustifolium. (Brack.) Stipe 6 inches long ; 

 frond ligulate, 12 inches long by f inch broad, texture thinner 

 than in the type. Hook. Syn. Fil. 393. 



Malay Peninsula, Gounong, Sonoy (M. De Morgan). Zciller % 

 Bull, de la Soc. de France, xxxii. p. 77. 



1. Vittaria eloxgata. Mann gathered specimens in 

 Lukhimpore, Assam, with fronds \ inch wide. 



3. Vittaria falcata. Perak. (Scortcchiui.) 



6. Vittaria scolopendrina. Perak, 2,000-3,000 feet alt. 

 (Day, Scortechini.) 



(Also Fiji, Bourbon and Mauritius.) 



7. Vittaria sulcata. Perak. (Day.) 

 (Also in New Guinea.) 



2. Drymoglossum piloselloides. Perak, sea level. (Day, 

 King.) 



