﻿9S. BOTRYCHIUM. § 2. PHYLLOTRICHIUM. 779 



3 — 4-pinnatifid. Lower pinnae much the largest. Pinnulae ovate-oblong, va- 

 riously lobed and decompound Texture subcarnose; main and partial rachises 

 more or less hairy ; surfaces slightly hairy or at length naked. Fertile peduncle 

 arising from the centre of the barren segment, which the panicle not or scar- 

 cely overtops. 



War. nanum is the form with the smaller fronds 



Br. India, Ceylon; — var nanum; also in Luzon. 



