75 
Rachises apparently repeatedly forked.. Sori 
transversely oblong, indusium kidney-shaped- 
Occurs in the Bombay gardens. Of garden 
origin. 
14. Adtantum hispidulum Sw. 
Stipe and rachis black polished, rough with 
stiff close hairs. Frond f orked, the two divisions 
branching in a fan-like manner ; largest pinnz 
6~g, inches long, ultimate pinnules about 4-inch 
or more, bluntly oblong, wedge-shaped at the 
base and crenate on the margins; surfaces 
hairy. - Texture almost leathery. Sori small, 
kidney-shaped on the ORT and upper edge.” 
[Fig. 30.] / 
Distribution: Common in hie western hills of 
the Madras Presidency, 3, 000-5, ooo,.feet ; Ceylon 
up to 4,000 feet —Australia, N New Zealand ; 
Fiji; Africa ; East African Is] nds. 
GENUS XIV Che anrdes Sw. 
(Deriv. Gr. Cheilos, lip ; anthos, flower—in 
allusion to the marginal Sori.) | 
Indusium roundish and distinct, or'more or 
less confluent, but not continuous, sporangia 
on underside of the frond, veins free. 
