200 
scarcely visible, no midrib ; fertile spike 1 inch 
or more long on a stalk 2—6 inches long. 
2. Ophioglossum attchisom d’ Almeida. 
Spec. nov. 
Rhizome elongated, not tuberous, with several 
fibrous rootlets and crowned with a tuft of 
brown persistent sheaths surrounding the bases 
of the fronds; fronds several on the rhizome, 
sterile division 14-24 inches long, 4-3 inch 
broad, linear lanceolate, acute or mucronate. 
Veins visible in dry specimens, but not quite 
distinct, no midrib; texture stout; fertile 
division arising from a little above the base of 
the sterile lamina, fertile spike 1 inch Jong 
on a peduncle 2 inches long. [Fig. 43.] 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—Siroor 
Horse-breeding Farm near Poona.—N.-W. 
Himalayas—Cherat 9,000 feet, Mount Tilla. 
Atrica ; Abyssinia. 
3. Ophioglossum nudicaule L. 
Rhizome small, slightly tuberous. Fronds 
very minute, I inch or more long. Sterile and 
tertile segments on the same stipe; sterile 
segment 3-1 inch long, 2-5 lines broad, 
linear to ovate, sessile or slightly stalked, 
