202. 
South India, Anamallay forests, and on the 
western mountains ; Malay Peninsula—America 
from United States southward to Brazil; 
New Caledonia ; Tropical Atrica. 
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4. Ophoglossum fibrosum Schum. 
Rhizome large, round, tuberous, with nume- 
rous fibrous roots. Stipe very short with the 
sterile segment close to the base, the latter 
14-3 inches long, up to 1 inch broad, lanceolate, 
acute or obtuse. Texture thick and fleshy. 
Venation indistinct except when dry, reticulate 
with free and often forked veinlets in the 
meshes; midrib prominent, consisting of a 
singl2 main vein or of 2-3 strong central veins’ 
which run parallel and close to each other and 
fork and disappear near the apex of the barren 
segment. Fertile spike 13-2 inches long on a 
foot-stalk 4-5 inches long. [Plate XV.] 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—Khan- 
dala, on rocks and gravelly ground. 
South India, Anamallay teak forests 2,000- 
3,000 feet; Ceylon—Tropical America; 
Guinea Coast ; Ascension Island. 
Genus LII.—Herminruostacuys Kautr. 
(Deriv. Helminthos, a worm ; stachys, a spike.) 
