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4. I Ahistatum, Linn. — Culms at the base resting on the 

 ground and there rooting; nodes smooth ; leaves cordate-lanceolate; 

 peduncle long and naked ; spikes twin, 1 inch long, joints and 

 pedicels quite smooth, lower spikelet bitorulose on both sides, 

 Upper neuter and mutic. Syn. Andropogon imberbis, Hetz. Obs. 

 vi, 35 ; Meoschium aristatum, Beauv. Agr. t. 21, /. 4. 



CLVIII. FILICES. 



THE FERN TRIBE, Nat. Syst. 312, Cryptogamia. 



ACROSTICHUM, Linn. From akros, highest ; siichos, order ; 

 referring to the lines on the back of the fronds resembling the first 

 lines of a poetry. 



1. A (?) sp. — A small fern 4 or 5 inches high; frond 



simple. Rheed. f. 10, vol. 12, may perhaps be referred to it. 



POLYPODIUM, Linn. From polys, many; pons, a foot; in 

 allusion to the number of roots. 



2. P QuERCiFOLiuM, Spr. syst. 4, p 49 ; P mdicum, Rumph. 

 Amb. 6, t. 36; Panna Keleago marano, Rheed. Mai. 12, til; 

 Moris. Hist. 3, S. 14, t. 1, /. 15.— Kadic-pan, Oak-leaved Polypo- 

 dium. Parasitic on the roots of trees. Nagotna, Salsette, both 

 Concans, S. M. Country, Mr. Law. This remarkable fern has a 

 wide range, specimens were brought from Torres' Straits by Lieu- 

 tenant Kempthorne, L N. 



3. P Taxifolium, Spr. syst. 4, p 50 ; Rheed. Mai. 12, t. 12 

 and 13. — Both CJoncans. 



4. P Adnascbns, WiJld. sp. 5, p 145; Niphobolus adnas- 

 cens, Spr. syst.j Maletta mala maravara, Rheed. Mai. 12, t. 29. — 

 Parasitic. Concans. 



LOMARIA, W. From loma, an edge; in allusion to the 

 position of the indusia, the membranous coverings. 



6. L ScANDENS, Willd. Spr. 6, p 293 ; Lonchitis volubilis, 

 Rumph. Amb. 6, t. 31 ; Burm. Zeyl. t. 46. Panna valli, Rheed. 

 Mai. 12, t. 35. — Scandent, fronds pinnate. The Ghauts and 

 Concans. 



ASPLENIUM, Linn. From a, privative; splen, the spleen; 

 thought to be a remedy for diseases of the spleen. 



6. A Falcatum, Willd. Spr. 5, /. p 325; Nellapanna maravara, 

 Rheed. Mai. \2, t. 18; Burm. Zeyl. t. 43.— Concans. 



7. A Ambiguum, Willd. Spr. 5, p 343 ; Parapanna maravara, 

 Rheed. Mai. 12, t. 15 ; Rumph. Amb. 6, t. 29; Diplazium malaba- 

 ricum, Spr.--Mahableshvvur. 



