307 



8. A Radiatum. — A beautiful small Fern, like a miniature 

 Piilm; found growing in the chinks of old walls and rocks, Deccan 

 {vide Graham, p 254). 



PTERIS, Linn. A general Greek name for the Fern Tribe. 



9. P Aquilina (?), WiUd. Spr. 5, p 402 ; Moris. Hist. 9, S. 14, 

 t. 4, /. 3 ; Black well t. 325. — The common Brake, or Bracken. 

 Grows in great abundance at Mahableshwur. 



10. P Faeinosa, Willd. Spr. 5, p 397 ; Vahls. Sym. 3, t. 75.— 

 A small fern, fronds white beneath. The banks, of the Yeena, 

 Mahableshwur ; the ravines at Kandalla. %•■ x.'"' -"5' '=^'^- 



BLECHNUiVl, Linn. Blechnon, Greek name for a fern. 



11. B Orientale, Willd. Spr. lU, p 407. 



ASPIDIUM, Swartz. From asjns, a little buckler, referring 

 to the form of the indusium. 



12. A Splendens, Spr. syst. 4, p 100; Polypodium punctula- 

 tum, Lam. Encycl. 5, p 553 ; Arana panna, Rheed. Mai. 12, t. 3 i . — 

 Grows in moist, shady ravines on the Ghauts. 



13. A Parasiticum, Willd. Spr. 5, p 246 ; Kariwelli panna 

 maravara, Rheed. Mai. 12, t. 17, — Parasitic; fronds pinnate. The 

 Ghauts. 



ADIANTUM, Linn. From udiantos, dry, referring to the 

 nature of its stems. 



14. A LuNULATUM, Spr. syst. 4, p 110; Pteris lunalata, Vahl. 

 Rheed. Mai. 12, t. 40. — The common Indian Maiden Hair. Ap- 

 pears in the rains on old walls, &c. The natives use a decoction 

 of the plant to allay coughs, &c. This is the genus from which 

 the Sirop-de-Capillaire is manufactured. 



CHEILANTHES, Swz. From cheilos, lip ; anlhos, flower ; 

 alluding to the form of the indusium. 



15. C Tenuifolia, Spr. syst. 4, p 117 ; Trichomanes tenui- 

 folia; Burm. Rumph. Amb. 6, t. 34,/. 2. 



ALLANTODEA, R. Br. From allantos, a sausage; resem- 

 blance in the form of the indusia, or membranaceous involucre. 



16. A Beunoniana, Wall. PI. Asiat. rar. 1, t. 52. — Moist 

 places on Mahableshwur. 



SPH^ROPTERIS, Wall. From the spherical form of the 

 indusium inclosing the sori. 



17. S Baebata, Wall. PI. Asiat. rar. 1 to 48. — A fern with 

 scales on the stem ; jungles at Parr. 



OSMUNDA, Linn. From Osmunder, a Celtic divinity. 



18. O (?) sp. — A very beautiful species, growing common 



in the bed of the Yeena, at M ahableshwur. 



LYGODIUM, Swartz. From lygos, a band, in allusion to the 

 twining habit of the species. 



