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I have only seen a single specimen of a large frond and portion of the stipe collected by Mr. Clarke at Dikeeling 4,000 feet q 
- (Sikkim), the fructification is nearly terminal on the veinlets and chiefly quite at the base of the pinnules but the specimen ig probably 
very poorly in seed.—erns British India, tab. 368, . s 
(Nos. 1 and 2 of this genus.would perhaps be better placed in Aspidium.) 
GENUS 51. LASTREA. Prest. | | : . 
1, Lasrrea amapitis, Bl.—South India, Ceylon. Ferns Southern India, tab. 109. | ae 
2. LAastrea ARISTATA, Sw.—General, Merns Southern India, tab. 101. Ferns British India, tab. 228 (platypus) ; (includes 4 
L. platypus, Syn. ful.) —- | a 
8. Lasrrea aristata, 8 Hamiltonii, Spr.—North India. Ferns British India, tab. 369, (speciosa, Don.) 
4, LaAsTREA CoNnIIFOLIA, Wall.—General. ferns British India, tab. 261. 
5. Lasrrea ra@nicutacea, H4,—North India. Ferns British India, tad. 36. | 
The above 5 species are placed in the Synopsis Filicum under Polystichum with which they agree in habit, they have however 
reniform involucres. | | 
6. Lasrrea cusprpsta, Wall,—North India. Ferns British India, tab. 118. (elongata.) 
7, LaAStREA HiIRTIPES, Hk.—General, Ferns Southern India, tab. 96. | 
8, LAsRTEA WALKER#, Hk.-—Ceylon. Ferns Southern India, tab. 234. 
9, Lastrua WALKERA, var. 8 macrocarpa.—Ceylon. Ferns Southern India, tab. 238. 
10. Lastrea WALKERA, var. y pinnatifida.—Ceylon. Ferns Southern I ndia, tab. 235. 
11, LaAstrReA WALKER, var. 8 bipinnata.—Ceylon. Ferns Southern India, tab. 285. 
12. LAsTREA GRACILESCENs, 1k,—North THis: South India. (Mudumallay.) Ferns British India, tab. 258. 
13, LASTREA IMMERSA, Hk.—North India, Malay Peninsula. Ferns British India, tab. 252. 
14, Lastrea catcaraTa, Zk.—General, Ferns Southern India, tab. 246. 
15, LaAstREA CALCARaTA, var, falciloba, Hk.—General. Ferns Southern India, tab, 105. 
OSes LASTREA CALCARATA, var. ciliata, Wall,—Chittagong, South India, (Vizagapatam hills.) Ferns British India, tab, 308 
(sericea, Scott.) : ? 
17, Lastrea viscosa, J. Sm.—Malacca. Ferns British India, tab. 334. 
18. Lastrea crasstrotia, Hk.—Birma, Malacca. Ferns British India, tab. 199. (nephrodioides.) 
19, Lastrea cana, Wall.—North India. Ferns British India, tab. 307. ae 
20, Lasrrza Beppomer, Baker.—South India, Ceylon. Ferns Southern I nia, tab. 110. (gracilescens.) 
21. Lastrea ocutHopos, Kze,—General. Ferns Southern India, tab. 106, 
22. Lastrea TYLopDES, Kze.—General, Ferns Southern India, tab. 107, 
23. Lastrea Berciana, Schlecht.—Stipe 6-12 inches long, naked or finally villose, frond 14-2 feet long, 6-10 inches broad 
pinnate, the lower ones more or less reduced and rather distant, pinne 3-5 inches long, 2 inch broad, cut down 2th of the way to the 
rachis into close entire lobes § inch broad, texture herbaceous, rachis and under side more or less villose, veinlets simple 6-8 on each 
side, sori medial, involucre reniform fugacious., : 
Khasya—collected by the late Dr. Jerdon (it is scarcely distinct from L,. patens, Desv.) Ferns British India, tab. 370. 
24, LAsTREA THELYPTERIS, Desv.—General, Ferns British india, tab. 44; Ferns British India, tab. 254. (Fairbanki.) 
25. LaAsTREA GRISEA, Baker,—South India. Ferns British India, tab. 835. | 
Pap ort ea SAGENIOIDES, Mett.— Birma, Ferns British India, tab. 38, (melanopus) ; Ferns Lritish India, tab, 230» 
27, LastTREA syRmatica, Willd.—CGeneral. Ferns Southern India, tab. 108, (spectabilis). 
