276 
HYMENOPHYLLUM. 
HYMENOPHYLLUM FLACCIDUM. (Van den Bosch.) Caudex creeping furnished with minute'golden hair-like scales, 
stipes 1-2 inch long wiry naked or furnished with a few minute scales, frond oblongo-acuminate 3-8 inches long 1 to 2 inches broad, 
pinnate, rachis winged throughout and furnished beneath (as are the costa of the pinnæ and veins) with numerous hair-like scales, pinne 
more or less deeply pinnatifid, segments linear flaccid or often crispate, spinuloso-dentate, veins very thick and prominent touching the 
margin, spurious venules none, involucres terminal on the segments, oblongo- ovate divided to nearly the base, spinuloso-dentate towards 
the apex—nearly allied to T. Smithii Hook, 
The specimen figured is from Birmah. 
Hab, Birmah, Khasya Mountains, 
m PLATE No. COLXX VI. 
x 
