HYMENOPHYLLUM. es 
s . 
3 OPHYLLUM POLYANTHOS. vary ß. minor. (Bedd.) Stipes 1-2 inches long décider naked, sometimes 
= towards the apex, fronds 2-4 inches long about 1 inch broad fla ccid. ovato-oblong tripinnatifid ; main rachis naked winged throughont, 
| pinnæ nearly. horizontal, triangular-rhomboidal, about 4 inch long, divided down to a narrowly winged rachis into several  pinnules the 
lower of which are cut into several simple or bilobed obtuse lobes ; sori terminal on the lobes of the upper pinnules, involucre divi 
more than half way down, the valves rounded or pointed entire. > - | 
This is perhaps a distinct species From the Himalyan and Birmese polyanthos, figured at Pl. 280 of this work. , 
The : ‚specimen figured is from the Anamallays. | 
Hx Anamallays 6,000 feet ; common on trunks of trees near the head of the مز‎ river, ern C. P. 3279. — 
: pos PLATE No. CCCVI. 
