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WOODSIA. R. Brown, Trans. Lin. Soc. xl 173 t, ii. 



(Physematium, Kaulfiiss ;— Hymenocystis, C. A. Meyer ;-* Hymenolama, C. A. Meyer ;— Pe rrinia, Hooker ;-Polypodii sp , 

 .iwcrf. y-Aspidii |>, 4«<*. ,— Alsophilae sp, Auct. y^Dicksonia sp, it^.;-Cystopterida3 sp, ^./-Lastre* sp, PmL- Acrosticlii 

 sp, ^wcC.;— Ceteracliis sp, ^wcf!. /-— Nothochkense sp,, Desvaux.) 



Gen. Char. Sori involucrate, I e., with inferior indusia, globose ; the receptacles medial or terminal. Involucre soft mem- 

 branaceous pateriform and fimbriately crinite, or calyciform with the margin lobed, or sub-globose with a contracted mouth ' Veins 

 simple, forked or pinnate, from a central costa j venules free. 



Fronds membranaceo-herbaceous, small, pinnate, pinnato-pinnatifid or bi-pinnate. Rhizome-tufted, erect or decumbent. A very 

 well-marked group, distinguished by the involucriform nature of the indusium, the sessile sori, and free veins. (Moore.) 



1. WOODSIA ELONGATA (Hook.) Glanduloso-pilose especially above, fronds oblong, elongate, pinnated, pinnas rather 

 distant, alternate sessile from a broadish base, oblong-obtuse, pinnatifid about J way down, segments short rounded inciso-dentate, each 

 bearing a sorus (rarely more) near the sinus, involucres small, soon bursting with an irregular opening at the top, glanduloso-pilose, stipes 

 and rachis slightly chaify. ' 



The specimen figured is from the Himalayas (Dr. Thomson.) 

 Hab. Himalayas, Krande. 



PLATE No, XIV. 



