120 



NIPHOBOLXJS. (See " Ferns of Southern India/' p. 61.) 



NlPHOBOLUS CO STATUS. (Wall.) Caudex creeping, rufo-paleaceous with slender subulate scales, stipites sub aggregate, 

 1 inch to a span long angled, fronds a span to 1 J-2 feet and more long, 1-2-3 inches and more broad firm (but not apparently carnoso)— 

 coriaceous even sub-membranaceous, in age glabrous above, beneath densely stellato-tomentose and subfurfuraceous (tomentum forming a 

 close coat), lanceolate or suboblaneeolate acuminate, gradually tapering below and decurrent upon the stipes, primary veins or costules 

 distinct, elevated on the under side, sori immersed, very minute and numerous, arranged in compact closely placed lines or series between 

 the costules and in equally-compact series tranversely with them. Hook Bp. Fil. v. 50. Wall. Cat. p. 265, Metten. Polyp, p. 131, 

 t 3, /. 14, {venation) ; — Niphobolus, Pr. ;— Apalophlebia, Pr. Epim. p. 138 ; — Niphob. venosus, BL FiL Jav. p. 63, t. 28 (very good, 

 but small fronds); — Apalophlebia, Pr. Epim, p. 139, 



The specimen figured is from Moulmein— (Parish). 



Fig. A shows the venation (between the costules) considerably magnified. 



Hab. Nepal, Khasya, Assam, all along the Himalayas, from Kumaon to Sikkim, Moulmein. Java, New Guinea, 



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