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OLEANDRA. (See "Ferns of Southern India," p. 32). 



OlEANDRA CuMINGII. (J. Sm.)Caudex apparently creeping, scarcely so thick as a writing pen, clothed with close pressed 

 subulate imbricated scales, stipites subterminal and subaggregated 2-3 inches long, slightly downy, articulated within J-f of an inch from 

 the base, fronds 1-1 1 foot long, firm membranaceous, elongato-lanceolate acuminate very much attenuated and gradually decurrent at the 

 base, pubescenti-villous on the costa and veins, sori rather large, forming a single and scarcely interrupted line very near to and on each 



side the costa. Hoolc. Sp. Fit iv. 158. J. Sm. in Book Journ. Bot iii.,p. 413. (name only.) Pr, Epimel. Bot. p. 41. var. /3. longipes; 



—stipes 4-6 inches long, inferior articulation 1-2J inches long, fronds less attenuated at the base, sori quite costal, in one instance 

 irregularly scattered at a distance from the costa. 



The specimen figured is from Birmah— (Parish.) 



Hab. Luzon, Birmah, Assam. 



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