179 



TBICHOMANES. (See « Ferns of Southern India/' p. 2.) 



TllICHOMANES PAKVULUM. (Poir.) Caudex creeping densely matted tomentose, fronds reniform or rotundato-cuneate 

 stipitate inciso-palmate glabrous, segments linear obtuse emarginate or bifid, itrvolucres terminal sunk subturbinate, the mouth spread- 

 ing obscurely two lipped, receptacles slightly exserted. Hook. Sp. Fil. 1. 118 ;— Poir. encycl. Bot. viii. p. 44. Bl. En. Fil. Jav. 

 p. 223 ;— T. Sibthorpioides, Bory. in Willd. Sp. Fl. v. p. 498. 



The specimen figured is from Coonoor (Nilgiri Hills), where it was first detected by the Rev. T. Whitehouse. 



Hab. Bourbon, Java, Philippine Islands, Moluccas, New Ireland, Madagascar, Nilgiri Hills (South India.) 



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