The Cryplogamous Plants of Di\ Roxburgh, 475 



11. L.furcatum. R. L. atroviride. Wall. Cat. 62, No. 120, 

 (quod nomen delendum.) 



Perennial, scandent, dichotomous ; with long, simple roots 

 from the forks. Leaves bifarious, spreading, oblong, fal- 

 cate ; anterior lobe large, and stem-clasping ; superficial 

 scales oval, and mucronate. Spikes solitary, or in pairs, 

 imbricated with four rows of cordate scales, which are great- 

 ly longer than the round cordate capsules. 



Nat. of Pullo-Pinang. 



12. L. imbricatum, R. 



Creeping, {2-S inches long,) dichotomous, very ramous. 

 Leaves alternate, imbricated, bifarious, falcate-cordate, 

 smooth ; superficial scales of the same shape, but small and 

 cuspidate. 



Hatha-joori of the Hindu M. M. 



Found by H. Colebrooke Esq. amongst stones, in moist, 

 cool shaded places, over Behar. 



CRYPTOGAMIA FILICES. 



6. OPHIOGLOSSUM.* 



Spikes distichous. Capsules (or cells) opening transverse- 

 ly, without an elastic ring. Seeds numerous. 



1. O. cordifolium. R. Icon. Roxb. 14, t. 85. 

 Fronds simple, ovate, and ovate-cordate, veinless, bearing 

 the spike, surmounted on a scape greatly longer than the leaf. 

 Beng. Danga-ghechu, or Ekteera. 

 Ophioglossum simplex. Rumph. Amb. 6, L 6S,f. 2. 



* All the species but the first will now be referred to Lygodium, 

 Swartz. — W. G. 



