478 The Crypto gatnoiis Plants of Dr. Roxburgh, 



Beng. Bliootraj. 



Valli-panna. Rheed. Mat, t. 32. bad. 

 5. O. furcatum. R. 



Scandent. Fronds dichotomous, ultimate divisions linear, 

 very long, finely pinnatifid, with numerous minute spikelets. 

 Nat. of Pullo Pinang. 



7. OSMUNDA. 



Capsules subglobose, disposed on a spike, or back of the 

 fronds, 2-valved, 1-celled, opening transversely, without an 

 elastic ring. 



1. O. zeylanica. Linn. sp. pi. 1519. Icon. Roxb. 14, t. 88.* 

 Fructifications disposed on a single, subcylindrial, cauline 

 spike, composed of several spherical, ^-valved folliculi, 

 lodged under the lacerated segments of peltate receptacles ; 

 opening on the outside, near the base, and emitting numer- 

 ous minute grains. Fronds pinnate-pedate ; divisions lanceo- 

 late, waved. 



Beng. Ekbeera. 



Ophioglossum laciniatum. Rumph. Amb. 6, t. 68,/. 3. 



Rootf SL creeping larger shoot, with thick fibres, which 

 every year pushes forth one new frond from the apex, while 

 a portion decays at the other end. 



Stipe 6-8 inches long, erect, nearly round, and smooth. 



Frond solitary, pedate. Leaflets thereof lanceolate, with 

 their margins much w^aved, and irregularly scalloped ; smooth 

 on both sides ; veins numerous, very fine, expanding ; length 

 from 4 to 6 inches. 



Spike from the apex of the stipe where the three first 

 divisions of the frond are inserted. Scape rather shorter than 

 the stipe, ( spike J subcylindric, about one-third the length of 

 the scape, closely covered with the fructifications. 



Fructifications generally from 4 to 6; minute, spherical 

 bodies, closely surround a small, short, sessile raggedly 

 * Helminth ostachys dulcis. — W. G. 



