The Cryptogamous Plants of Dr. Roxburgh. 501 



Stipes slender, channelled, woolly, dark purple; from 2 

 to \2 inches long. 



Lines of the fructification decussating, numerous over 

 the whole underside of the fronds, leaving but small oblong 

 interstices. 



Capsules most numerous, short pedicelled, girt with an 

 elastic ring. 



Seeds very numerous. 



2. H. reticulata. R. Antrophyum reticulatum. Kaulf. Wall. 

 Cat. 61, No. 40. 



Fronds in tufts, sessile, cuneate-lanceolate, entire. Nerve 

 vanishing towards the middle of the frond ; veins and lines 

 of the fructification reticulated, forming sublanceolate in- 

 terstices. 



Nat. of the Moluccas. 



12. SCOLOPENDRIUM. 



Fructifications in scattered double lines, placed between 

 two veins. Involucre originating from the surface, (or rather 

 from the veins,) lying over one another longitudinally, and 

 separating by a longitudinal suture. Smith. 



S. lanceolatum. R. 



Parasitical, creeping. Stipes polished. Fronds lanceolate, 

 entire, acute, the barren greatly larger, and with shorter 

 stipes. 



Nat. of Chittagong. 



13. BLECHNUM. 



Fructifications disposed in two-parallel lines, approaching 

 the nerve. Involucre originating from the surface, continu- 

 ed ; separating towards the nerve. 



1. B. angustifolium. R. 



Stipes polished, as long as the simple, linear-lanceolate, 

 entire, smooth fronds. Fructifications in an uninterrupted 



