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3. Var. 13. A. Wigldianuni 77uc)'oph>/Uu7n (R. H. B.) pinna3 much smaller with an unequal cuneate base— scarcely acuminated 
the apex— serratures obtusely rounded, superior basal scrrature generally deeper than the others and bifid. 
Anamallays. 
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4. As2ylenium 2}ersicifoUim. (J. Smith). Stipes and rachis livid, slightly scaly, fronds 2 feet and more long, sub-coriaceous, 
ovato-lanceolate, very opaque, dark-green, impari-pinnate, or terminated by a viviparous scaly bud, pinnae numerous, yet distant. (20-30) 
patent 4-6 inches long, petiolate narrow-oblong lanceolate, finely acuminate, sometimes sub-falcate, more or less serrated at the apex, 
deeply inciso-serrate, the base obliquely cuneate, superior rounded or sub-truncate, inferior sub-excised, veins sunk obscure, usually fork- 
ed, sori linear, remote rather short, patent often irregular not reaching to the costa nor the margin, involucre lineai', firm, sub-coriaceous. 
— Jlook. Sp. Fill, iii, 108. — Aspl. Zenkerianum, K:e. in Linnosa, xxiv, p. 259. 
Nilgiris — Sholas on Dodabett and behind the Avalanche bungalow.— Anamallays. 
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5. Asplenium varians. (Hook, and Grev.) Caudex small, erect, densely rooting, stipites tufted slender, 1-2 inches long, slightly 
paleaceous above, fronds 2-4 inches long, membranaceous, lanceolate bi-pinnate, primary pinnae h an inch long on short petioles, distant, 
patent obtuse, pinnules few on each pinna l-lh line long, cuneate and irregularly incised, sometimes all the pinnules are confluent, and 
then the phm^ are pinnatifid, veins variously forked, sori few, 2-3 on each pinnule at length confluent, involucres pale brown, membra- 
naceous, entire sub-atliyroid. //ooi-. ^S>. i^tV. iii,;). 192 ;—Aspidium varians. Wall in //oo/i-. ;— Asplen. plebeium, I{. i?r ;— Aspl. 
fimbriatum, Kze. in Limioia, xviii, 2^- 117. 
Nilgiris— Common about Ootacamund. 
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6. Asplenium tennifol ium. (Don.) Caudex horizontal stout, when old, scarcely paleaceous, stipites tufted 3-4 inches to a 
span long, castaneous at the base, fronds oblong-ovate, acuminate pale green, membranaceous 6-12 inches long, tri-sub-quadri-pinnate, 
pinnae and pinnules all petiolate, primary pinnas patent 2-3 inches long, broad-lanceolate, ultimate pinnules obovato— or linear-cuneate 
tapering into the petiole, bifid or pinnatifid or laciniated, the segments very acute, almost mucronate, apices of the fronds and primary 
pinnae pinnatifid with linear segments, veins solitary, central terminating much short of the apices, sori rarely more than 2 on the disc or 
pinnule, oblong, generally on a forked nerve, and the membranaceous involucres open towards each other.— //oo/.-. Sp. Fil. iii, 193.— 
Don. Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 8. — Asplenium Concinuum, Wallic/i. 
Nilgiris — Common in Sholas on the banks of streams at Ootacamund, and at the Avalanche— Anamallays. 
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7. As2Jlenium heterocarpum. (Wallich). Caudex long, creeping horizontally, young frond-buds clothed with small black subu- 
late scales, fronds sparse but approximate, stipites 4 inches to a span long, scaly at the base, and as well as the slender rachis purple- 
ebeneous glossy, fronds oblong or linear, lanceolate 6-14 inches long, and acuminate, membranaceous dark-green sub-translucent pinnated, 
pinnae veiy numerous, approximate horizontally patent inch long, petiolate (ultimate ones very small and decurrent into a pinnatifid 
acumen) oblongo-lanceolate generally obtuse, dimidiate (the lower half as it were cut off parallel with the rachis in a straight line nearly 
to the apex) superior base truncate parallel with the rachis not auricled, superior margin and apex only deeply inciso-serrate, segments 
bi-dentate monosorus, vei:is forked, sori solitary (rarely 2) confined to the marginal serratures or segments, small oval-oblong, involucre 
brown, membranaceous entire. Hook Sp. Fil. iii, 132— TFci^/. Cat. 218.— Asplenium cheilosorum, /i^e. j« Metten. Asplen. 2'. 133 <. 5. /. 
12, 13. 
Travancore Hills — Mercara — Nilgiris (Avalanche and Neddiwattan). 
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