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Nilgiris — very abundant about Ootacamund, banks of streams by road-sides (a dwarf form with incurved pinnules) and in all 
Sholas. 
PLATE No. CLV. 
' A very variable species, the figure represents nearly ^rds of a frond (the apex and stipe wanting). Athjrium aspidioides 
(Schlecht) is, I believe, only one of the more compound and finely cut varieties of this species, there are numerous intermediate forms — 
Athyriiim gymnogramnioides (Kl), specimens of which I have received from Ceylon through Mr. Thwaites (CP. 1344) seems to differ 
in its much larger piimte, (14 inches long) and in its more regular asplenioid sori — Plate No. CLVI is a drawing from Mr. Thwaites' speci- 
men, it is recorded by Sir W. Hooker as from the Nilgiris, but I have never myself met with it. 
8. Athyrium nigripes. (Metten). Frond bi-pinnate, membranaceous nearly glabrous, pinnas petiolate oblongo-lanceolate, acute, pin- 
nules sub-decurrent cuneato-oblong rather obtuse, lowest ones sub-petiolate more or less pinnatifid, superior ones inciso-serrate confluent 
sori near the costules rachis, glabrous very flexuose. 
Nilgiris — in Sholas Neddiwattan and Sisparah. 
PLATE No. CLYIL 
9. Athyrium australe. (Bra.ck). Fronds bi-pinnate, deltoid membranaceous, pinnules pinnatifid attenuated at the apex, lobes 
oblong-obtuse, inciso-serrate involucres quite terete, (sausage like), lower ones often double bursting irregularly. Brack. Fil. U. St. 
Expl. Exp. 173 ; — AUantodia australis and tenera, Br. Prod. Fl. JVov. HolL, p. 149 ; — Aspl. Brownii, J. Smith, Hooh. Fil. jV. Zeal., ii, p. 149 ; 
— A. assimile. End. Prod. Fl. Nor/., p. 30 ; — A. spectabile. Wall. Cat. n. 237 ; — Aspl. multicaudatum, Wall. Cat, 229 ; — AUantodia sylvatica, 
£1. En. Fil. Jav., 173 ; — Diplazium brachysorum, Metten ;— Aspl. physosorum, Sieb. Fl. Mixta n. 268. 
The indusium is like that of AUantodia, the lower ones are often double as in Diplazium, it has hardly a right to a place in 
Asplenium, Athyrium, or Diplazium, and would be better placed next to AUantodia in a genus distinguished by free venation. 
Nilgiris — about Ootacamund and Neddiwattan. 
PLATE No. CLVIIL 
A. Magnified portion of a pinnule upper side showing the winged costa. 
B. C. Under side showing the fructification and the cordate acuminate scales present on the costa. 
D, A magnified sorus. 
(Athyrium Selenopteris, (Metten), said to be found on the Nilgiris, is quite unknown to me, it is perhaps a form of A. Hohen- 
ackerianum). 
* * * Veins reticulated, the marginal veinlets free. 
Allantodia, E. Brown. Prod. Fl. Nov. IIoll. 149. (reduct). 
(Asplenii Sp. Mcttenius ; — Hemidictyi Sp. Presl.) 
Sori indusiate, oblong-cylindrical ; the receptacles sub-lateral, anterior on the basal part of the veins. Indusium membrana- 
ceous fornicate at first involving the sorus at length reflexed, veins simple, parallel at the base and there soriferous, becoming forked and 
reticulated in elongated areoles towards the margin ; the ultimate veinlets free clavate terminating within the margin. 
Fronds pinnate tender herbaceous, Pvhizome decumbent. (Moore.) 
1. Allantodia Brunoniana. (Wall). Fronds ample pinnated herbaceo-raembranaccous, pinnae large, numerous oblong-lanceo- 
late, sessile, finely acuminated, veins free and forked near the base, and there only soriferous, anastomosing into sub-hexagonal areoles 
towards the margin. Wall. PI. Asiat. Ear., p. 44. t. 52 ;— Hemidictyum 1 Brunonis, Presl. Tent. Ptcr.,p. iii. t. 3 25-26 Asplenium 
Brunonianum, Metten Fil. Ilort, Lips., p. 71 Asplen. reticulatum, Wall. Cat. n. 188 ; — A. Javanicum, Bl. En. Fil. Jav., p. 175, 
Ghats in Canara, rare. 
PLATE No. CLLX. 
