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A. ^ra?«j Arthropteris, J. Smith in jmrt ;— Glapliyropteris, Presl. ;— Catenularia, Zipjiell M. S. ;— Caslopteris, A. Braun M. S. 
Leptostegia, Zippell J/. S. ; — Pliylacopteris, Kunze M. S. ; — Hypolepidis sp. A uct. ; — Lepicystidis sp., J. Smith. 
Sort noa-iiidusiate, globose or ovoid, superficial or immersed ; the rece2ytacles terminal or medial on the free veins. Veins sim- 
ple or forked from a central costa, or simple costajform in the ultimate segments, venules free. 
Fronds coriaceous, herbaceous, or membranaceous simple, pinnatifid pinnate or bi-tri-pinnate, articulated or continuous with the 
rhizome, the pinnce sometimes articulated with the rachis— Rhizome creeping, or short, erect, or decumbent, or caudiciform. 
1. Polijpodium 2Mrasiticicin. (Metten.) Caudex ascending, furnished with ovate peltate scrobiculate scales, stipes 2-4 lines long, 
very hairy, fronds coriaceous, sparingly clothed with black hairs beneath \h-2h inches long, linear lanceolate, ciliated rather obtuse entire ■ 
veins forked, lower veinlet generally extending to the margin, superior veinlet terminating with the sorus, sori short, oblong or sub- 
rotund on a rather prominent receptacle furnished with long black seta3. Metten, Polyp., p. 36 ;— Grammitis attenuata, Kunze in Zimicea 
xxiv, p. 251. 
Anamallays— Common on trees at 5,000 feet elevation— Nilgiris— at Neddiwattam, and on rocks and trees down the 
Sisparah ghat. 
PLATE No. CLXV. 
2. Pohjpodium parvulum. (Bory.) Caudex creeping, clothed with fermginous narrow lanceolate scales, stipites 3-4 lines long 
margined, fronds rigidly membranaceous, glabrous 3-4 inches long, lanceolate deeply almost to the costa pinnatifid, segments 3-4 lines 
long, li line wide, at the inferior base coadunate and continuous, oblong or ovate-oblong rather obtuse, rarely oblong-lanceolate entire, 
lower ones abbreviated and long decurrent, veins evident, incrassated below the apex, rarely soriferous in the middle of the back, sori 3-6 
on each side. Metten, Polyp., p. 43. — Bory in Willd. S]'. PL v, p. 182 ;— P. inconspicuum, Bl. Fil. Jav., p. 130. 
Anamallays on rocks, banks of the Toracadu river 4,500 feet elevation — Nilgiris, Lamb's rock (near Coonoor). 
PLATE No. CLXVI. 
3. Polypodium ohliquatum. (Blume.) Caudex short, creeping, rather stout ferrugineo-paleaceous, stipites approximate 2-3 
lines to li inch long glabrous, fronds firm-membranaceous, scarcely sub- coriaceous 6-12-14 inches long, li-2 inches broad, lanceolate 
acuminate and sub-caudate tapering below, deeply pectinato-pinnatifid nearly to the base, segments approximate from a broad base, 
lineari-acuminate often acute entire, lower ones gradually shorter, the lowest triangular much abbreviated, costule and simple oblique 
veins evident not extending to the margin, sori several in 2 rows, one on each side, the costa oblique, sunk in an oval cavity (which is pro- 
tuberant on the upper side of the frond) surrounded by an elevated border. Hook. aSp. Fil. iv, 190 ■—Blume, Fil. Jav., p. 181., t. 58, B. ;— 
Cryptosorus Blumei, Fee Gen., p. 231 j— Ctenopteris rufescens, Kze, Bot. Zeih. iv, p. 425. 
(The fructification of this species which belongs to the genus " Cryi^tosorus," F6e is very peculiar, it is sunk into oval cavities 
on the lower side of the frond ; the fructification of Prosaptia is somewhat similar, but in that genus the cyst is marginal, the general 
appearance of this species is very similar to the Prosaptias ; it would be better if it was removed from Polypodium and placed in the genus 
proposed by F(^e, viz., " Cryptosorus.") 
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Shevagherry mountains. 
PLATE No. CLXVII. 
4. Polypodium paludosum. (Blume.) Caudex short, erect, covered with scales at the apex, furnished with numerous black wiry 
roots ; stipes elongated \\ foot and more, long fusco-stramineous, scaly only at the very base, fronds li-3 feet long, 6-12 inches wide, firm 
sub-coriaceo-membranaceous broad-oblong-lanceolate acuminate, sometimes bi-pinnate below, above pinnate, pinnatifid at the apex, pinn;e 
distant, sub-petiolate alternate 3 to 10 inches long, 1-2 inches broad, in some cases sub-erecto-patent elongato-oblong acuminate, those that 
are again pinnated have distant patent pinnules 5-I inch long from a broad always adnate, but not decurrent base, oblong obtusely acumi- 
nated, always more or less deeply pinnatifid at the margin, basal pair often more elongated, superior pinnte deeply pinnatifid with long 
obtuse pinnatifid or entire segments, veinlets rather distant, simple or forked, sori rather large not numerous, intermediate between the 
costule or primary vein, and the margin, rachis, costal, costules and principal veins often hirsute. Hook, Sp. Fil. iv, 244 ■,—Bbme Fil. 
