56 
Jav., 2\ 192 t. 90 Polyp, brunneum, Wall. Cat. n. 333 ;— R longipes, Wall. Cat n. 316 R adnatum, Wall. Cat. Ko. 328 Phegop- 
teris, Metten Phegopt., p. 29. 
Very common about Ootacamund on the Nilgiris. 
PLATE No. CLXYIII. 
Pohjpodium nigro-carpum. (Beddome.) Caudex stout, sub-oblique densely paleaceous, stipes 1-2-3 feet long, densely paleaceous 
towards the base, scabrous above, fronds membranaceous, semi-transparent, deltoid-ovate acuminate, tri-pinnate below, bi-pinnate above 
and pinnatifid at the apex, pinuiB alternate, distant petioled deltoid ovate 6-12 inches long, in the basal pair the inferior basal pinnule 
is wanting, and the other inferior pinnules are larger than the superior ones, pinnules shortly i^etiolate in the inferior pinnaj, sessile in 
the superior ones, oblongo-ovate, secondary pinnules sessile from a broad base or the lower pairs shortly petiolate, obtuse at the apex 
more or less pinnatifid, segments obtuse, veins prominent not extending to the margin, but terminating within it in a pellucid dot, costa 
and veins furnished with weak whitish hairs on both sides, sori medial on the veins, 1 to 8 on each of the secondary pinnules becoming 
quite black when ripe. 
Nilgiris — Very common in the Sholas on the higher ranges. 
PLATE No. CLXIX. 
6. PolypocUuni riigulosiini. (Labill.) Caudex long, creeping, rufo-villous, whole plant more or less hairy and glanduloso-viscid, 
especially beneath, stipes 1-2 feet and more long, varying in size from a crow's to a swan's quill, and as well as the main rachises glossy 
and rough with elevated points, bright castaneous or stramineous, frond varying from 6-8 inches in length, very slender (perfect and 
fertile) to 5 feet in length, from 4 inches to 3 feet -wide at the base, deltoid-ovate sub-coriaceous (rarely sub-membranaceous and flaccid) 
tri-pinnate, primary pinnce generally in distant petiolated pairs, lowest primary pinnre oblong-ovate acuminate ; secondary pinnae sessile 
from a broad base, oblong acuminate pinnules i to | inch long, oblong or linear-oblong obtuse lobato-pinnatifid with small rounded lobes, 
I'arely angixlato-dentate at the margin, margins often much reiiexed, the veins of the lobes very flexuose, veinlets pinnate, simple or 
forked, the lower veinlet extending to the margin of the sinus of the lobes, and there bearing a solitary sorus (10-14 on each pinnule) 
Init so copious that they frequently cover the whole under surface of the frond, secondary rachises terete, not winged. Labill. Fil. Nov. 
Iloll. ii, p. 92 t. 241 •—llook. Sp. Fil. iv, p. 272 PolyiJodiura Pceppigii, Kze. in Lin. ix, p. 50 ;— Pol. fulvescens, Hook, et Grev. Bot. 
Mix. ii, ^^ 239 ; — Pol. viscidum, Spr. ; — P. viscosum, Roxb. ; — Pol. viscoso-viscidum, Thouars Fl. Prist. d'Acunha,p. 33; — Cheilanthes 
sxahiQwsL, A. Rich. Fl. n. Zeal. ; — Cheilanthes Dicksonioides, Eiidl. and Kze. in Schl: i^iV. »S'i^/v'- Hypolepis Dicksonioides, Ilool: 
Sx). Fil. ii, p. 61 ;— Hyp. Pasppigiana, Metten Fil. Lechl., p. 18. 
Nilgiris, most abundant about Coonoor and Ootacamund. 
This fern when growing has much the general aspect of " Pteris aquilina" — the fructification is of course quite diftereut. 
PLATE No. CLXX. 
7. Polijpodium ornatum. (Wallich.) Caudex erect, clothed with copious long subulate scales, stipites stramineous, 1-3 feet 
long and up to about an inch in diameter, paleaceous at the base, smooth and polished or setaceo-paleaceous above, fronds generally very 
large, 1 to 6 feet long, broad ovate acuminate, firm-membranaceous quadri-pinnate, costse, costules and veins furnished with long white 
soft silky spreading hairs, rachis of the pinnae muricated beneath with hard aculii and furnished with setaceous scales, pinnoj opposite, 
petiolate or sessile 1-2 feet long, 8-14 inches broad, broad-oblong acuminate, pinnules sessile, oblong acuminate 4-7 inches long, rachis 
furnished with a very regular broad wing, tertiary pinnules 6 to 10, 1-li lines long, entire or slightly crenated, veinlets simple, forked, 
or pinnate terminating within the margin, apex thickened — sori 1 on the lower vein of each tertiary pinnule (/, e., in two lines, on each 
side of the costa of the secondary pinnules). Wall. Cat., p. 327. 
Wynad — Carcoor ghat abundant, one of the handsomest ferns in the presidency. 
PLATE No. CLXXI. 
