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Fronds simple, coriaceous or membranaceous. Sori continuously or interruptedly reticulated. Rhizome tufted erect— Distin- 
guished technically from Heniionitis only by the partial though frequent reticulation of the Sori. The habit and aspect are however quite 
dissimilar. (Moore). 
1. Antropliyum reticulatum (Kaulf.) Rhizome tufted, erect, fronds coriaceous, 3 to 14 inches long, 1 to 2i broad, oblongo-lan- 
ceolate, often more or less falcate, attenuated at the base and with a long acumination at the apex, ecostate, sori immersed in the frond, 
more or less reticulated — Hemionitis reticulata. Forst. 
Ravines on the Coonoor ghat and Sisparah ghat and other localities on the Nilgiris, up to 5,000 feet— Anamallays 3,000 feet— 
a rather rare fern. 
PLATE No. LII. 
Hemionitis, Linnmis, Gen. PI. 2 Ed. 944 (reduct.) 
Sori non-indusiate, superficial, narrow-linear, occupying all the anastomosing veins, the receptacles therefore reticulated. Veins 
uniform, from a costa, everywhere anastomosing and forming unequal hexagonal, more or less elongated areoles. 
Fronds cordate, sagittate, palmate, or pinnate, herbaceous or coriaceous, proliferous, the fertile taller. Rhizome short, erect, or 
creeping. Sori continuously reticulated, often becoming confluent. (Moore). 
1. Hemionitis cordata (Roxb.) stipes long, black, more or less hairy, fronds coriaceous, slightly hairy on the costa, sterile ones 
cordate to triangular, fertile hastate and generally on longer stipes, sori covering all the anastomosing veins, at length confluent, i, e., the en- 
tire under-surface of the frond becoming one mass of fructification. 
A common fern in dry localities in the plains and low mountainous tracts ; it is seldom found at any great elevation. 
PLATE No. LIIL 
TKIBE I. (§ 4) T^NITIDE^. 
(a) Veins straight, coynbined (luhere fertile) hy the rnarginal receptacle. 
T^NioPSis, J. Smith., Hooker., Journal, Bot. iv. 67. 
(Tieniopteris, Hooker. Ampelopteris, Klotszch.) 
Sori non-indusiate, linear, continuous ; the receptacles sub-marginal, immersed or superficial. Veins simple or forked from a 
central costa ; venules parallel, combined at or near their apices (only where fertile) by the transverse, i. e., the longitudinal receptacle 
otherwise free. 
Fronds simple or lobate, coriaceous ; the veins obscure. Rhizome short, creeping, or tufted. — (Moore). 
1. T<jeniopsis Uneata (J. Smith). Fronds linear, grasslike 10 to 14 inches long, 3 lines broad, sub-coriaceous, sori sunk in a 
furrow within the margin of the frond, margins more or less revolute over the fructification. — Vittaria lineaia, Sw. — Uteris lineata, Linn- 
Very much the appearance of the Vittaria (Plate No. XXI) but the sori are situated within the margin and not in an extrose 
marginal furrow, the fronds are of a thicker texture than those of Vittaria elongata. 
Nilgiris slopes, below Coonoor and Neddiwattan. 
PLATE No. LIV. 
£. Veins uniform, reticiclated, with free veialets. 
Drymoglossum, Presl, Tent., Pter., 227. 
(Heteropteris, Fee. ; Neurodium, Fee. ; Paltonium, Presl. ; Lemmaphyllum, Presl.) 
Sori non-indusiate, linear, continuous ; the receptacles marginal or sub-marginal, superficial or slightly immersed. Veins uniform, 
reticulated, obscure ; the venules anastomosing in roundish or oblong hexagonal areoles, from which proceed free included simple or ham- 
nate obtuse veinlets. 
