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12. Pteris aquilina (Linn.) Caudex running long and deep underground, stipites erect, remote, stramineous or tawny, fronds 
ample subdeltoid, coriaceous, tri-pinnate, glabrous or hairy beneath, primary divisions long petiolate, ultimate pinnae sessile, pinnules 
spreading linear more or less approximate, entire or hastate or below deeply pinnatifid, sometimes to the apex, segments ovate or oblong or 
linear upper ones decurrent at the base, the confluent portion sometimes forming a lobe or auricle, ultimate segments often elongated ; the 
margins closely reflexed more or less crenulated, veins approximate simple or forked, involucre doiible continuous, membranaceous more 
or less villous or ciliated (inner one generally obsolete) — Hook. Sp. Fil. ii. 196 — Allosorm aquilinus. Pr. — Pteris caudata. Schkuhr Fil 
t.Qb—Pt.remrvata. Wall. Cat. n. \\Z—Pt. firma. Wall, Cat. 7i. 100— Pt. excelsa PI. En. fit. Jav. p. 213— Z"^. latiuscula De&v.~Pt. 
lanuginosa Bory — Pt. decomposita. Gaud. 
Var. P. lanuginosa ; fronds evidently pubescent or silky — tomentose beneath. 
Variety B is the common Indian form and is to be met with all over the hilly portions of the Western side of the Presidency. 
PLATE No. XLII. 
13. Pteris longipinnula (Wall.) Fall, frond ample oblongo-ovate, coriaceo-membranaceous, shining pinnae large (often a span 
long) broad lanceolate pectinato-pinnatifid rarely bi-partite, segments spreading nearly horizontally linear-oblong subacute entire, terminal 
one more or less elongated, lowest pair unequal short decurrent into a short petiole, involucres very narrow extending from the sinus 
nearly to the apex, veins pi-ominent, forked from their base, stipes elongated (2-3 feet long) and as well as the rachis and costa usually of 
the same color as the frond (rarely brown) glossy — Hook. Sp. Fil. ii. 179 — Wall. Cat. n. 108. 
Forests on the Travancore hills — Courtallum. 
Since the above ivas in the press I have found a \4th species of Pteris ( P. jmtens. Hooker) it will he figured in ajuture number. 
PLATE No. XLIII. 
(b) Loiver veins onhj arcuately anastomosing. 
Camptekia Presl. Tent. Pterid 146. 
(Pteridis. sp. auct. Litobrochife. sp. auct.) 
Sori indusiate, marginal, linear, continuous ; the receptacles linear transverse, uniting the apices of the veins. Induciuni of the 
same form membranaceous, — veins simple or forked from a central costa, the lowest pair only arcuately anastomosing, forming a series of 
elongated areoles, venules free. \ 
Fronds herbaceous, large pedately-branched or bi-pinnate. Rhizome short erect — (Moore). 
1. Campteria hi-aurita. (Linn). Fronds generally ample sub-coriaceo-membranaceous pedately ovate pinnate, pinnae sub-sessile, 
lanceolate, acuminate, lowest or sometimes two lowest pair bi-tri-pinnate, or again pinnate mostly downwards, all the pinnae deeply pinnatifid 
(leaving however a broad wing on each side the costa) segments oblong, or linear-oblong obtuse, entire, scarcely falcate, basal veins \initing 
in pairs into an arch below the sinus and there bearing 4 to 8 simple veinlets which extend to the margin at or above the sinus, stipes 
and rachises stramineous smooth. — Hook. Sp. Fil. p. 203 — Pteris hiaurita Linn. Sp. Fil. p. 1534 — Campteria Rottleriana. Presl. Tent. 
Pter. t. 5 p. 26 — Pteris geminata. Ag. Sp. Gen. Pt.p. 31 — Pt. Kleinia^ia. Presl. Tent. Pter. t. 5 /. 19. 
(Without examining the venation this fern is hardly distinguishable from Pteris quadri-aurita). 
Nilgiris, North slopes — Walghat below Sisparah — Wynad. 
PLATE No. XLIV. 
2. Campteria Anamallayensis (Beddome) 4-6 feet high, fronds very large si;b-membranaceous, pedately ovate, pinnate, pinnas 
sub-sessile lanceolate with a long acumination, lowest pair tri-pinnate, all the pinnae deeply pinnatifid (leaving however a broad wing on 
each side of the costa) segments falcately oblong sterile ones serrated and fertile ones serrated at their sterile apices ; basal veins uniting 
in pairs into an arch below the sinus (one generally proceeding from the midrib and the other from the costa) and bearing 3-4 free veinlets, 
ether veins forked terminating in dots within the margin, indusium never reaching the base or apex of the segments. 
Anamallay hills— banks of a stream on the hills over Colungode 5000 feet— Bolampatty hills, near Coimbatore a very large species. 
PLATE No. XLV. 
