4 
choerophylla, Wall. Cat. «. 259. Davallia ligulata, Wall. M. S. Leucostegia ligulata,./. Sm. Davallia pulchra.Don. C ystopteris squamata. 
Dene. J acq. Voy. 178. 
Neddiwattam, on the Nilgiris. Common in the Teak forests of the Anamallays growing on trees. Wynaad, Coimbatore hilk 
PLATE No. X. 
2. Ao-ophorus immersus, (Moore) — Caudex creeping downy and fibrous, with slender roots (not scaly), frond stipitate, ovate in cir- 
cumscription, membranaceous opaque, tripinnate, pinnae pinnatifid ovato-lanceolate segments subovate or obovate obliquely cuneate at the 
base, paler and slightly concave on the upper side, sori close to the margin, involucres large, reniform close pressed, slightly convex. Hook, 
Sjt>. Fil. i, 156. Leucostegia immersa, Pr. Tent. Pter. Davallia immersa, Wall. Cat. n. 256. Cystopteris dimidiata, Dene. Jacq. Voy. 177^ 
Hiimata immersa, Metten. 
Anamallays — Wynaad, 3,000 to 4,000 feet elevation, rather rare. 
PLATE No. XL 
HuMATA, Cavanilles Pmlect, 272. 
(Pachypleuria, Presl. ; Pteroneuron, Fee.) 
Sori indusiate rotundate ; the receptacles terminal and vertical or rarely subterrainal and oblique on the venules. Indusium 
suborbicular reniform or transversely oblong reniform, plane, broadly affixed at the posterior margin. Veins stout, often thickened upwards, 
simple forked or pinnate, from a central costa, venules free. 
Fronds small rigid, coriaceous, simple lobed pinnatifid or pedately pinnatifid or subternate sori usually vertical, rarely subter- 
minal and oblique or sublateral to the veins. Rhizome creeping hirsutely, scaly or tufted. 
1. Humata 2)edata, (J. Sm.) — Caudex creeping paleaceous, fronds stipitate vei-y coriaceous small deltoideo-cordate somewhat 5 
angled tripartito-pinnatifid, the segments patent but inclining upwards, oblong, obtuse, fertile ones crenato-dentate the two lower primary 
divisions obliquely ovate, acuminate, involucres small, semi-orbicular or nearly orbicular, alternating with the teeth of the serratures placed 
close to the margin and pointing to it ; stipes elongated chaffy below. Hook. Sp. Fil. i. 154. Davallia cordi/olia, Reinw. Davallia pedata, 
Si". D. subimbricata, Blume. 
The western slopes of the Nilgiris — rare. 
PLATE No. XII, 
