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* * Vei7is transversely comhined in a single series. 
Stenochl.5:na.— J. Smith, Ilool: Journ. Lot. iii, 401. 
(Cafraria, P?'es^. ;— Lomariobotrys, /^ee ;— Osmundfe sp., Jwc^. ;— Onodete sp., ^iMrf. Aiiemije sp., xl;<ci!. ;— Lomarke sp., 
Auet. ; — Polybotiyce sp., Mettenius.) 
Sori superficial, non-indusiate, the rec^exitacles occupying the under-.surface of the contracted fertile fronds. Yeins arcuate at 
the base forming narrow costal areoles; venules parallelo-furcate, connivent with the thickened cartilagineo-serrate margin. 
Fronds dimorphous, the barren pinnate, the fertile contracted pinnate or bi-pinnate having slightly revolute margins. Pinnaj 
with a marginal gland near the base on the upper edge ; sometimes articulated. Rhizome scandent, (Moore.) 
1. Stenochleena scanelens. (J. Smith). Rhizome scandent, (often reaching the tops of the highest trees,) fronds glabrous, pinnate, 
1 to 4 feet long, pinnae articulated numerous, alternate, lanceolate, acuminate, pungently serrate towards the apex, oblique at the base 
and furnished with a marginal gland on the upper edge, 5-10 inches long, 1 to 1\ inch broad. Veins forming narrow costal areoles, con- 
spicuous towards the apex of the pinnse, obsolete below ; fertile fronds very much contracted, J. Smith, Hook. Journ. of Bot. iii, 
401 ; — Lomaria scandeus, Willd. 
Anamallays, moist forests up to 4,000 feet elevation— Carcoor ghat (Wynad)— Sampagee ghat (Coorg)— South Canara, .fee. 
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* * Veins reticulated. 
P^ciLOPTERis. Presl. Tent. Pier. 241. (Eschw. Emend.) 
(Poikilopteris, Eschiveiler ; — Bolbitis, Schott. ; — Campium, Pi-esl. ; — Cyrtogonium, J. Smith ; — Heteroneuron, Fee ; — Acrostichi 
sp., Auct.) 
Sori superficial, non-indusiate, the receptacles occupying the under-surface of the contracted fertile fronds. Veins pinnate 
from a central costa, prominent. Venules arcuately, angularly or irregularly anastomosing, sometimes producing exterior free or irregu- 
larly anastomosing veinlets. 
Fronds dimorphous, pinnate often viviparous, rhizome creeping. (Moore.) 
1. Peecilopteris repanda, (J. Sm.) Rhizome thick, shortly creeping, fronds glabrous, pinnate 1-2 feet high, of which the stipe is 
about \, stipe and rachis more or less scaly — rachis more or less winged, sometimes very conspicuously ; sterile fronds, pinnje 11-30, alter- 
nate sessile or very shortly petiolate, lanceolate from nearly entire or slightly crenated to pinnatifid with the segments serrated, the termi- 
nal one longest and often viviparous — primary veins pinnate, veinlets anastomosing and forming irregular areoles, from which proceed vein- 
lets which are generally free with a clavate apex — fertile fronds conform to sterile but much contracted, sori when ripe very black, /. Sm. 
in Seem. Bot. Her. AW ; — Acrostichimi rependum, Blume En. PI. Jav. 104; — Heteroneuron proliferum, Fee, Hook, in Kew. Jour. Bot. 
ix, 359; — Acrost. heteroclitum, Presl. Eel. Hcenk. 1-15 t. 2, Fig. 2. — Poecilopteris heteroclita, Presl. ; — Acrostichum contaminans, 
Wall. ; — Poecilopteris contaminans, Moore Ind. Fil., p. 8 ; — Cyrtogonium repandum, J. Sm., Hook. Jov,rn. of Bot. iii, 403. 
Very common on the western side of the Presidency in moist forests at no great elevation. Anamallays and Sisparah ghat, 
abundant. 
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Peecilopteris terminans, (Wall.) Rhizome thick, fronds glabrous pinnate, 1-4 feet of which the stipe is sometimes nearly 
i stipes and rachis furnished with a few scales. Sterile fronds, pinnte 4-12 alternate or sub-opposite petiolate, broad lanceolate sinuate or 
waved with a longish serrated acumination, terminal pinnse much the longest, (sometimes 2 feet long) proliferous at the apex, primary 
veins pinnate, veinlets anastomosing pretty regularly at right angles, from which proceed one or two generally free veinlets with clavate 
apices, fertile fronds conform to sterile, but much contracted. Poecilopteris Hookeriana, Thiv. En. Zeij. PI. Moist forests on the western 
side of the Presidency at no great elevation— Bolamputty valley near Coimbatore. Lower part of the Sisparah ghat— South Canara plains. 
Very abundant throughout Coorg. 
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