69 
(b.) Fro7uh fertile on the upiKV 2'>innce. 
AcROSTicHUM ; Linncem, Gen. Fil., 785. (Emend.) Presl. Tent. Pier. 240. 
So?'i superficial, non-indusiate ; the receptacles occupying the whole under-surface of the upper pinnas. Veins uniformly reticu- 
lated in small regular hexagonal meshes, without free veinlets. 
Fronds pinnate, thick coriaceous, the upper fertile pinnte usually somewhat narrower. Rhizome thick, sub-globose decumbent, 
(Moore.) 
1. Acrostichum aureum. (Linn.) Fronds firm, 1 to 3 or 4 feet high, pinnate. Barren segments linear-oblong, about 4 to 8 inches 
long, very obtuse, oblique at the base and petiolulate, the midrib prominent, the very numerous equally reticulated veinlets covering the 
under-surface, fertile segnients usually occupying the upper part of the frond, and rather smaller than the barren ones. Linn. Sp. PI- 
1525 -—Benth. Hong-Kong FL, p. 443 A. emarginatum, Roxh. Crypt. PI. Cal. Journ. Nat. Hist, iv, 480 Chrysodium vulgare, 
Fee. Acrost. 97 A. insequale, WiUd. iSp. PL v, 117 A. speciosum, Willd. Sp. PI. v, 117, 
Banks of rivers and backwaters on the Western Coast — very abundant. 
PLATE No. CCIV. 
ADLE^fDA. 
14. Pteris })atens. (Hook.) Caudex erect, stipes numerous, stout scaly at their base, rachis stout glabrous, frond ample, erect, 
strict, membranaceous, pinnate, lower pinnae bi-tri-partite, pinnae 8-16 inches long, strict horizontally patent, numeroiis approximate, 
elongato-oblong, acuminate, rarely sub-caudate, sessile or lower ones shortly petiolate, deeply (almost to the rachis) pinnatifid, segments 
horizontal, very uniform, linear, scarcely acuminate, serrulate where sterile, the base dilated decurrenti-confluent on both sides, especially 
at the lower base, sometimes apart, veins all free, simple or once or twice forked ; sori continuous nearly to the apex. Hook. Sp. Fil. ii, 
177; — Pteris excelsa, var., /, Srn. Herb. ; — Pt. decussata, J. Smith in Hook. Journ. of Bot. ui.,]). 405. 
New Carcoor ghat, (Wynad) abundant — a very large handsome species. I have not met with it elsewhere in the Presidency. 
PLATE No. CCV. 
Note.— aSu- W. Hooker infoi '7ns me that Campteria Anamallayensis," (PI, xlv) of this Work is " Campteria geminata" of 
Agardh, which sixcies is referred by Sir W. Hooker as a synonym to " Campteria hiaurita." ( L.J I feel quite certain that the two species 
" C. Ananiallayensis" and " bi-azirita" are quite distinct, the venation and whole habit are different ; if my plant is the same as Agardh' s, 
the name "Ananiallayensis" xvill however have to he changed to "geminata." 
Campteria nemoralis, (Willd.) or ivhat I take to be that species is not uncommon in this Presidency. In outline and general 
appearaiice it is in no ivay different from Pteris quadri-aurita, (Retz.) but whilst some entire fronds have quite the venation of Pt£?-isand 
are consequently not distinguisJmhle from " P. quadri-aurita," other fronds or some of their pinna; have the venation of Cam2)teria, but 
I'jith smaller costal areoles and fewer free veins than in " C, bi-aurita." I have always found this fern grovnng in localities when both 
