Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 
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present in Ceylon or S. India, the Ceylon plant being identical with 
the Nilgiri T. neilgherrense. 
6. Trichomanes parvulum. {Fotrcf.) Rhizome wide-creep- 
ing, interlaced ; stipe t inch long, wiry, slender, tomentose below; 
frond i to -|- inch each way, orbicular in general outline, cuneate or 
truncate at the base, flabellately cut about half-way down from 
the outer edge in the direction of the base into narrow irregular seg- 
ments ; veins close, prominent, so that the frond, when dry, appears 
channelled ; dichotomous at a very small angle ; spurious venules 
numerous ; sori 4-6, terminal on the central segments, the lube 
quite sunk in the frond, the mouth dilated at the sides. Hook. 
Syn, Fil. p. 75. Bedd. F. S. /. /. 179. 
Nilgiris, 
(Also in Japan, China, Java, Polynesian Islands, Madagascar, 
Johanna Island, and the Moluccas.) 
7. Trichomanes prolif.rum. {Blume.) Rhizome wide-creep- 
ing, interlaced ; stipe 1-2 inches 
long, slender, bearing 1-3 deeply 
divided fronds about i inch broad 
each way, ovate - lanceolate to 
roundish ; segments narrow dicho- 
tomously branched, divided down 
nearly to the central rachis ; veins 
numerous, irregular; sori 4-12, 
terminal, the tube quite sunk, the trichomanes digitatum. 
mouth obscurely two-lipped; re- (^'^^•) 
ceptacles exserted. Hook. Syn. Fil. p. 76. Bedd. F. S. I. t. 262. 
Nilgiris, west slopes, 3,000 feet ; Travancore Hills, Ceylon. 
(Also in Java and the Philippine Islands.) 
8. Trichomanes digitatum. {Swarfz.) Stipe very slender, 
naked, \ inch long ; frond 1-2 inches long, \-i inch broad, irregular 
in general outline, divided down nearly to ihe base, or a broadly- 
