Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 
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broad, recurved, rounded, the upper margin with broad, shallow lobes, 
texture thin pellucid-herbaceous ; veins anastomosing in the upper 
portion of the pinnules ; sori marginal in the lobes, the inner valve 
of the involucre narrow and membranous, the edge of the frond 
produced beyond it, and scarcely altered. Hook. Syn. Fil. p. in. 
S. recurvata (Wall), Bedd. F. S. I. t. 27. L. nitens, Blume. 
Malabar and Travancore Mountains, Ceylon. 
(Also in Queensland and the Polynesian Islands.) 
Var. /3 MALABARiCA. {Bedd.) Fronds always simply pinnate ; 
rachis tetragonous ; pinnules erect, not recurved, upper margin more 
deeply lobed ; veins less anastomosing. Bedd. F. B. 1. f. 268. 
Perhaps a distinct species. 
Malabar and South Canara. 
2. SCHIZOLOMA DAVALLIOIDES. {BI.) 
Rhizome short-creeping; stipes 6-12 inches 
long, firm, erect ; fronds pinnate, pinnae 
2- 3 pairs, erect-patent, 4-8 inches long, 
pinnules 4-6 lines long, 2-3 lines broad, 
the lower margin straight or slightly curved, 
the upper with 4-6 regular rounded but not 
deep lobes, texture pellucid-herbaceous ; 
veins anastomosing at the base of the 
lobes ; sori marginal in the lobes. Hook. 
Syn. Fil. p. in. Bedd. F. B. I. t. 14.1. 
(Closely allied to lobata.) 
Malacca. 
(Also in the Malay Islands.) 
3. ScHizoLOMA coRDATA. ( 6*^3;?/^.) Rhizomc short-creeping ; stipe 
3- 6 inches long, slender, erect, wiry ; barren frond 2-3 inches long, 
i-i^ inch broad, cordate-oblong, quite entire, fertile one 3-6 inches 
long, linear entire or forked ; texture coriaceous ; sori in a continuous 
marginal line; veins anastomosing. Hook. Sp. i. /. 219, 66 A. ; 
Sy7t. Fil. p. III. Bedd. 7^ ^. / /. 299. 
Malay Peninsula. 
N94-0 
SCHIZOLOMA CORDATA. 
{Gaud.) 
