Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 135 
GENUS XXXVIL— WOODWARDIA. {Smith.) 
(In honour of T. J. Woodward, an English Botanist.) 
Sori linear or linear-oblong, sunk in cavities of the frond, placed 
in single rows parallel with and contiguous to the midribs of the 
pinn^ and pinnules ; indusium sub-coriaceous, the same shape as 
the sorus, closing over tire cavity Hke a hd ; veins forming a series of 
costal arches the rest free or anastomosing ; fronds ample and bi- 
pinnatifid. 
I. WooDWARDiA RADiCANS. {Smith.) Stipcs elongate, with 
large lanceolate acuminate paleaceous scales at the base ; fronds 
ample, pinnate, subcoriaceous ; pinnae distant, often a foot or more 
long, petiolate, deeply pinnatifid broad-lanceolate acuminate j 
lacinias ovate -lanceolate, acuminate, subfalcate, spinulose-serrate to- 
wards the apex ; veins reticulate towards the main costa (of the 
pinnae), a single series of areoles outside of the sori thence free to 
the margin ; sori parallel with and near to the costule, short oblong, 
sunk in the cavity of the sorus, which has an elevated margin ; in- 
volucre vaulted coriaceous ; rachis here and there producing large 
scaly germinating gemmae at the base of some of the pinnse. 
Smithy Act. Taur. v. p. 4-12. Hook. Sp. Fil. iii. 66. Syn. Fit. 138. 
Bedd. F B. Lt. 88. 
Himalayas, from Kashmir to Bhotan, 3,000-8,000 feet elevation; 
common in Khasya, 4,000-5,000 feet. 
(Also in Java, S. Europe, Macaronesia, California and Mexico.) 
GENUS XXXVIII.— DOODIA. {R. Br.) 
(In honour of Samuel Doody, a British cryptogamist.) 
Sori oblong or sub-lunulate, in one or more series, arranged 
transversely with the veins forming areoles which are superficial, not 
sunk ; involucres membranaceous, of the same form as the sori, 
opening towards the costa and lying parallel with it ; veins uniform, the 
