146 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 
Sylhet, abundant ; Malay Peninsula from Moulmein southwards. 
(Also in Mauritius and the Malay Islands.) 
10. AsPLENiuM WiGHTiANUM. ( J Fall.) Stipes tufted 6-9 
inches long, green, naked ; fronds up to 2 feet long, 6-8 inches broad, 
oblong-lanceolate with 6-12 subopposite or alternate pairs of pinnae 
on each side, distinctly stalked, the lower ones rather distant, linear 
with a long acumination, |-i inch broad, the base gradually 
truncate-cuneate, often a little unequal, the margin coarsely toothed ; 
colour pale green ; texture coriaceous or subcoriaceous ; veins 
very regular and parallel, not 
reaching the margin ; indu- 
sium broad, pale. JVa/L Cat. 
2215. Hook. Syn. Fil. 199. 
Bedd. F. S. L t. 126. A. 
Vulcanicum (Blume), Hook. 
Syn. Fil. 201. 
( The sterile fi'onds are 
rarely deeply and irregularly 
pinnatifid., with the segments 
ll" serrated.) 
Ceylon ; South Indian 
mountains, Pulneys, Anamal- 
lays, Bolampatty Hills, 2,000- 
4,000 feet elevation ; Malay 
Peninsula. 
In South Indian exam- 
ples the serratures are rather 
deep and the veins generally 
all simple, in a specimen from Birma the serratures are very shal- 
low and sharp and the veins once forked. 
(Also in the Malay Islands.) 
Var. P> microphyllum. Pinnae much smaller, with a more 
unequal cuneate base, scarcely acuminated at the apex ; serratures 
obtusely rounded, upper basal serratures larger than the others and 
N°73 
ASPLENIUM WIGHTIANUM. 
{Wall.) 
