154 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 
4,000-8,000 feet ; Khasya, 3,000-5,000 feet ; Malay Peninsula ; 
Ceylon, central provinces, above 3,000 feet. 
(Also in south-east China and Borneo.) 
25. AsPLENiUM LACiNiATUM. {Do?i.) Stipcs and rachis with 
lanceolate or linear scales ; fronds Hnear, up to nearly 2 feet long ; 
pinnae numerous, alternate or subopposite, linear-oblong or half 
ovate, very much cut away, and unequal at the base, shghtly pin- 
natifid. with the segments serrated, or more or less deeply pinnatifid 
nearly to the rachis and the segments distant ; texture subcoriaceous; 
veins very oblique ; sori copious. Doji. Prod. Fl. Nep. p. 8. Hook. 
Syn. Fil. p. 211. Bedd. F. S. I. t. 145. Aspl. planicaule 
(Walhch), Hook. Syn. Fil 211. Bedd. F. S. I. t 139. 
The typical laciniatum of North India las the pinnae ekngated 
and much narrowed towards the apex, and deeply cut into distant 
segments ; typical planicaule of S. India has very short, half ovate 
pinnae, scarcely at all cut; there are however many connecting links, 
and it is impossible, I think, to separate ihem even as constant 
varie ies. Var. depauperatum {Clarke) is also found in S. India, 
but is, I believe, only a starved form. 
Madras Presidency, all the Western mountains, 3,000-8,000 
feet ; Himala} as, Gurwhal to Bhotan ; Khasya ; Ceylon. 
(Also in Japan.) 
Var. crinigerum. {Bedd.) Pinnae all more deeply and finely 
cut than any typical laciniatum ; stipe very short {\ inch), and very 
scaly j rachis densely scaly ; pinnae with long hair-like scales on the 
ner\ es beneath. 
South India, cn the Balarangam Mountains (Mysore), and on 
Myhendra Mountains near Ganjam, 3,000-4,000 feet elevation. 
26. AsPLENiUM PUMiLUM. {Siu.) Stipcs tuftcd, 3-4 iuchcs loug 
erect, glal rous or sparingly pubescent ; fronds 2-6 inches each 
way deltoid, the upper part sinuated only, the lower cut into 
distinct pinnae, of which the lowest pair is much the largest and ofien 
pinnatifid nearly to the midrib ; texture herbaceous ; sori very oblique, 
the lower ones sometimes |-i inch long. Sic. Fl. Ind. Ccc.m. 1610. 
(West Indies and Central America.) 
