2^2 
Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 
Himalayas^ Kumaon to Bhotan, 4,000-10,000 feet, Khasya, 
3,000-6,000 feet ; South India on the Western mountains ; Ceylon; 
Malay Peninsula. 
(Also in Natal, Samoa, and Australia.) 
* Indiisimn always reniform. 
f Plniice. subenth^e or only slightly lobed [except tn forms v and S 
of Walker ce.) 
5. Lastrea cuspiDATA. {Mett.7inder Aspidiuni.) Stipes about 
I foot long, reddish as is the rachis, scaly towards the base; fronds 1-3 
feet long, pinnae numerous, linear- 
lanceolate from a broad base, 4- 
6 inches long, \-\ inch broad, 
cuspidate at the base, very shal- 
lowly lobed (not \ to the rachis), 
the lobes sharply serrated; texture 
scarcely coriaceous ; rachis and 
both surfaces naked ; veins pin- 
nate with 3-4 veinlets on each 
side ; sori towards the base of 
the veinlets ; indusium reniform, 
fugacious. Mett. Farngatt. Pheg. 
and Asp. 92. Poly podium elon- 
gatum. Wall. Cat. 309. Bedd. 
F. B. 1. t. 118. Nephrodium 
cuspidatum. Hook. Syn. Fil. /. 
260. 
LASTREA CUSPIDATA. Khasya Hills, 3,000-4,000 
^"^^^^•^ feet elevation, near Shillong. 
6. Lastrea hirtipes. {Bl. under Aspidium.) Caudex erect ; 
stipes tufted up to about i foot long, densely clothed, as is the 
rachis, with long blackish hair-like scales ; fronds up to 3 feet long, 
pinnae numerous, linear-lanceolate from a broad base, 4-8 inches long, 
by nearly i inch broad, with broad shallow lobes reaching \ X.o \ 
towards the rachis, lower ones not reduce i ; texture herbaceous \ 
