262 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 
but the lobes of the sinus often overlapping, so that it appears to 
be circular ; fertile portions of the frond often much contracted, 
and fronds often only partially seeding. Clarke^ F. N. I, p. 526. 
Himalayas, Sikkim, and Bhotan, 4,000-7,000 feet, very abun- 
dant between Darjeeling and Surail j Khasya, 3,000-5,000 feet. 
Mr. Clarke says that it seeds but rarely, and then usually only 
very partially, this is an error, as I, found many clumps near Dar- 
jeeling (end of November) with most of the fronds entirely covered 
with seed, and not in the least contracted. I had written out a full 
description, beHeving this to be a distinct species from dissecta, 
differing in having copious multicellular hairs beneath, the South 
Indian plant being glabrous ; I have, however, since seen Ceylon 
specimens in the British Museum which have similar hairs beneath, 
so I can now only regard it as a variety ; it only differs in its larger 
size, and in being more compound, and in the ultimate segments 
being more entire. 
41. Lastrea SPLENDENS. (Hook.) Stipcs 2-3 fect loug, stout, 
polished bright chestnut coloured and scaly, as is the main rachis ; 
fronds long-lanceolate up to 4 feet, by about broad, bipinnate, 
primary pinnae narrow lanceolate, about 2 inches broad, and nearly 
the same breadth throughout ; secondary' pinnae 20-30 pairs, about 
i inch broad, lanceolate-oblong, rounded at the apex, cut about 
one-third towards the rachis into small lobes, the upper basal one 
being generally rather larger than the others, all more or less serrated ; 
texture subcoriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, or slightly scaly 
beneath ; rachis of primary pinnae deeply channelled above, and 
winged upwards glabrous above, often scaly beneath ; veinlets pinnate 
or forked, not reaching the margins; sori well below the middle of 
upper veinlet, forming a row on each side of the pinnule near the 
costa. Hook. Syn. Fil 282. Bedd. F. B. I. t. \2. 
Sikkim and Bhotan, 6,000-7,000 feet elevation ; Malay 
Peninsula. 
42. Lastrea angustifrons. {Moore) Rhizome wide-creep- 
ing ; stipes 1-2 feet long, ebeneous, deciduously scaly ; fronds 2 feet 
