Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 287 
2. Oleandra. mus^folia. {Kunze.) Shoots firm, wide-creep- 
ing, clothed with long golden scales which are not deciduous; fronds 
generally single, scattered, or more rarely in tufts, 12-20 inches long, 
by about i-| inch broad, narrow oblong acuminate on stipes which 
are 1-2 inches long and jointed close to the base ; texture thin, a 
little hairy on both sides and the midrib scaly below ; sori in two 
irregular rows near the midrib. Mett. Fil. Ind. p. 240. Hook. Syii. 
Fil. 302. Oleandra neriiformis, Bedd. F. S. I. 91. 
South India on the Western mountains, particularly abundant 
in Coorg, rare elsewhere ; Cey- 
lon, central provinces. Mr. 
Clarke considers this species 
not distinct from the last ; 
they appear to me as distinct 
as the others ; all four, how- 
ever, are so closely allied that 
they might be all considered 
varieties of one species. 
3. Oleandra Wallichii. 
{Fresl.) Caudex creeping, root- 
ing, thicker than a goose-quill, 
densely clothed with subulate 
crisped ferruginous, spreading 
and often reflexed scales 
thickly tufted at the extremity 
of the branches; stipes dis- 
OLEANDRA Wallichii. {PresL) taut ^-3 iuchcs long and some- 
times paleaceous, jointed close to the base, so that the very short 
lower articulation is concealed among the scales ; fronds 6-14 inches 
long, membranaceous soft, more or less hairy, subelliptical-oblong, 
the sides parallel, the base often obtuse and rounded, the apex 
suddenly and sharply acuminate; sori compact, almost imbricated 
in a continuous line close to and parallel with the costa on each 
side ; involucres reniform, ciliated, opening towards the margin. 
