Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 307 
6. PoLYPODiuM SESSiLiFOLiuM. {Hook.) Caudcx Small, erect 
or ascending, scaly ; stipes scarcely any ; fronds tufted, membrana- 
ceous, firm, 3-9 inches long, 2-3 lines wide, linear, scarcely 
acuminated, obtuse, attenuated at the base ; veins oblique, approxi- 
mate, forked; sori oblong, parallel with the costa in lines or series inter 
mediate between the costa and the margin, medial on the upper 
veinlet. Hook. Fil. iv. 168. Syn. Fil. p. 322. Bedd. F. B. I. t. 119. 
Penang. 
(Also in the Philippines.) 
Fronds pmnatifid. 
7. POLYPODIUM CORNIGERUM. 
{Baker.) Fronds tufted, subses- 
sile, erect ligulate, 3-4 inches long, 
2-2\ lines broad, pinnatifid or 
subpinnate, lobes 20-30 jugate, 
diminishing in size from middle of 
frond both ways, almost triangu- 
lar, subacute, repand on the upper 
edge ; texture subcoriaceous, sur- 
faces glabrous ; veins one to each 
lobe, forked, falling far short of 
the margin ; sorus large round, 
solitary at fork close to main rachis, 
and medial on the vein. Hook. 
Syn. Fil. 503. Bedd. Fern Slip, 
t. 381. 
Ceylon, Horton plains, rare, 
(C. P. 4005.) 
8. POLYPODIUM CUCULLA- I'OLYPODIUM CUCULLATUM. ^Nccs) 
TUM. {Nees) Caudex very small, ascending ; stipes densely tufted 
1-3 lines long, naked ; fronds subcoriaceous or somewhat membra- 
naceous, 3-5 inches long, 2-3 lines broad, flaccid, linear-lanceolate 
acuminate, deeply nearly to the costa pinnatifid ; the lobes linear- 
