3o8 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 
oblong l-f line broad, those of the upper half fertile, broader and with 
the edges upcurved so as to clasp the large solitary sorus ; costa and 
sometimes the frond deeiduously pilose. Hook. Syn. Fil. 324. Ca- 
lymmodon cucuUatus {Fresl.), Bedd. F. S. I. t. 233. 
Ceylon, on rocks and trees, central and southern provinces, 
3,000-5,000 feet elevation. 
9. PoLYPODTUM KHASYANUM. {Hook.) Stipcs tuftcd, vcry short, 
fringed with soft hairs ; 
fronds up to about 14 
inches long, by li inch 
broad, flaccid, cut down 
nearly to the rachis into 
linear-oblong entire or 
slightlyundulated blunt 
lobes 2-3 lines broad, 
texture thick subcoria- 
ceous ; rachis and both 
sides sparingly hairy ; 
veinlets simple ; sori 
apical on the veinlets, 
sunk in an oval cavity 
(having an elevation 
on the upper side of 
the frond) in rows of 
4-6 on each side of the 
midrib. Hook. Syn. Fil. 325. Bedd. F. B. I. f. 173. 
Khasya 3,000-4,000 feet, near Cherra ; Assam, from Cherra to 
Jowye and Jarain in Jaintea, 3,000-4,000 feet elevation, not plentiful 
anywhere. 
10. PoLYPODiuM TRiCHOMANOiDES. {Sw.) Caudcx short, crcct, 
paleaceous above, densely rooting with wiry fibres ; stipes short, ^-i 
inch long, densely tufted, patent-villous with long fibrous hairs, 
fronds 3-4 inches to a span long, 2-4 lines wide, rigid-membranaceous. 
