332 Frrns of Brtttsh India and Ceylon. 
ing, the younger portions densely ferrugineous-paleaceous ; stipes 
approximate, arising from a scaly branch of the caudex, 2-4 inches 
long ; fronds about a foot long, carnose-coriaceous lanceolate, ob- 
tusely acuminate, gradually atten- 
N?I8I. 
NIPHOBOLUS GaRDNERI. 
{Mett.) 
uated upon the stipes, densely 
clothed with a very compact firm 
sub-furfuraceous mass of whitish 
or ferruginous stellated tomentum, 
costa and primary veins or cos- 
tules slightly elevated beneath, 
venation of Campyloneurum, 
secondary transverse veins more 
obscure, areoles about 7 between 
the main costa and margin, each mcluding 2-4 veinlets, which are 
generally simple with a clavate apex, rarely forked and rarely 
anastomosing with adjoining veinlets ; sori superficial (not sunk) in 
3-4 series, parallel with the cos- 
tules and 10-12 transverse series 
between the costa and the margin. 
Metten. Poly pod. p. 129. Hook. 
Sp. Fil. v. 51. Bedd. F. S. I. 
t. 241. 
Ceylon, rocks and trees in 
central and southern provinces up 
to 3,000 feet ; South India, Ana- 
mall ay Hills, 5,000 feet elevation. 
II. NiPHOBOLUS PENANGI- 
ANUS. {Hook.) Rhizome short- 
creeping ; stipes scarcely any ; 
fronds submembranaceous, \\ 
foot and more long, 2 1 inches wide, 
oblanceolate finely acuminate, the 
N° 182. 
NIPHOBOLUS PENANGIANUS. 
{Hook.\ 
base much and gradually attenuated, sessile, the margin irregularly 
sinuated, glabrous above (at least in maturity), beneath thinly 
clothed with fuscous stellated hairs, venation' internal, but m,anifest 
