400 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 
and up to i foot broad; pinnae numerous f-i^- inch apart, 4-8 
inches long by i-f inch wide, narrowed very gradually from the 
middle to both ends, the apex being long acuminate, the margins 
entire or nearly so, texture subcoriaceous, rachis and both sides 
glabrous, main veins obHque, i line apart, areoles 4-5 between the 
midrib and margin, excurrent venules generally free ; sori oblong, 
formed of two confluent rounded ones. Wall. Cat. n. 63. Hook. 
Syn. Fil. 391. Bedd. F. B. I. t. 207. 
Malay Peninsula, Penang and Singapore. 
4. Meniscium cuspida- 
TUM. (yBl) Stipes 1-2 feet 
long, stout, naked ; fronds 2- 
4 feet long, pinnate, pinnae 
numerous up to about 1 8 inches 
long and 3 inches broad, ob- 
long or elliptic lanceolate, 
the apex long acuminate or 
caudate, the margin subentire or 
crenated, the base gradually or 
suddenly narrowed, generally 
somewhat stalked, texture 
subcoriaceous, rachis and both 
sides glabrous or slightly pu- 
bescent ; main veins promi- 
nent, areoles 6-20 between 
the midrib and the margin. 
Bl. En. Pl.Jav. Fil 114. Hooker, Syn. Fil. 392. Bedd. F. B. I. t. 
309. M. longifrons. Wall. Cat. 60. 
North India. The plant figured is the same as Blume's type, 
with narrower more attenuated pinnae and comparatively few areoles ; 
it is from Sylhet, 250 feet elevation, and from Jaintea, Jowye, 4,000 
feet elevation, it is not common in North India, also inhabits 
Java and the PhiUppines. The variety with broader pinnae and about 
20 areoles (Wallich's type of longifrons) is very common on the 
MENISCIUM CUSPIDATUM. {Bl.) 
