41"^ "Ferns of Brttish India and Ceylqn. 
thickened ; veins prominent, apices thickly clavate, and not reaching 
the margin. Siv. in Schrad. Journ. Elaph. laurifoUum, Bedd. 
F. S. I. t. 200. 
South India, Nilgiris, and Anamallays, at the higher elevations, 
rare compared with conforme ; Ceylon, in central provinces ; (not in 
North India.) 
(Also in Cuba and Tropical America.) 
3. Elaphoglossum Norrisii. {Hook.) Rhizome stout, 
woody, the scales long, linear^ 
dull-brown ; barren frond sessile, 
or nearly so, tufted, 12-18 inches 
long, |-i inch broad, the point 
blunt, the lower half narrowed 
very gradually, texture coriaceous, 
both sides nearly naked ; veins 
immersed, indistinct; fertile frond 
much narrower than the other. 
Book. Sp.v. p. 215. Syti. Fil. 
p. 401. 
Penang. 
4. Elaphoglossum stigma- 
TOLEPis. {Fee.) Rhizome stout, 
woody, creeping, the scales dense 
reddish-brown, long linear lan- 
ceolate, hair-pointed, not jagged 
ELAPHOGLOSSUM LATiFOLiuM. (5...) «^ ^he margin, scales of the stipe 
like those of the rhizome, not 
sheathing, very dense towards the base ; barren fronds lanceolate, 
8-12 inches long, |-t inch broad, acute, narrowed very gradually 
towards the base into a stipe 1-3 inches long, texture coriaceous as 
in the last two, upper surface naked, lower thickly scattered over 
with small scales ; veins apparent, fine, close, forked, or more rarely 
simple, fertile fronds smaller, contracted and on longer stipes. Fee, 
2ine Mem. Foug. t. 25. Bedd. F. S. I.t. 199. Hook. Syn. Fil. p. 521. 
