Fekns of British India and Ceylon. 
427 
Hook. Sp. Fil. p. 252. Bedd. F. B. I. t. no, and in right 
hand top fig. 
Tenasserim ; Khasya; Jeypore Hills, We.^t of Vizagapatam. 
This variety can at once be distinguished by the much ir.ore deeply 
pinnatifid pinnae, and by its costu^ate ma'n veins, but the bipinnate 
character is not so constant ; some specimens from Birma i^nde Bedd. 
F. B. I. t. no) have the lowest pinnae deeply bij^innate in boih 
sterile and fertile; and some specimens from Khasya and Jeypoie 
are only slightly bipinnate in the sterile only^ whilst other specimens 
from Birma have the lowest pinnae quite unchanged {vide Bedd. 
F. B. I. t. Ill, right-hand top figure.) 
Var. SUBINTEGRA. Pinnse almost entire, of a very dull 
colour and more coriaceous than in the type, not at all or very 
slightly auricled at the superior base, and the inferior base rounded 
and not at all unequal. Bedd. F. B. I. t. 111, left-hand top fig. 
Birma only. 
GENUS LXXXIV.— ACONIOPTERIS. {Fresl.) 
{Akon, a point, and pteris ; the veins forming pointed angles near the 
margin.) 
As in Elaphoglossum, only the veins are combined near the 
margin by a straight or zigzag vein. 
I. AcoNioPTERis GORGONEA. {Kaiilf.) Rhizomc very short, 
with ovate-lanceolate obtuse, brown-red scales; stipes tufted, scarcely 
an inch long, being usually winged near the base by the decurrent 
frond ; barren fronds simple entire narrowly elliptic, tapering at both 
ends, 3-5 inches long, by f-i|- inch broaci ; glabrous, but with peltate 
flat scales, sparingly scattered on the surface beneath ; midrib strong, 
texture firm, but diaphanous ; veins parallel, above simple or furcate, 
the marginal vein more distinct, and further from tlie margin than in 
examples from Polynesia. Kaidf. En. Fil. 63. Clarke, F. N. I. 
P' 578. 
