450 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 
herbaceous, fertile pinnae shorter, pinnules dense cylindrical. Lin. Sp. 
PL 152 1. Bedd. F. B. 1. t. 187. 
Himalayas from Kashmir to Bhotan, 6,000-10,000 feet elevation. 
Khasya, 4,500-6,000 feet. 
(Also in North America.) 
3. OSMUNDA REGALIS. (Z.) 
Stipes tufted, 12-18 inches long, 
firm, erect, naked ; fronds 2-4 feet 
long, I foot or more broad, bi- 
pinnate, the barren and fertile sepa- 
rate, or the frond barren below^ 
and fertile above, barren pinnae 6-12 
inches long, 2-4 inches broad, pin- 
nules sessile or slightly stalked, 1-2 
inches long, inch broad, oblong, 
blunt, often unequal at the base, 
the edge finely serrulate, texture 
subcoriaceous, rachis and both 
sides naked, fertile pinnules cylin- 
drical, forming a copious panicle. 
Z. Sp. PL 152. Bedd. F. S. I. 
t. 76. 
South India, common on the 
Western mountains at the higher 
elevations; North India, Kumaon, 
Bhotan, Khasya, 4,000-6,000 feet, 
(small, the fertile and barren fronds 
generally separate.) schiz^a malaccana. {Baker:) 
SUB-ORDER IV.— SCHIZi^:ACEiE. 
Capsule 2-valved, opening down the side, crowned by a complete 
operculiform ring ; venation circinate. 
