Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 465 
3. Ophioglossum fibrosum. {Schum.) Rhizome a large 
round white bulb with numerous fibrous rootlets ; stipe very short 
with the sterile division close to its base, the latter 1J-2 inches long, 
by I inch broad, lanceolate, acute or obtuse, the texture thick and 
opaque ; midrib prominent, venation indistinct (except when dried), 
fertile spike 1^-2 inches long on a spike 4-5 inches long. Schum, 
K. Dansk. Vid. Afh. iv. 226. O. Wightii, Hook and Grev. Bot. 
Mis. iii. 218. O. brevipes, Bedd. F, S. I, t, 72. 
South India, Anamallay teak 
forests, 2,000-3,000 feet elevation. 
(Also in Tropical Africa, Guinea 
Coast ; Ascension Island.) 
4. Ophioglossum reticula- 
TUM. (Z.) Rhizome cylindrical, 
elongated with many fibrous rootlets ; 
fronds 6-12 inches long, the sterile 
division placed a little below the 
middle, i|-3 inches long, by 1-2 
inches broad, with a distinct haft, 
and distinctly cordate at the base, 
the apex blunt or acute, texture 
thin ; veins prominent, but usually 
no midrib ; fertile spike i inch or 
more long on a slender peduncle, 
2-4 inches long. Linn. Sp. PI. 
15 18. Hook. Syn. Fil p. Bedd. F. S. I. t. 70. O. cordifo- 
lium (Roxb.)^ Wall. Cat. 47. 
South India, Nilgiris and Anamallays, 2,000 feet elevation 
and upwards ; Ceylon, Newera Elya ; Himalayas ; Malay 
Peninsula. 
(Also in Malay Islands ; Polynesia ; Tropical America ; Africa, 
Mascareen Islands ; Philippines.) 
OPHIOGLOSSUM FIBROSUM, {Schu?n.) 
5. Ophioglossum pendulum. (Z.) Epiphytic on trees; 
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