FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS. 
363 
“ Delta of the Ganges^’ Roxburgh ; Sundribuns, Clarke, 
A tufted fern ; properties unimportant. 
Distrib.— S.-E. Asia. 
S 39 , Polypoilium Linn. 
Fronds dimorphic, the barren ones like a sere oak-leaf, the fertile 
pinnatifid . ..».»• quercifolium^ 
Fronds all similar : — 
Fronds pinnate, drooping, often rooting at the tip proliferum. 
Fronds simple : — 
Fronds covered beneath with stellate tomentum adnascens. 
Fronds glabrous irioides, 
324. Polypodium qiiercifolium Linn. ; F. I. iv. (750, Ed. C. B. C.) ; 
Synops. Fill 367. 
Everywhere common, from the northern boundary to the sea-face. 
Vernac. Gurur. 
An epiphytic fern with two kinds of fronds ; reputed medicinal, used in chest 
complaints. 
Distrib.— S.-E. Asia; N. Australia. 
325. Polypodiiim proliferum Roxb. ; F. I. iv. (752, Ed. C. B. C.) 
Synops. Fil. 315. - / 
Northern clearings. 
Vernac. Depu, 
A terrestrial fern with creeping rhizome and drooping often rooting and proli- 
ferous flagelliform fronds ; properties unimportant. 
Distrib.— Tropical and sub*tropical Africa ; S.-E. Asia; N. Australia; 
Polynesia. 
326. Polypodium adnascens Sw. ; Synops. Fil. 349. P. periusum 
F. I. iv. (750, Ed. C. B. C.). 
Everywhere from the northern boundary to the sea-face. 
A creeping epiphytic fern ; properties unimportant. 
Distrib. — Tropical Africa ; S.-E. Asia. 
327. Polypodium irioides Lamk.; Synops. Fil. 360. P, glahrum 
F. I. iv. (750, Ed. C. B. C.). 
Everywhere from the northern boundary to the sea-face. 
Vernac. Chitiya Bora, 
An epiphytic fern ; properties unimportant.- 
Distrib.-— Tropics of Eastern Hemisphere and Polynesia. 
340 , Vittaria Sm. 
328. Vittaria elongata Sw. ; Synops. Fil 395. Pteris angustu 
folia F. I, iv (757, Ed. C. B. C.), 
