3^4 
FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS. 
General^ from the northern boundary to the sea-face. 
An epiphytic fern ; properties unimportant. 
Distrib. — Tropical and sub-tropical regions of the Eastern Hemisphere and ! 
Australia. I 
341 , Drymo^lossHM Presl, | 
329. Brymo^Tossiim piloselloides Presl; Synops, Fib 398. Pteris j 
piloselloides F. I. iv. (757, Ed. C. B, C.), 
Occasional only, but generally distributed. 
An epiphytic fern 1 properties unimportant. 
Distrib.' — S.-E. Asia (in Ceylon but not in India except Himalaya and i 
Bengal). 
343 , Acrostichlini Linn. 
Climbing on trees ; fertile and barren pinnae on distinct fronds 
pa lustre. 
Terrestrial; fertile and barren pinnae on the same frond aureum, 
330. Acrostichuni paliistre Bedd. A, scandens Synops. Fil. 412. 
Pteris scandens F, I. iv. (758 ^ Ed, C, B, C.). 
General, 
Vernac, Dhekwa ; Dehia, 
A large scandent epiphytic fern ; of little economic importance j the leaves are 
used as thatch. 
Distrib, — S.-E. Asiaj N. Australia; Polynesia. 
331. Acrosticlmm aureum Linn.; Synops. Fil 423. A, emar- 
ginatum F. I. iv. (749, Ed. C. B. C.). 
Northern clearings and northern forests, very plentiful 
Vernac. Udoban, 
A rigid tufted fern ; growing in muddy places ; leaves used in thatching, 
Distrib.— Cosmopolitan in the Tropics, especially near the sea. 
LXXIV.-^OFHIOGLOSSACEiE. 
34^. Helmintliostacliys Kaulf. 
332. IMminthostachys zeylanica Hook, & Bauer ; Synops, Fil 447. 
Osmuda zeylanica F. 1 . iv. (748, Ed. C. B. C.). 
Eastern Sundribuns in Barisal District, Clarke\ 
Vernac, Ekbir, 
A fern with a large barren, twice palmately lobed segment, and a smaller 
fertile spicate segment. 
Distrib.— Foot of Eastern Himalaya; Lower Bengal; Ceylon; Malaya; 
N. Australia. 
