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12. rteris aguiViwa (Linii.) Caudex running long and deep underground, stipites erect, remote, stramineous or tawny, fronds
ample subdeltoid, coriaceous, tri-piimate, glabrous or hairy beneath, primary divisions long petiolate, ultimate pinnæ sessile, pinnules
spreading linear more or less approximate, entire or hastate or below deeply pinnatifid, sometimes to the apex, segments ovate or oblong or
linear upper ones decurrent a t the base, the confluent portion sometimes forming a lobe or auricle, ultimate segments often elongated ; the
margins closely reflexed more or less crenulated, veins approximate simple or forked, involucre double continuous, membranaceous more
or less villous or ciliated (inner one generally obsolete)— //ooA. Sp. Fil. ü. 196—Affosorus aquilimcs. Pr.— Pteris caudata. Schkuhr—Fil.
L 95—P i. recurvata. Wall. Gat. n. 113—Pi. Jirma Wall. Cat. n. 100— Pt. excelsa Bl. E n . fil. Jav. p. 213—P i. latiuscula Desv.— Pt.
lannginosa Bory—Pi. decomposita. Gaud.
Var. B. lanuginosa ; fronds evidently pubescent or silky—tomento.se beneath.
Variety B is the common Indian form and is to be met with all over the hilly portions of the Western side of the piesidency.
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13. Pferis (Wall.) Fall, frond ample oblongo-ovate, coriaceo-membranaceous, shining pinnae large (often a span
long) broad lanceolate pectinato-pinnatifid rarely bi-partite, segments spreading nearly horizontally linear-oblong subacute entire, terminal
one more or less eloiuated, lowest pair unequal short decurrent into a short petiole, involucres very narrow extending from the sinus
nearly to the apex, veins prominent, forked from their base, stipes elongated (2-3 feet long) and as well as the rachis and costa usually of
the same color as the frond (rarely brown) glossy— Sp. Fil. ii. 119— Wall. Cat. n. 108.
Forests on the Travancore hills—Courtallum,
S in ti the atcne was in the press I have found a U th species o f Pteris (P . patens. Ilewker) ii wiU tx figured in a fu tu re number.
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(b) Lower veins only arcuately anastomosing.
C am p te k ia P r e s l T en t. P t e r id 146.
(Pteridis. ap. auet. Litobrochiæ. sp. auct).
Sori indusiate, marginal, linear, continuous ; the receptacles linear transverse, uniting t i e apices of He veins, Indusium of the
same form membranaceous,—rein* simple or forked from a central costa, the lowest pair only arcnately anastomosing, forming a setiea of
elongated areoles, venules free.
Fronds herbaceous, large pedately-branched or bi-pinnate. Rhizome short erect (Moore).
1. Oampterm. bi-aurida. (Linn), fronds generally ample sub-coriaceo-membranaceous pedately ovate pinnate, p in n s snb-sessile,
lanceolate, acuminate, lowest or sometimes two lowest pair bi-tri-pinnate, or again pinnate mostly downwards, all the pinnæ deeply pmnatifid
(leaving however a broad wing on each side the costa) segments oblong, or linear-oblong obtuse, entire, scarcely falcate, basal veins unitin»
in pairs into an arch below the sinus and there bearing 4 to 8 simple veinlets which extend to the margin a t ot above the sinus stipes
and raehises stramineous sm o o th .-ffo o i. Sp. FÜ. p. HOi— Pteris biaurita U n n . Sp. fil. p . Campteria BottUmana. Pred. Tent,
Pter. t. 5 p. — Pteris geminata. Ag. Sp. Gen. Pt, p. 3 \—Pt. Kleiniana. Presl. Tent.Pter. t. 5 f . \ 9.
(Without examining the venation this fern is hardly distinguiaable from Pteris quadri-aurita).
Nilgiris, North slopes—Walghat below Sisparrah—Wynad.
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3. Campteria Anttmallayemis (Beddome) 4-6 feet higli, fronds very large sub-membranaceous, pedately ovate, pinnate pinnæ
sub-sessile lanceolate with a long acumination, lowest pair tri-pinnate, all the pinnæ deeply pinnatiiid (leaving however a broad wing on
each side of the costa) segments falcately oblong sterüe ones serrated and fertUe ones serrated a t their stcrUe apices ; basal veins uniting
in pairs into an arch below the sinus (one geuerahy proceeding from the midrib and the other from the costa) and bearing 3 -4 free
veinlets, other veins forked tcrmiuating in dots within the margin, indusium never reaching the base or apex of the segments,
Anamallay hills—banks of a stream on the hills over Colungode 5000 feet-Bolampatty hills, near Coimbataore a very large species.
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(§ 3) P L E Ü E O G I IA M M E Æ .
Veins compoundly anastomosing.
T R IB E I.
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IlYMENOLEPis K a u lf . E n u m F il. 146,
(Hyalolcpis, Kunze; Macroplethus, Presl.)
Sori superficial, linear-elongate or linear oblong, on the contracted apex of the fronds ; the receptacles contiguous to and coales-
cent with the costa, sometimes covered while young by the rcvolutc margin ; Veins indistinctly pinnate from a central costa or nearly
uniform venules compoundly anastomosing, forming crowded irregular areoles, from which proceed variably directed, included free veinlets.
Fronds simple opaque, linear lanceolate the apex fertile contracted or curved—Rhizome creeping (Moore).
1. (Presl.) Rhizome creeping fronds simple opaque hnear lanceolate, the ape« contracted and soriferous
on the under side, much curved veins obscure.
Paulghaut Mountains.
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G ym n o p te ris B e r n lm r d i Schrade r's J o u r n a l o f Bot. 1800 I I 121.
(Leptochilus, À"aîi(/MS5 ; Dendroglossa, Presl.)
Sori superficial, non indusiate, linear continuous, a t length effuse ; the receptacles contiguous to the costa of the contracted fronds,
often occupying nearly the whole under surface, sometimes double on each side the costa. Veins pinnate from a central costa, the venules
compoundly anastomosing, forming irregular areoles, from which proceed free divaricate veinlets, those of the fertile fronds much less
developed.
Fronds, simple, pinnatifid, or pinnate, dimorphous ; the fertile much contracted. Rhizome short creeping—(Moore).
1. Gymnopte;-is gxiercifolia (Bernh.) caudex creeping, fronds ternate, sterEe ones membranaceous, subciliate, the lateral ones
small subcordato-lobate, sessile, unequal sided, the middle one much larger, petiolate, oblongo-ovate sinnately lobed, fertile fronds, on a
long slender stipe which is squamose below, pinnæ small narrow linear—Bernh., Presl, Tent., Pter. ; p. 2 i i—Acrostiahum quercifolium
Betz ohs. Bot. 6 p. 39— Osmunda trifida Jacq—Cotl. 3 p . 281— Leptochilus quercifolius Fèe mem sur la Fain des Fougères p. 88.
Anamallays—Travancore hills, rare.
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2. Gytnnopteris F ed (Moore) caudex creeping, fronds on long stipes, dark green glabrous shining subcoriaceo-membranaceous,
lanceolate acuminated, fertile ones much contracted, sori contiguous to the costa forming a broad line of each side of it or often from the
greater contraction of the frond occupying the whole under surface. Leptochilus lanceolatus Fee.
Very common in all alpine and subalpine forests on the western aide of the presidency, growing on rocks and trunks of trees.
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