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Fronds simple, coriaceous or membranaceous. Sori continuously or interruptedly reticulated. Rhizome tufted erect—Distinguished
technically from Hemionitis only by the partial though frequent reticulation of the Sori. The habit and aspect are however quite
dissimilar (Moore).
1. Antrophyum reticulatum (Kaulf.) Rhizome tufted, erect, fronds coriaceous, 3 to 14 inches long, 1 to 2 | broad, oblongo-lan-
ceolate, often more or less falcate, attenuated a t the base aud with a long acumination a t the apex, ecostate, sori immersed in the frond,
more or less reticulated—Jlemioniiü reticulata. Forst.
Ravines on the Coonoor ghat and Sisparah ghat and other localities on the Nilgiris, up to 5,000 feet—Aiiamallay.s 3,000 feet—
a rather rare fern.
PLATE No. LIT.
H em io n itis , L in n oe u s , Gen. P I. 2 E d . 944 (re d u c t.)
Sori non-iudusiate, superficial, uarrow-linear, occupying all the anastomosing veins, the receptacles therefore reticulated. Veins
uniform, from a costa, everywhere anastomosing and forming unequal hexagonal, more or less elongated areoles.
Fronds cordate, sagittate, pahnate, or pinnate, herbaceous or coriaceous, proliferous, the fertile taller. Rhizome short, erect, or
creeping. Sori continuously reticulated, often becoming confluent. (Moore).
1. Hemionitis cordata (Roxb.) stipes long, black, more or less hahy, fronds coriaceous, slightly hairy on the costa, sterile ones
cordate to triangular, fertile hastate and generally on longer stipes, sori covering all the anastomosing veins, at length confluent, i.e., the entire
under-surface of the frond becoming one mass of fructification.
A common fern in dry localities in the plains and low mountainous tracts; it is seldom found at any great elevation.
PLATE No. LIII.
T R IB E I . (§ 4) T Æ N I T ID E Æ .
(a) Veins straight, combined (where fertile) by the marginal receptacle.
T æ n io p sis , j . Sm ith ., Hooker., J o u r n a l, Bot. iv. 67.
(Tæniopteris, Hooker. Ampelopteris, Klotszch.)
Sori non-indusiate, Hnear, continuous ; the receptacles sub-marginal, immersed or superficial. Veins simple or forked from a
central costa ; venules parallel, combined at or near their apices (only whore fertile) by the transverse, i. e., the longitudinal receptacle
otherwise free.
Fronds simple or lobate,-coriaceous ; the veins obscure. Ehizome short, creeping, or tufted.—(Moore).
1. Tconiopsis lineata (J. Smith). Fronds linear, grasslike 10 to 14 inches long, 3 lines broad, sub-coriaceous, sori sunk in a
furrow within the margin of the frond, margins more or less revolute over the fructification.— Vittaria lineata, Sw.— Pteris lineata. Linn.
Very much the appearance of the Vittaria (Plate No. XXI) but thp sori are situated within the margin and not in an extrose
marginal furrow, the fronds are of a thicker texture than those of Vittaria elongata.
Nilgiris slopes, below Coonoor and Neddiwattan.
PLATE No. LIV.
A. Veins unifomn, reticulated, with free veinlets.
D rymo g lo s sum , P r e s l, T ent., P ter., 227.
(Heteropteris, Fée.; Neurodium, Fee.; Paltonium, Presl.; Lemmaphyllum, Presl.)
Sori non-indusiate, linear, continuous ; the receptacles marginal or sub-marginal, superficial or slightly immersed. Veins uniform,
reticulated, obscure; the venules anastomosing in roundish or oblong hexagonal areoles, from which proceed free included simple or ham
nate obtuse veinlets.
Fronds simple, dimqrplions or contracted a t the fertüe apex, usually coriaceous. Rhizome creeping. (Moore.)
1 Drymogloaum pilosdhides (Presl.) Rhizome creeping, covered -with close pressed peltate scales, sterile fronds glabrous fleshy,
blone obovate to rotundate. unequal sided i to 1 inch long by about the same b re ad tli-te rtile ones linear attenuated at the base 3 to
« inthes lonv’ 3 lines broad, sori linear marginal c o n ti,m o n s-P™ i.; Tm.t.; Pter. 227, t. 10,/ y . 5 -6 -D . retundifoUum et D. spathula
t i r , iV s i-A c ro e tieh um hetciophyllum, Lin n . ,p. F I. 1523-Notbocblama püoselloidcs. K m lfi. Bl. Ft. Jar. 6 7 -P te r is piloselloides.
lirin . Sp. PI. 1530—Pteris piloselloides. .Dess.—Tienitis püosolloides. B . Br.
Ni!giiis-Anamallays-Malab,ar—Oonrtallmn-on trees.
PLATE No. LV.
t r i b e I . ( § 1 0 ) M E N I S C I E Æ .
Vdns regularly anastomosing transversely between the pinnate parallel veins.
M e n is c ium , Schreber. L in . Gen. P I. Ed. 8 , ii. 757.
Sori non-indusiate, linear-oblong, curved, often becoming confluent ; the receptacles seated on the transverse parallel-curved
venales, between the primary veins. Veins pinnate from a central costa, prominent ; venules angularly or arcuately anastomosing between
the veins, producing an excurrent free sterile vdnlet from the apex of the arc or angle.
Fronds herbaceous or sub-coriaceous, simple or pinnate. Rhizome creeping (only differs from Goniopteris in Polypodieæ in
the shape of the sori). (Moore.)
1. d/ewMciiWft inp/tyfZMm (Sw.) caudex creeping, furnished with scales—stipe 10 to 15 inches long,—fronds pinnate, fertile more
or less contracted, pinnæ 1 pair with an odd one, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate rcpand, cuneate and unequal at the base, sHghtly hairy
on the costa and veins, lower pinnæ sub-opposite or alternate.
Bolumputty valley in the Coimbatore hills.
PLATE No. LVL
T R IB E 2. C Y A T H E IN E Æ .
§ 1 CYATHEÆ.
a C y a th e a , Sm ith , Mem. A c a d , T u id n . v. 416.
(Sphæropteris, Bernhardi ; Disphenia, Presl, Notocaiqria, Presl.. Schizocæna, J . Smith.)
SoH involúcrate, globose ; the receptacles columnar or globose axillar;^ at the forking of a vein, or medial ; Involucre membra
naceous, cup shaped at first globose and covering the
the cup bursting unequally ;
in a circumscissile manner near the apex, the cup remaining entire :
sometimes opening vertically in 4— 6 nearly equal spreading divisions. Vdns (in the ultimate divi
sions) simple forked, parallel-forked or pinnate, from a central costa ; venules free.
Fronds large, herbaceous, simple, pinnate, bi-pinnate or decompound. Trunk or caudex arborescent—(Moore.)
1. Cyathea spiuîtfosa (Wall) stipes and lower part of the rachis much and strongly aculeated, fronds bi-pinnate, flaccid and membranaceous,
pinnules sessile, lanceolate, acuminate, pinnatifid, segments oblong acute, serrulate, glabrous, with a few minute scattered deciduous
scales sometiines on the costa beneath (especially on the barren frond) sori close to the costa, copious, involucres globose membra
naceous, fragile, glossy, soon breaking down into a jagged irregular cup—Jlook. Sp. Fil. 1. 25— Wall, in Herb. 1823 Cat. n. 178.
Shevaghen-y hills—Mr. Moore gives the Nilgiris as a locality, but I have never yet met with it on those hills.
PLATE No. LVII.
§ 2. A L S O P H IL E Æ .
A l s o p k i l a , R . B r o u n , P r o d . F I R o l l 158.
(Dicranophlebia, Martins ; Haplophlebia,Martins ; Trichopteris, Presl. ; Chnoophora, Kaulfuss-, Gymnosphoera,Blume-, Tricho-
ategia, J . Smith ; Hymcnostegia, J . Smith (in part) ; Dichorexia, Presl. ; Lophosoria, Presl. ; Trichosorus, Kunze ; Polypodii, Sp. auctorum)