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secondary dtvrsions the largest more or less pinnatiiid, pinnnles elliptic, oblong or oblongo-Ianceolate sub-pinnatiiid or crenate withTro !
blunt tee h,m™lneres mostly elongated more or less confiuent, more or less crenated or denticnlate, sometimes
stapes rachis pnrpIe-Hack, main raehis tertiary rachises all rvith a narrow wing. H „ „ i A , M / J
83 Sgn M l g p m and 332,- C . rnpestris, W a ll Oal. n. 67 ; - C . micrantha. W a ll Cal. n. 68 ; - A s p i I m tenn t / O J ' 77; a'34 ;;/r '
A common fem in dry localities aU over the presidency, it is not found at any great elevation.
PLATE No. CLXXXYIII.
Ch e ilanthes ('co'nii7iue(i/
2. Cheilanthes varians, (Hooker.) Root tufted, stipites 4-6 inches long, slender, ebeneous glossy, plane and margined on the
upper side, obsoletely setoso-paleaceous, fronds sub-membranaceous glabrous about a span long, the pinnatifid apex acuminated, pinnated
above, bi-pinnate below ; primary pinnæ distant, spreading oi- a little curved upwards sessile, superior ones lanceolate, acuminate sinuato-
pinnatifid at their base, aud somewhat auricled at the upper base, lower ones deltoid, acuminate pinnate at their base, pinnatifid acuminated
(caudate) in the upper half, pinnules lanceolate acuminate or acute pinnatifld below, the lowest inferior pinnæ the longest. Hooker Sp.
Fil. ii. 89 Pteris varians, Wall. Cat. n. 86 Pteris cæspitosa, Ejusd. Oat. n. 90 Cheilanthes tenuifolia, J , Sinith. in Hook. Lond.
Journ. Bot. iii., p. 404 ;— Ch. laxa, Moore.
Anamallays—rare.
PLATE No. CLXXXIX.
3. Cheilanthes Mysorensis, (Wallich.) Roots densely cæspitose, the fibres very woolly, stipites slightly scaly below, short 1-2
inches, and as well as the main rachises, deep glossy ebeneous rigid, frond a span or more long, in outline narrow oblong, acute, tapering
below by the dimiuisbing of the pinnæ, glabrous membranaceous but firm, bi-pinnate lower pinnæ very small, all of them oblong, ovate
sessile, frequently oppo.rite piunate below, the upper half pinnatiiid, pinnules or segments liuear-oblong plane, (much incurved if dried
without pressure) toothed or lobato-pinnatifid, each tooth or lobe bearing one or two ,sub-conflueut small whitish sub-orbicular sori
H oQ k .S p .FÜ .n .,p .9 i-,— WaU .Ca t.n .U-,-—Ch.Cil.iïo,^ra.ivi,SioartzSyii.FU.,p. 127. et 325, t. 3, / . 6 Cheil. Swartzii, Wehh.lt
BertFhijtogr. Ganar., p. 454 tn no ie;—Ch. opposita,/iTaM//. Fn. F i/., p. 211 Asplenium Mysorense,//eyne w Foi/i N o i Sp In d
Or., p. 395 ?
Common in dry rocky places on hill sides up to 3,000 or 4,000 feet.
PLATE No. CXC.
4. Cheilanthes farinosa, (Kaulf). Roots tufted, stipites more or less elongated, ebeneous glossy deciduously scaly, fronds sub-coriaceous
from a span to a foot long, deltoidly lanceolate, or lanceolate glabrous, white and powdery beneath, pinnate, the apex pinnatifid,
acummate, pinnæ mostly lanceolate pinnatifid, the one or two lower most pair more or less half deltoid bi-piimatifid below, involucre!
brown, scariose rounded, sometimes confinent and then waved or lobed, the margin entire or toothed and jagged. Hook. Sp. Fil. Ü. 77—
K a u lf En. F il, p. 212 ¡—Pteris farinosa, Forst. F l ÆgypL Arab., p. 187 Cheüanthes dealbata, Don. Frod. FL Nep., p. 16 ¡ -P t e r is
argyrophylla, Sw. Syn. Fil., p. 105 Pt. argentea, Bory ; - P t . decursiva, Forst et Sw. /—Casaebeera, J . Sm. Allosorus, Presl.
Ndgiris and other mountainous tracts in the Presidency very common ; called‘Hhe silver fern”—there is a variety with the
powder of a pale sulphur colour.
PLATE No. CXCI.
5. buUca, (Kimze.) Ehizome short, thick, ohUqnely descending, stipites 6-8 inches long, terete, asperons a t the
, ana as well as the rachis, and stont prominent partial rachis beneath, wliich extends to the apex of the pi.inaj, deep glossy
beneons ; frond rigid, eoriaeeons glabrous {dark olive-brown when dry) oblong-lanceolate, opaqne above, and there under the micros’
im s J h h - “ 6-8 inches long, phniæ rather distant nearly opposite, the lower ones somes
lT I riv M a t e “i r - ““ ” *- P f " “ P '" P '” “ “ “, a « lobes linear crenate on the lowest inferior ones, often again pinnatifid,
p r iL y io b e of' h "PPo-- »“ lo. to conseqnenee ot the snnken eosta, and veins (the spaces between them thus being convex) the
J e or I ss „ / sotei-orhienlar involneres pale a t the edge, which become united and
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