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* * Feins transversely combined in a single series.
S tê n o c h læ n a .—J . Sm ith y H o o k J o u r n . B o t. iii. ,401.
(Cnfraria, Presi.;—Lomariobotrys, Fee—Osmundæ srg., Auct. ;—Onodeæ sp., Auct. ; —Anomiæ ap., Auct. ;—Lomarías sp.,
Jmc/ ;—Polybotryæ sp., Mettenius.)
Sori superficial, non-indusiate, the receptacles occupying the under-surface of the contracted fertile fronds. Veins arcuate at
the base forming narrow costal areoles ; venules parallelo furcate, connivent with the thickened cartilaginco-aerrate margin.
Fronds dimorphous, the barren pinuate, the fertile contracted pinnate or bi-pinnate having slightly revolute margins.
Pinnæ with a marginal gland near the base on the upper edge ; sometimes articulated. Rhizome scandent, (Moore.)
1. StenocUoena scandens, (J. Smith). Rhizome scandent, (often reaching the tops of the highest trees,) fronds glabrous, pinnate,
1 to 4 feet long, pinnæ articulated numerous, alternate, lanceolate, acuminate, pungently serrate towards the apex, oblique a t tbe base
and furnished with a marginal gland on the upper edge, 5-10 inches long, 1 to 1 | inch broad. Veins forming narrow costal areoles, conspicuous
towards the apex of the pinnæ, obsolete below; fertile fronds very much contracted. J , Smith, Hooh. Journ. o f Bot. üi.
401 ;—Lomaria scandens, Willd.
Anamallay.s, moist forests up to 4,000 feet elevation—Carcoor ghàt (Wynad)—Sampagee ghât (Coorg)— South Cañara, &c.
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* * Veins reticulated.
P æ c i lo p t e e i s . P re sl. T en t. P te r. 241. (E sehw. Emend.)
(Poikilopteris, Fschweiler ;—Bolbitis, Schott. ;— Campium, Presl. ;—Cyrtogonium, J. Smith ;—Heteroneuron, Feé ;—Acrostichi
sp., Auct.)
Sori superficial, non-indusiate, the receptacles occupying the under-surface of the contracted fertile fronds. Veins pinnate
from a central costa, prominent. Venules arcuately, angularly or irregularly anastomosing, sometimes producing exterior free or irregularly
anastomosing veinlets.
Fronds dimorphous, pinnate often viviparous, rhizome creeping. (Moore.)
1. Pcecilopteris repanda, (J. Sm.) Rhizome thick, shortly creeping, fronds glabrous, pinnate 1-2 feet high, of which the stipe is
about J, stipe and rachis more or less scaly—raclds more or less winged, sometimes very conspicuously; sterile fronds, pinnæ 11-30, alternate
sessile or very shortly petiolate, lanceolate from nearly entire or slightly crenated to pinnatifid with the segments serrated, the terminal
one longest and often viviparous—primary veins pinnate, veinlets anastomosing and forming irregular areoles, frc-m which proceed vein-
Icts which are generally free with a clavate apex—fertile fronds conform to sterile but much contracted, sori when ripe veiy black, J . Sm.
in Seem. Bot. Her. 426 ;—Acrostichum rependum, Blume En. PI. Jav. 104 ;—Heteroneuron proliferum, Fee, Ilooh. in Eew. Jo u r ; Bot.
ix. 3 5 9 ;—Acrost heteroclitum, Presl. Rel. H<mk. 1-15 t. 2, Fig. 2.— Poecilopteris heteroclita, Presl;—Acrostichum contaminans,
WtM. ;—Poecilopteris contaminans, Moore Ind. FU., p. 8 ;— Cyrtogonium repandum, J . Sm., Hook. Journ. o f Bot. hi. 403.
Very common on the western side of the Presidency in moist forests at no great elevation. Anamallays and Sisparah ghât,
abundant.
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2. Pcecilopteris terminans, (Wail.) Rhizome thick, fronds glabrous pinnate, 1-4 feet of which the stipe is sometimes nearly
i stipes and rachis furnished with a few scales. Sterile fronds, pinnæ 4-12 alternate or sub-opposite petiolate, broad lanceolate sinuate or
waved with a longish serrated acumination, terminal pinnæ much the longest, (sometimes 2 feet long) jirolifcrous a t the apex, primary
veins pinnate, veinlets anastomosing pretty regularly at right angles, from which proceed one or two generally free veinlets with clavate
apices, fertUe fronds conform to sterile, but much contracted. Poecilopteris Hookeriana, Thw. En. Zey. PI. Moist forests ou the western
side of the Presidency at no great elevation—Bolamputty valley near Coimbatore. Lower part of the Sisparah ghât—South Cañara plains.
Very abundant throughout Coorg.
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(h .) Fronds fertile on the upper pinnce.
A c r o s t ic h u m ; L in n oe u s , Gen. FU. 785. (Em e n d .) P resl. T e n t P te r 240.
Sori superficial, non-indusiate ; the receptacles occupying the whole under-surface of the upper pinnæ. Veins uniformly reticulated
in small regular hexagonal meshes, without free veinlets.
Frouds pinnate, thick coriaceous, the upper fertile pinnæ usuaUy somewhat narrower. Rhizome thick, sub-globose decumbent,
(Moore.)
1. Acrostichum aureum, (Linn.) Fronds firm, 1 to 3 or 4 feet high,pinnate. Barren segments linear-oblong, about 4 to 8 inche.s
long, very obtuse, oblique at the base and petiolulate, the midrid prominent, the very numerous equally reticulated veinlets covering the
under-surface, fertUe segments usually occupying the upper part of the frond, and rather smaller than the barren ones. L in n . Sp. PI.
1525 ; Benth. Hong Kong FL, p. U S ;—A. emarginatum, Boxb. Crypt. PI. Cal. Journ. Nat. Hist, iv, 480 ¡—Chrysodium vulgare,
Feé. Acrost. 97 ;— A. inæquale, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 117 ;—A speciosum, Willd. Sp. PI. v., 117.
Banks of rivers and backwaters on the Western Coast—very abundant.
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ADDENDA.
14. Pteris patens, (Hook.) Caudex erect, stipes numerous, stout scaly at their baso, rachis stout glabrous, frond ample, erect,
strict, 'membranaceous, pinnate, lower plan® bi-tri-partite, piimæ 8-16 inches long, strict horizoiitaUy patent, numerous approximate,
ebngato-oblong, acuminate, rarely sub-caudate, sessUe or lower ones shortly petiolate, deeply (almost to the rachis) pinnatifid, segments
horizontal, very uniform, linear, scarcely acuminate, serrulate where sterile, the base dUated decurrenti-confluent on both sides, especially
at the lower base, sometimes apart, veins aU free, simple or once or twice forked ; sori continuous nearly to the apex. Hook. Sp. Fil. ii.,
177—Pteris excelsa, var., J . Sm. Herb Pt. decussata, J . Smith in Hook Journ. o f Bot. iii., p. 405.
New Carcoor ghât, (Wynad) a b u n d a n t-a very large handsome species. I have not met with it elsewhere in the Presidency.
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N o te .—¿'ir W. Hooker infoi-ms me that Campteria Anamallayensisf (F/. xlv.) of this Work is “ Campteria geminata" of
Agardh, which species is referred by S ir ÏV. Hooker as a synonym to “ Campteria Uaurita." (L) I feel quite certain that the two specws
“ C. Anamallayensis" and “ bi-aurita" are quite distinct, the venation and lohole habit are different; i f my plant is the same as Agardh’s,
die name “ Anamallayensis’’ will however have io he changed to “ geminata.”
Campteria nemnralis, (W illd .) or what I take to he that species is not uncommon in this Presidency. I n outline andgeneral appearance
il is in no ivay different from Pteris quadri-aurita, (Betz.) but whilst some entire fronds have quite the venation o f Pteris and
are consequently not distinguishable from “ P . quadri-aurita,'’ other fronds or some o f their pinnæ have the venation o f Campteria, but
with smaller costal areoles and fewer free veins than in “ C. U-aurita.’' I have always fo u n d this fern groiving in localities where hoth
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