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/» « < * ,- i >u,,„ctmqt üm u „ U a k g lH l letoeun «*
i i a?<rito, J ii i-nns always reach the margin, in « C. Anamallayensis" never.
3. LinJsoea hettraphylla, (Bedd.) Glabrous frouds 10-15 iucbes higb, deltoid, bi-pbmate, and in tbe lower portion sometime.
Sheveroy Hills, (ravines on tbe green hills.)
This fern is qmte distinct from " SMrofom» htteropkyttumf J. Smith, (Plate xxvi of this Work) tbe veins are alwavs fa .
. Z : ~ Z Z p . m C Z : ’ “ " Sir WilHam Hooker to bis « Z .W » a
PLATE No. COVI.
2. Hymmophyllum c n sp a hm (Wall.) orect, fronds ovato-acuminate trl-pinnatiâd, tbe segments linear obtnse venerallv uhn,
sometimes waved entire, involneres termin.al, sometimes on lateral segments copioim ovate, sessüe free entire, 2 valved to the every base’
m "■'“ a » in g s a lm o st to th e base, wing of th e raehis also Trisped
)Vall. Cat.n. 1 6 9 ; Uook. Sp. Fil. 1-105. H. a trovireos, Cofr?iso ¿ji Fasm. FA i/Jowm. ?
Common in moist forests on the Nilgiris, Anamallays, Wynad, &c., up to 4,000 feet elevation.
PLATE No. CCVII.
4. Tittchomana intmmaryinaU. (Hook, et Grev.) Oandex creeping, somewhat tomentose, fronds small erect pinnatifid taperine
uito a short stipes, the segments few, linear-oblong obtuse erecto-patent, slightly w.ived opaque with .4 slender intramarginal vein tli
apices retnse, involucres sub-eylindrical tapering a t the base, sunk entirely in tbe apex of the segments, tbe mouth spreading of 3 shortiim
receptacles protniding, ¿/ooA e t e w . / c . F i / / 2 1 1 ; iTooA Np.Fi/ 1-1 2 0 . ^
Shevagherry HiUs.
PL.4TE No CCTIII. (Fig. A. at tlu comer o f the plate i, a .ingle fro n d o f a .peeie. o f Trichomane,. lately detected on tr,„
nea, A,ddtwaUan on the N ,lg ,r„ . I t u probably undemribed, but a . my specimen consisl, o f only a single fro n d and no root I do mt
ailempt a description o f It.) , i «0 jw
h ■ » » * " b ftU s Work as a Ceylon fen,
ha. ju st beendelectedahmdant on the Western slopes o f the Nilgiris at an eleyation o f 3,000 feet growing with T. Neilgherrense.
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Note.—Nos. 17 to 20 of this work are four Supplementary Numbers to “ The Ferns o f Southern I n d ia f and contain all the
■'eylon ferns not as yet detected in Southern India. Since the first portion of this work has been iu the Press, three of these ferns have been
ound on the hills near Courtallum in the Tirmevelly district, and one has been detected on the Nilgiris, many more vdll doubtless still be
ound in Southern India, as most of them are also natives of Northern India, Burmah, or the Straits, so that this work would hardly be
oraplete if they were not figured, all the other ferns found in Ceylon have already appeared in the former numbers of this work, so
he entire work of 20 numbers will contain figures of all the ferns of Southern India and Ceylon.
Acbostiche^ .
Fronds wholly fertile.— Veins free.
* E l a p h o g l o s s u m . See page 6 8 .
1. Elaphoglossum spathulaium. (Sw.) Ehizome short, creeping or sub-erect, densely scaly, furnished with numerous wiry roots.
Stipes 2-4 inches long, densely covered with reddish setaceous scales, fronds linear-lanceolate to rhomboid-lanceolate 1 to 2 inches long,
covered on both sides with numerous hair-like scales, fertile fronds, broad ovate, smaller than the sterile ones. Acrostichum piloseloide.s
var, S spathulatum. Hook Sp. Fil. v. 228. .
Ceylon 5,000 to 6,000 feet elevation, rare.
PLATE No. « S . 2 / 3
PLE0EOGKAMME/E.
■* Feins consisting o f a costa only.
Monogeamma. Schlcuhr C r y p t Gewdch 82.
(Vaginularia, Fes Cochlidii sp., Kaulfuss ;—Grammitidis sp., Auct. ;—Pteridis, sp. Auct. Pleurogrammatis, sp. Fee
Asplenii sp., Swartz;—Acrostichii sp., Swartz;—T®nitidis sp., Mettenius, Dididopteris, Brack)
Sori sub-immersed, linear elongated, the receptacle formed of a portion of the costa— Veins consisting only of a costa.
Fronds small, graminiform or rachiform, simple or forked, Rhizome creeping. (Moore.)
1. Monogramma Junghuhnii. (Hooker.) Ehizome creeping hairy ; fronds linear filiform, grass-like, 2-3 inches loug, 2 lines
broad, sori in two rows within a vaginiform expansion of the costa, one side of which is larger than the other. Hook Sp. Fil. v. 123.
Vaginularia Junghuhnii, Mett. Pleurogramme ? paradosa. Fee Vitt. p. 38.—Dididopteris angustissima. Brack Fil. U. St. Exp. Exp.
p. 135—Monogramme linearis. Junghuhn.
Ceylon. (C. P . 1281.)
PLATE No. CCX.
* Veins Compoundly anastomosing,
Gymnopteeis. See pag e 15.
L Gymnopteris Feei. Var. pinnaiifda. (R. H. B.) Fronds deeply and irregularly pinnatifld. Segments of the fertile fronds
I'ery narrow.
Ceylon. (C. P. 1318.)
A curious lyrate variety of the common Gymnopteris Feei. (See page 15). I have not found it in Southern India, though the
common form occasionally has the sterile fronds forked, variously lobed, or even sub-pinnatifld, the fertile fronds seem always to remaiu
simple. I may here also mention that I have occasionally found the broad sterile fronds of the common variety with a contracted fertile
i^pex (as in Hymenolepis), it is, however, an abnormal state.
PLATE No. CCXI.