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‘lobed, densely clothed beneath with soft golden hair—Hk. & Baker, Syn. Fil. 
380. 
. Kumaon, 7. Anderson. 
Nothing is known about this at Kew but the "MR and description of Beddome. 
6. G. FRAXINEA, Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. Suppl. p. 24. Frond large, glabrous, or very 
.. nearly so, 1-2-pinnate ; ultimate pinne large, stalked, linear-lanceolate-acuminate, 
. entire or minutely serrulate.— G. javanica, Blume, Enum. Pl. Jav. Fil. 112, Fl. Jav. 
Fil. 95, t. 41; Hook. Sp. Fil.v. 145 ; Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. t. 57, Ferns South. Ind. 
t. 232; Hk. & Baker, Syn. Fil. 382. ` OG. serrulata, Blume, Enum. Pl. Jav. Fil. 113, 
Fl. Jav, Fil. 96, t. 42. — Diplasium fraxineum and falcatum, Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. 
12, 18. Grammitis procera, Wall. Cat. 3. G.caudata, Wall. Cat. A OG. affinis, 
Wall. Cat. 11. 
p Himalaya, from Chumba to Bhotan ; alt. 1000-8000. feet, very common. Khasia, alt: 
` 1000-5000 feet; common.—Distrib. Ceylon, Malaya, Japan, Polynesia, Tropical Africa. 
Var. pilosa, (sp.) Brack. U. S. Explor. Ferns, 22, t. 4. Pubescent beneath. 
. Sikkim, alt. 6000 feet, C. B. Clarke.—Distrib. Sandwich Isles. 
7. G. MICROPHYLLA, Hook. Sp. Fil v. 129, 2nd Cent. Ferns, t. 16. Fronds tufted, 
2—4 in. high, delicately green, 3-4-pinnatifid ; ultimate segments 3—$ in., obovate- 
oblong.—Hk. & Baker, Syn. Fil. 383. Grammitis microphylla, Bedd. Ferns Brit. 
Ind. t. 148. 
. Khasia; Surareen, alt. 5000 feet, Griffith. Sikkim; Tonglo, alt. 7000—10,000 feet, 
Si; J. D. Hooker, H. C. Levinge, Col. Oakes ; Sinchul, alt. 8000 feet, Gamble; Dikeeling, 
alt. 7500 feet, C. B. Clarke. 
Series II. Veins inarching. | 
Subgenus III. Steguogramme. Stipes continuous with the rhizome. Frond 1-pinnate. 
8. G. AsPIDIOIDES, Hk. & Bauer, Gen. Fil. t. 120 B. Rhachises beneath pilose; pinne 
pinnatifid 3-1 the way to the midrib, 2 pairs of veinlets uniting; sori curved.— 
Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 150, 2nd Cent. Ferns, t. 50; Hk. & Baker, Syn. Fil. 378. G. steg- 
nogramme, Blume, Fl. Jav. Fil. 98, t. 44. Stegnogramme aspidioides, Blume, Enum. 
Pl. Jav, Fil 173; Presl, Tent. Pter. t. 9. fig. 5; Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. t. 149. 
Ca hegopteris stegnogramme, Mett. Farngatt. Pheg. & Asp. 26. 
Khaia; alt. 4000-6000 feet, Griffith, Hook. f. $ T. Thoms. — Distrib. Ceylon, Java. 
The Jus examples have the hairs denser, needle-like, the pinne less lobed, with 3-6 
pairs of veinlets uniting, the sori straight, hence much shorter than in the Khasi plant, 
Wherein the veinlets curve much upwards to the sinus. It is this last character that 
_ Makes the Khasi possibly a distinct species from the Javan; but much more material 
> required from both localities to found a species on such a character.—De Vriese and 
P. No. 612, referred here by Sir W. J. Hooker, has the frond EE below 
into auricles, and is T auriculatum, Wall. (vel prox.). 
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