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5. Scales always with few or many branched hairs; branched, short-stal- 

 ked hairs are found also on the rachis and, in some species, also on 

 ribs and leaf-tissue. Veins free or anastomosing, goniopteroid or 

 meniscioid. Lamina often proliferous. 



Subgenus 9. Gouiopteris (Species 206—267). 

 4. Sori continent, exindusiate, all veins meniscioid. 



Subgenus 10. Meniscium (Species 268—280). 



