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elevation ; Burma. Malay Islands ; Guinea 

 Coast. 



A variety with broad white bands down the 

 centre of the pinnae occurs on the Anshi and 

 Nilkund Ghats and in the Jog Forest. 



5. Pteris quadnaurita Retz. 



Caudex short, erect. Stipes naked or rough, 

 varying much in size. Fronds lanceolate or 

 ovate ; pinnate pinnae cut down nearly 

 to the rachis into numerous linear-oblong seg- 

 ments, the lowest pair or several lower pairs 

 usually again compound with similar but 

 smaller pinnae arising from the lower side of 

 the base. Texture membranaceous to almost 

 leathery. The costae are armed with bristles 

 above. Veinlet usually once forked and free 

 (Forma quadnaurita Type) or the lowest ones 

 of two adjoining veins unite in pairs into an 

 arch (Forma biaurita) or both these kinds of 

 venation occur in one and the same frond. 

 (Forma nemordKs.) 



The above is an expanded description in- 

 tended to embrace the three species, Pteris 

 quadnaurita Retz., Pteris (Campteria) biaurita 

 L. and Pteris (Campteria) ncmoralis Willd., 

 which we consider simply as forms of one and 



