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on the veins. Veinlets simple or forked. Sori 

 on the back of the veins, one corresponding to 

 each segment of the pinnule. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara. 



South India, Carcoor Ghat, Malabar and 

 elsewhere along the Western Ghats ; Himalayas 

 from Kumaon to Bhotan, in tropical valleys 

 up to 2,000 feet ; Chittagong Hills, 500 feet ; 

 Malay Peninsula. North Australia, Polynesia. 



GENUS XXXVII. GONIOPTERIS PRESL. 



(Deriv. Gr. Gonia, angle ; pteris, fern, the 

 veinlets meeting and forming angles.) 



Habit and venation of Nephrodium, i. e. 

 fronds pinnate, veins pinnate, one or more of the 

 lower veinlets anastomosing at an angle with 

 corresponding ones of the next group producing 

 from their junction an ex-current veinlet. Indu- 

 sium wanting. 



Goniopteris prolifera Presl. 

 Rhizome stout, creeping. Stipes tufted, very 

 variable in length. Fronds pinnate of two 

 kinds ; some of them very long, whip-like and 

 prostrate, with the pinnae much reduced and 

 almost triangular or rounded. Such fronds 

 often root at the apex and produce buds in the 



