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GENUS XLI. GYMNOGRAMMK DESV. 

 (Deriv. Gr. Gymnos, naked; gramme, writing.) 

 Sori arising from the veins over the under 



surface of the frond, linear and usually forked. 



Habit and mode of growth of Cheilanthes. 



(a) Fronds very small, 2-4 inches long. 



Under surface not powdery. 



i. G. leptophylla. 



(b) Fronds very large, 1-3 feet long. 



Under surface coated with white 

 or yellow powder. 



2. G. calomelanos. 



i. Gymnogramme leptophylla Desv. 



Roots fine, fibrous, tufted. Stipes 1-4 inches 

 long, tufted, brown polished, filiform. 



Fronds 2-4 inches long, i-ij inches broad, 

 pinnate to tripinnate, pinnae or pinnules spathu- 

 late or obovate, deeply lobed with the lobes 

 entire or finely serrate. Texture thin, membra- 

 naceous. Veins simple or forked. Sori oblong, 

 simple or forked. 



This is a very delicate annual appearing in 

 the rains and dying down soon after. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency Maha- 

 bleshwar, Satara Fort walls. Western Ghats 



