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of the Peninsula of India, Ootacamunri. 

 Elurope ; The Azores ; Madeira ; Canaries ; 

 Africa ; Persia ; Australia ; New Zealand ; 

 South America. 



2. Gymnogramme calomelanos Kaulf . 



Caudex upright. Stipes tufted, 6-12 inches 

 long, scaly below and together with the rachis 

 black polished. Fronds 1-3 feet long, 6-12 

 inches broad, oblong-triangular, tripinnatifid, 

 with lanceolate acuminate pinnules and length- 

 ened acuminate lobed segments. Upper surface 

 dull green, naked ; lower surface covered with 

 white powder. Texture almost leathery or 

 herbaceous. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency Khandala 

 and Kampoli ; Dango Forest (Surat) ; Bombay 

 Island, Malabar Hill, Sewrie, Rowli Hill, Sion 

 Wood. Nilgiris ; Ceylon. 



It is a native of the West Indies, Jamaica, 

 St. Domingo, Guiana, Brazil, Mexico, the 

 island of St. Catherine, the Carriba Islands, 

 etc. 



It is a fine graceful species and is classed 

 among the silver ferns from the under-side of 

 the fronds being covered with a farinose 

 powder. 



