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membranaceous to almost leathery. Veins 

 pinnate, free. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara: Siddhapur, Jog, Castle Kock, iri 

 shade of trees ; Belgaum ; on the ghat at 

 Ghotne, east of Ratnagiri ; Amboli ; Matheran. 



Throughout the Indian region Philippines ; 

 Hongkong. 



Var. aspleniifolia Bedd. 



Rachis very scaly, pinnae very unequal sided, 

 the inferior basal portion being much cut away ; 

 the upper side much deeper cut than the type. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara. 



South India in moist ever-green forests on 

 the western side up to nearly 4,000 feet. 



GENUS XLVI. GYMNOPTERIS BERNH. 



(Deriv. Gymnos, naked ; pteris, a fern seed- 

 ing naked.) 



Veins copiously anastomosing with free vein- 

 lets in the meshes ; main veins distinct or not 

 distinguished from the rest ; fronds simple or 

 pinnate, generally of two forms, the fertile 

 being much contracted, or rarely simple and 



