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Not uncommon in the western forests of the 

 Presidency. 



In the western moist forests of the Madras 

 Presidency up to 4,ooo feet ; Ceylon, Central 

 Provinces. 



6. Gymnopteris prcsliana Bedd. 



Rhizome creeping, scaly. Stipe 6-10 inches 

 long, scaly. Fronds 6-12 inches long, of two 

 kinds, pinnate ; pinnae of the sterile fronds 2-4 

 inches long, |-inch wide, stalked, narrow, 

 lanceolate, gradually tapering at both ends, 

 entire. Fertile fronds much contracted. Sur- 

 faces naked, rachis scaly, more or less winged. 

 Texture almost leathery. Main veins indis- 

 tinct, connected by generally two pairs of 

 opposite veinlets which meet at an acute angle 

 from which proceeds a veinlet which is either 

 free or joined to the veinlets above; marginal 

 veins free, terminating in a dot within the 

 margin. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara common everywhere in river-bed-, 

 Sumkund, Castle Rock, on rocks, in water- 

 course ; Konkan. 



South India, Coorg Philippines. 



