Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



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3. Goniophlebium lachnopus. ( Wall.) Rhizome more slen- 

 der than in amasnum, densely clothed with hair-pointed brown-black 

 scales spreading from small bases ; base of the rachis often with a few 

 similar scales ; stipe 2-4 inches long, slender naked ; fronds flaccid, 

 12-18 inches long, 3-4 

 inches broad, cut down 

 nearly to the rachis 

 into spreading slightly- 

 toothed segments \ inch 

 broad, texture herba- 

 ceous, both sides naked, 

 or the rachis beneath 

 slightly scaly, and pubes- 

 cent above; costal areoles 

 in a single series (never 

 two as sometimes occurs 

 in amaenum), or rarely 

 ihe veins are all free (not 

 forming areoles) ; sori in 

 a single series in the are- 

 oles, or at the apex of the 

 forked veinlet when there 

 is no anastomosis. Wall. 

 Cat. 310. Hook. Syn. 

 Fil. 342. Bedd. F.B.I, 

 t. 163. Clarke, F. N. I. 



P- 55i- 



Himalayas, from 

 Kashmir to Bhotan, 

 2,000-3,000 feet eleva- 

 tion, very common. 

 Khasya, 3,000-5,000 

 feet elevation. 



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GONIOPHLEBIUM EKYTHROCARPUM. 



(Mitt. 



4. Goniophlebium erythrocarpum. (Melt.) Rhizome | line 

 thick, glaucous, firm, wide-creeping, scales lanceolate, daik-castancous, 



