Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



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long only, and f inch bro^d, not auriculate, lower ones very distant, 

 all sparingly covered on both sides with long needle-like weak hairs. 

 Clarke, F. N. I. p. 5 68. 



Kashmir, Jhelum and Chittapani valleys, 4,000-7,000 feet 

 elevation (Levinge), Sutlej, 9,000 feet elevation (Stewart). 



3. Leptogramme opaca. (Spr.) Stipes ii and more feet long, 

 tufted, scaly near the base ; fronds 2 feet and more long 12-15 inches 



LEPTOGRAMME AURITA. \IIook.) 



N92I7. 



LEPTOGRAMME OPACA. (Spr ) 



wide at base, subdeltoid-ovate acute membranaceous, pubescent on 

 the rachises and costre, bipinnate, lower primary pinnpe petiolate 

 6-8 inches long, 3-4 inches wide, oblong-ovate, their pinnules an inch 

 wide, oblong sessile and adnate, and slightly decurrent at the base, 

 obtuse or acute, pinnatifid, the lobes retuse or emarginate and 

 toothed ; veins pinnate in each lobe of the pinnules or large 

 segments, veinlcts forked or simple, soriferous towards the base of 

 the lower brnn<"hes : sori oblong. Hcok. Syn. Fil. 378. Gymno 



