380 Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



gramma, Hook. Sp. Fil. v. p. 143. Spr. Syst. Veg. iv. 39. Bedd. 

 F. B. I. t. 238. Gynnogramma obtusata, Bl. Fil. jav. p. 97, t. 43. 

 and Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 143. 



Nepal to Bhotan, 4.000-7000 feet elevation ; Khasya, 3,000- 

 5,000 feet elevation. 



(Also in Java.) 



GENUS LXIX.— STEGNOGRAMME. (Bl.) 



(Slegnos, a cover ; gramme, a line. ) 



As in Leptogramme, only the veinlets of contiguous groups 

 uniting as in Nephrodium, fronds pinnate ; habit and mode of growth 

 of Nephrodium and Goniopteris, only differing from the latter in its 

 linear sori. 



1. Stegnogramme aspidioides. (Hook.) Fronds hairy on 

 both sides, especially the veins, ovate-lanceolate acuminated, pinnate, 

 firm-membranaceous, pinnae opposite or alternate, sessile subtruncate 

 or adnate at the base, 3-4 inches long, rarely an inch wide, oblong- 

 lanceolate, pinnatifid i—J the way to the midrib ; veins 5-6 pair, 2-5 

 lower united, with an excurrent spurious vein reaching to the sinus, 

 those in the lobes free, all soriferous ; sori linear-oblong, nearly the 

 length of the veins. Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 150. Bl. Fil. Jav. p. 172. 

 Bedd. F B. I.t. 149. 



Khasya, 4,000-6,000 feet elevation; Ceylon (?) 



(Also in Java.) 



GENUS LXX.— GYMNOGRAMME. (Desv.) 



(Gymnos, naked; gramme, a line.) 



Sori arising from the veins over the under surface of the frond ; 

 linear or linear-oblong, forked or sometimes simple ; veins forked, 

 veinlets free ; fronds various, adherent to the caudex, habit and 

 mode of growth of Cheilanthes. 



