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on the:veins. Veinlets simple or forked: Sori 
‘on. the back of the veins, one corresponding to 
each segment of the pinnule.. 7 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara. 
South India, Carcoor Ghat, Malabar and 
elsewhere along the Western Ghats ; Himalayas 
from Kumaon to Bhotan, in tropical valleys 
up to 2,000 feet ; Chittagong Hills, 500 feet ; 
Malay Peninsula.—North Australia, Polynesia. 
Genus XXXVII—Goniorreris Prest. 
(Deriv. Gr. Gonia, angle; pteris, fern, the 
veinlets meeting and forming angles:) 
Habit and venation of Nephrodium, i.e. 
fronds pinnate, veins pinnate, one or more of the 
lower veinlets anastomosing at an angle with 
corresponding ones of the next group producing 
from their junction an ex-current veinlet. Indu- 
sium wanting. 
Gontopteris prolifera Presl. 
Rhizome stout, creeping. Stipes tufted, very 
variable in length. Fronds pinnate of two 
kinds ; some of them very long, whip-like and 
prostrate, with the pinnae much reduced. and 
almost triangular or rounded. Such fronds 
often root at the apex and produce buds in the 
