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Genus XLI.—Gymnocramne_ Dssv. 
(Deriv. Gr. Gymnos, naked ; gramme, writing.) 
Sori arising from the veins over the under 
surface of the frond, linear and usually forked. 
Habit and mode of growth of Cheilanthes. 
(a) Fronds very small, 2-4 inches long. 
Under surface not powdery. 
1. G. leptophylla. 
(6) Fronds very large, 1-3 feet long. 
Under surface coated with white 
or yellow powder. 
2. G. calomelanos. 
1. Gymnogramme leptophylla Desv. 
Roots fine, fibrous, tufted. Stipes 1-4 inches 
long, tufted, brown polished, filiform. 
Fronds 2-4 inches long, 1-14 inches broad, 
pinnate to tripinnate, pinnz or pinnules spathu- 
late or obovate, deeply lobed with the lobes 
entire or finely serrate. Texture thin, membra- 
naceous. Veins simple or forked. Sori oblong, 
simple or forked. 
This is a very delicate annual appearing in 
the rains and dying down soon after. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—Maha- 
bleshwar, Satara Fort walls—Western Ghats 
