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membranaceous to almost leathery. Veins 
pinnate, free. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara: Siddhapur, Jog, Castle Kock, in 
shade of trees; Belgaum; on the ghat at 
Ghotne, east of Ratnagiri ; Amboli; Matheran. 
Throughout the Indian region—Philippines ; 
Hongkong. 
Var. asplemifolia Bedd. 
Rachis very scaly, pinnz very unequal sided, 
the inferior basal portion being much cut away; 
the upper side much deeper cut than the type. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara. 
South India in moist ever-green forests on 
the western side up to nearly 4,000 feet. 
Genus XLVI.—Gymnopreris BERNH. 
(Deriv. Gymnos, naked; pteris, a fern seed- 
ing naked.) 
Veins copiously anastomosing with free vein- 
lets in the meshes; main veins distinct or not 
distinguished from the rest; fronds simple or 
pinnate, generally of two torms, the fertile 
being much contracted, or rarely simple and 
