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(72) Main veins conspicuous almost to 
the margin; veinlets anastomosing 
at right angles, from which pro- 
ceed 1-2 free veinlets with clavate 
apices. 
5. G. subcrenata.. 
(1) Main veins indistinct; veinlets 
meeting at acute angle from 
which proceeds a veinlet which 
is either free or joined to the 
veinlet above; marginal veinlets. 
free terminating in a dot within 
the margin. 
6. G. preshiana. 
1. Gymnopteris variabilis Bedd. 
Rhizome creeping, scaly. Sterile frond a 
foot or more long and 1-24 inches wide, simple,. 
entire, lanceolate, base gradually narrowing 
into the stipe, apex acuminate or acute. Fer- 
tile frond much contracted, often broader with 
under-surface covered with sori. Surfaces. 
naked. Texture thin, herbaceous. The main 
veins proceeding from the midrib distinct 
almost to the margin, sometimes indistinct ; 
meshes with free included veinlets. 
