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Not uncommon in the western forests of the 
Presidency. 
In the western moist forests of the Madras 
Presidency up to 4,000 feet; Ceylon, Central 
Provinces. . 
6. Gymnopteris presliana Bedd. 
Rhizome creeping, scaly. Stipe 6-10 inches 
long, scaly. Fronds 6-12 inches long, of two 
‘kinds, pinnate ; pinnz of the sterile fronds 2-4 
inches long, $-inch wide, stalked, narrow, 
lanceolate, gradually tapering at both ends, . 
entire. Fertile fronds much contracted. Sur- 
faces naked, rachis scaly, more or less winged. 
Texture almost leathery. Main veins indis- 
tinct, connected by generally two pairs of 
opposite veinlets which meet at an acute angle 
from which proceeds a veinlet which is either 
free or joined to the veinlets above; marginal 
veins free, terminating in a dot within the 
margin. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara—common everywhere in_river-beds, 
Sumkund, Castle Rock, on rocks, in water- 
course ; Konkan. 
South India, Coorg—Philippines. 
