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اد gw ٧ 2 5 AA‏ 
MO TO‏ ا و شش رو وت 
` LASTREA, (See “ Ferns of Southern India,” p. 33.) 
LASTREA GRACILIS. (Moore.) Caudex erect paleaceous stipites 1-2 inches long sparingly paleaceous fronds 4-6 inches 
long š to 1 inch broad, lanceolate, pinnate, pinnæ numerous approximate slightly hairy on the veins beneath 3-4 lines long 2-3 broad, very 
shortly petiolate pinnatifid 4 or 2ds down to the rachis, superior basal segment 2-4 lobed rest generally entire, all sharply acuminated, veing 
forked or pinnate terminating within the margin, sori one to each segment, terminal on a veinlet, involucre reniform. 
The specimen figured is from the N; W. Himalaya (Hooker fil et Thomson.) 
Hab, Himalayas. | 
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