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LASTREA. 
LASTREA GRACILESCENS. (Hook.) The plant figured at PL CX. of the Ferns of Southern India as Lastrea esraci- 
lescens is now separated from that species by Mr. Baker, and has been named L. Beddomei (Baker): the accompanying plate is a figure 
of the true esracilescens from the Himalayan Mountains, the lower pinne are not reduced in size, the rachis of both frond and pin ne and 
the costa of the pinnules (or segments) beneath, are thickly furnished with short hairs, and the margins are more or less ciliated, the 
fronds are otherwise glabrous on both sides, and are membranaceous in texture. | 
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