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GYMNOPTERIS. 
GYMN OPTERIS AXILLARIS, (Cav.) Caudex very long scandent flexuose here and there branched ; sterile fronds 
rather distant (with very short stipites, almost none or 1-2 inches long and stramineous) membranaceous, 5-6 inches to 1 foot and more 
long, 3-13 inch wide, lanceolate more or less acuminate, strongly costate entire gradually tapering below and long-decurrent sometimes 
to the base of the stipes and even auricled there ; fertile fronds (with stipites 3-4 inches long a little scaly at the base) 6 inches to a foot 
long, 1. 3 lines wide linear tapering at both extremities flexuose. Hook. Sp. Fil, v. 276. Cav. Prolect, 1801. n. 582. 
The specimen figured is from South Canara, it is common in most forests on the Western side of India growing on trees. I | 
have always looked upon as a mere ein of G. Feei (Plate XLVIII, Ferns of Southern India), but Sir W, Hooker thinks it a distinct 
species, 
| Hab. Western side of Madras Presidency, Ceylon, ux Assam, Sylhet, Burmah, Philippine Islands, Luzon, Jaya, Borneo, 
| , PLATE No, CCLXXI. 
