LASTREA. 
LASTREA CANA. (Wall. 1) Stipes densely tufted, 6-8 inches long, slender finely villose ; fronds pinnate 8-12 inches long 3-4 x 
inches broad, slightly villose on both sides, central pinnæ 2 inches long, $ ind سس‎ gradually دوه‎ from the base to the apex, cut Ç 
down nearly to the rachis into close entire or slightly crenated lobes 4 of an inch broad ز‎ lower pinnæ distant and dwindling down : 
gradually, texture herbaceous, rachis slender finely villose, veinlets 6-8 on each side of the ce simple ; sori medial or submarginal, : 
involucre thin fugacious. Wall. Baker Syn. Fil, 267. 
The specimen figured is from the Himalayas, (Dr. Thomson.) 
Hab. Himalayas. 
` PLATE No. CCCVII. 
