MICROLEPIA. 
MICROLEPIA PTEROPUS. (Bedd.) Caudex stout creeping, densely clothed with brown very membranaceous smooth — 
scales, stipes 10-15 inches long furnished as are the main and secondary rachises with a few scales similar to those on the caudex, 3 
fronds deltoid ovate coriaceo-membranaceous, tripinnate 20-25 inches long, 10-15 inches broad ; main rachis winged towards the apex, 
primary pinnæ petiolate alternate gradually acuminated from the base, rachis winged from the apex to nearly the base, secondary —Ç 
pinne alternate petiolate, with their rachises winged to the base and puberulous on both sides, especially above, and furnished witha ` 
few scales in under side ; tertiary pinnæ acuminate pinnatifid nearly to the base, segments acute much larger on the upper margin — 
pinnatifid, slightly puberulous on the costa, veins pinnate, sori 1-10 on each segment of the tertiary pinnæ, involucre subreniform ` 
fimbriated. | | CH 
Hab. Himalayas (Dr, Jerdon.) | : 
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