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CALLIPTERIS, 
| CALLIPTERIS SMITHIANA. (Baker) Caudex oblique, decumbent ; stipes thick, 1 ft. long, slightly scaly below, fur- 
furaceous throughout and rather densely muricated ; fronds 18 to 24 inches long, by nearly as broad, with 4-5 pinnate pinne, and 4-5 that — 
are only pinnatifid below the point on each side, the lowest 3 inches apart, about 9 inches long, 4 inches broad ; pinnules sessile, 2-3 . — 
inches long, 5-3 inch broad, the edge subentire, the point slightly toothed, acuminated, the base rounded on both sides; texture subcori- — 
aceous ; both surfaces and rachis naked, the latter muricated in the lower part ; veins in groups of 2-3 on a side, the groups usually — 
joining halfway across to the edge; sori often 4 inch long, , Syn. Fil. p. 245. A, dilatatum, J. Sm, (non Blume). | 
Hab. Ceylon. | | 
: — T PLATE No, CCCXXXII. 
