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ACBOPHOKTJS. 



ACROPHORUS MEMBRANULOSU8. (Wall.) Caudex hispid, with very long slender subulate rigid membranaceous scales, 

 fronds small, very thin and membranaceous ovato-lanceolate and as well as the slender stipes and rachis pubescenti-hirsute bipinnate 

 pinnae alternate lanceolate, their rachis winged, pinnules lanceolate pinnatiiid, the segments ovato-lanceolate subfalcate, very acute entire 

 or rarely toothed, involucres small, ovato-subrotund acute, very thin and membranaceous fixed b y the broad base, the rest free. Hook 

 Sp. Fil i. 159. Wall Cat n. 255, 



The figure is taken from Sir W. Hooker's " Species Filicum." 



Hab. Nepal, 



PLATE No. XCVIIL 



