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MICROLEPIA, (See " Ferns of Southern India/* p. 5.) 



MlCROLEPIA HoOKERIANA, (Wall.) Stipes a foot and more long, pubescent at length glabrous rachis hlrUsto* 

 pubescent, fronds lanceolate pinnate, pinnae subpetiolate lanceolate from a broad liastate base, gradually acuminated submembranaceous, 

 duplicato-crenated sparingly hairy on the costa and veins beneath, veins parallel dichotomous, sori approximate, forming a continued 

 line at the base of the crenature3 of the margin, involucres half-cup-shaped, stipes and rachis pubeseenti-hirsute. Hook j$.p. FiL 

 I 172, Wall Cat n. 2684. 



The specimen figured is from the Khasya Hills— (Dr. Thomson.) 



Hab, Khasya, Syiiiet, Kumaon, Assam a 



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