148 



GRAMMITIS. (See « Ferns of Southern India," p. 17.) 



GrAMMITIS MICROPHYLIA. (Hook.) Caudex very slender filiform subrepent and intertwined so as to form a collec- 

 tion of tufted wiry fibres, stipites copious slender filiform very fragile dark-purple ebeneous glossy 2-4 inches long, fronds membranaceous 

 sub-diaphanous l|-2§ inches long glabrous triangulari-ovate 3-pinnate (or pinnate and 2-3 pinnatifid) lowest primary pinnae half-ovate 

 the rest oblong, ultimate pinnules (or segments) oval-lanceolate entire acute decurrent upon the rachises which thus become winged, veins 

 dichotomous one in each pinnule or segment oblong not forked, veinlets terminating below the apex. — Hook Sp, Fil t v, p. 129 ; Ic> PI, 

 t. 1916; Cent, of Ferns t 16. 



The specimen figured is from the Khasya Hills, 



Hab. Khasya Hills, 



PLATE No. CXLYIIL 



