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MNIOPSIS. (See " Ferns of Southern India," p. 18.) 



I^ENIOPSIS FALCATA. (Kze ?) Caudex erect, fibrillose, furnished with lanceolate smooth brown scales at the apex, fronds 

 rigid very thick 1 to 6 inches long 1J-3 lines broad narrow linear acute, sometimes forked, glabrous or sometimes furnished on the 

 upper side only with a few distant white hairs, costa canaliculate on the upper side of the frond, not visible on the underside ; veins 

 (only visible in very young fronds when well soaked) simple, or once, (or very rarely twice) forked not extending to the margin, sori in a 

 deep gaping sulcus somewhat distant from the margin. Yittaria falcata. Fee. Vittar, p. 20. t.Lf.l. Vide Thw : En : p. 438. 



The specimen figured is from Ceylon, where it has just been discovered by Mr. Thwaites. 



Hab. Ceylon (Central Provinces, elevation 4,000, 5000 feet) c. P. 3,807,— Java, Mount Ophir, Malacca/ 



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