Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 
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3. GoNiOPHLEBiUM LACHNOPUS. ( Wall.) Rhizomc more slen- 
der than in amsenum, densely clothed with hair-pointed brown-black 
scales spreading from small bases ; base of the rachis often with a few 
similar scales ; stipe 2-4 inches long;,%slender naked ; fronds flaccid, 
12-18 inches long, 3-4 
inches broad, cut down 
nearly to the rachis 
into spreading slightly- 
toothed segments i inch 
broad, texture herba- 
ceous, both sides naked, 
or the rachis beneath 
slightly scaly, and pubes- 
cent above; costal areoles 
in aj^single series ^ (never 
two as sometimes occurs 
in amsenum), or rarely 
the veins are all free (not 
forming areoles) ; sori in 
a single series in the are- 
oles, or at the apex of the 
forked veinlet when there 
is no anastomosis. JVa//. 
Cat. 310. Hook. Syn. 
Fil. 342. Bedd.F.B.I. 
/. 163. Clarke, F.N. L 
Himalayas, from 
Kashmir to Bhotan, 
2,000-3,000 feet eleva- 
tion, very common. 
Khasya, 3,000 - 5,000 
feet elevation. 
GONIOPHLEBIUM ERYTHROCARPUM. {Mett. 
4. GoNioPHLEBiUM ERYTHROCARPUM. {Mett.) Rhizome i line 
thick, glaucous, firm, wide-creeping, scales lanceolate, dark-castaneous, 
