Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 379 
long only, and f inch broiid, not auriculate, lower ones very distant, 
all sparingly covered on both sides with long needle-like weak hairs. 
Clarke, R N. I. p. 568. 
Kashmir, Jhelum and Chittapani valleys, 4,000-7,000 feet 
elevation (Levinge), Sutlej, 9,000 feet elevation (Stewart). 
3. Leptogramme opaca. {Spr) Stipes \\ and more feet long, 
tufted, scaly near the base ; fronds 2 feet and more long 12-15 inches 
wide at base, subdeltoid-ovate acute membranaceous, pubescent on 
the rachises and costae, bipinnate, lower primary pinnae petiolate 
6-8 inches long, 3-4 inches wide, oblong-ovate, their pinnules an inch 
wide, oblong sessile and adnate, and slightly decurrent at the base, 
obtuse or acute, pinnatifid, the lobes retuse or emarginate and 
toothed ; veins pinnate in each lobe of the pinnules or large 
segments, veinlets forked or simple, soriferous towards the base of 
the lower branches ; sori oblong. Hcok. Syn. Fil. 378. Gymno- 
N92I7. 
LEPTOGRAMME AURITA. {Hook.) 
LEPTOGRAMME OPACA. {Spr ) 
