Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 387 
forked or pinnate, where pinnate the lower branches generally 
anastomose; sori universal^ 
on the veins. Bedd. F. B. 
I.t. 154. Grammitis vestita, 
WalL Cat. 12. Gymno- 
gramme vestita, Hook. Syn. 
Himalayas from Chum- 
ba to Nepal, 6,000-9,000 
feet elevation. 
(Also in China.) 
3. Syngramme Wal- 
LiCHii. (Hook.) Stipes 
tufted up to 20 inches long, 
firm, glossy brown, fibrillose 
near the base ; fronds up to 
one foot long by 2| inches 
broad, elliptic - lanceolate, 
simple, acuminate, entire at 
the margin, the base narrow- 
ed very gradually, texture 
subcoriaceous, both sides 
glabrous; veins fine parallel, 
simple, or forked from the 
base or much higher up, 
rarely joining with the con- 
tiguous group about the 
centre, bat all anastomosing 
near the margin and forming 
2-3 small oblong hexagonal 
areoles ; sori on all the 
straight veins, but scarcely 
extending to anastomosing 
ones near the margin. Bedd. 
F. B. I. t. 153, Gymnogramme, Mook, Sp. Fil. v./. 155, /. 302. 
N0223. 
SYNGRAMME VESTITA. {Wall. 
