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23. Cheilanlhes farinosa, (Kaulf.) N. Kanara : above ghats : Nidgod, 

 dying down shortly after the rains, (Macpherson) : Deccan : Mahableshwar, 

 Panchgani, (Bird wood) ; Sakar Pathar, Purandhar Fort (Cooke); Lonavli 

 (Gammie) ; Khandala (Blatter) ; Konkan : Matheran (Birdwood). The 

 Copper-fern variety at Pertabgarh. 



24. Clicilanthes tenuifol'ui, (Sw.) North Kanara. Common everywhere 

 during the rains, dying down shortly after, (Macpherson) : Deccan : dry 

 localities, (Gray) ; Londa on clay banks ( Woodrow. )— Madras Presidency, 

 common in the plains and on low hills up to 4,000 feet; Bengal; Assam: 

 Chittagong ; Dacca : Chota Nagpur ; Khasya up to 3,500 feet ; Sikkim ; Malay 

 Peninsula. — China ; Australia ; New Zealand ; Polynesia ; Uruguay : Malay 

 Islands. 



25. Pteris longifolia (L.) N. Kanara : above ghats : Supa, Arbail ghat, 

 Anshi ; below ghats : Yan, (Macpherson) : Southern Mahratta Country : 

 Castle Rock, (Woodrow) ; Konkan : below Mahableshwar, (Birdwood). — 

 Madras Presidency ; Bsngal, in the plains and up to 5,000 feet ; Ceylon : 

 Burma. — Widely distributed over bhe whole world. 



26. Pteris pelluckla, (Presl.) N. Kanara : very common everywhere ; a 

 variety with broad white bands down the centre of the pinnae is found on the 

 Anshi and Nilkuud ghats, (Macpherson) ; Southern Mahratta Country : Castle 

 Rock, (Woodrow) ; Deccan : Mahableshwar, (Birdwood).— Western forests of 

 Madras Presidency ; plains and hills of Bengal up to 3,000 feet elevation. — 

 Malay Islands ; Guinea Coast. 



27. Pteris quadriaurita, (Retz.) N. Kanara : below ghats, common above 

 ghats, (Macpherson). Southern Mahratta Country : Castle Rock, (Woodrow). 

 Amboli Ghat. Deccan : Mahableshwar, (Birdwood) ; Konkan : Danoli, 

 (Woodrow), Matheran; (Birdwood). — Throughout India, Ceylon, and the Malay 

 Peninsula, from the plains up to 8,000 feet. — All round the world throughout the 

 tropics and a little beyond them. 



28. Pteris quadriaurita, (Retz.j var. setigera, N. Kanara, ( Macpherson). — 

 Coorg and Malabar. 



29. Pteris aquilina, (L.) N. Kanara : common on the crest of the ghats in 

 dry places, (Macpherson), Deccan : Mahableshwar (Birdwood), Panchgani, 

 Sakar Pathar, (Woodrow), Khandala (Cooke) ; Konkan : Matheran, (Bird- 

 wood). — Throughout India, Ceylon, and the Malay Peninsula on the moun- 

 tains, 2,000 — 8,000 feet. — Throughout the whole world, except the Arctic zones 

 and temperate South America. 



30. Campteria biaurita, (L.) North Kanara : above ghats : Jog, Supa 

 Jugelpet, Anmode, Kumbarwada, Anshi, Devimunni, Idagoongi, (Macpherson). 

 Mahableshwar, (Birdwood). Panchgani, (Cooke). — Madras Presidency, west- 

 ern parts up to 6,000 feet ; Northern India from the plains up to 6,000 feet ; 

 Ceylon ; Malay Peninsula. — Malay Islands ; China , Australia ; tropical Africa. 



31. Ceratopteris thalictroides, (L.) North Kanara : below and above ghats, 

 common in tanks and streams, in swampy ground and even rice fields in the 



