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rains ; a perennial in favourable situations, (Macpherson). Londa, (Woodrow). — 

 Throughout India, Ceylon, and the Malay Peninsula up to 3,000 feet 

 elevation. — In the tropics of the whole world, 



7. — BlechnecE. 



32. Blechnum orientale, (L.) N. Kanara : very common above and below 

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

 Deccan : Mahableshwar, (Birdwood). Konkan, (Gray). — Throughout India, 

 Ceylon, and the Malay Peninsula. — Malay Islands ; China ; Polynesia ; 

 Australia. 



5. — Aspleniece. 



33. Thamnopteris nidus, (L.) var. phyllitidis, (Don.) N. Kanara : above 

 ghats : Jog, Kansar, Nilkund, Tyagli. Growing on trees, (Macpherson).— 

 Western forests of the Madras Presidency, very common ; Himalayas ; Khasya ; 

 Malay Peninsula.— Java ; Luzon ; Samar. 



34. Asplenium lunulatitm, (Sw.) N. Kanara : above ghats : Nilkund (Mac- 

 pherson). — Nilgiris ; Anamallays. 



35. Asplenium lunulutum, (Sw.) var. trapeziforme. (Roxb.) Mahableshwar 

 (Birdwood) ; Panchgani (Woodrow). —Nilgiris , Anamallays. 



36. Asplenium falcatum, (Lam.) N. Kanara : above ghats : Yekambi (Mac- 

 pherson) ; Savantvadi (Dalgado) ; Mahableshwar (Birdwood). — Madras Pre- 

 sidency, Western mountains ; Ceylon ; Malay Peninsula ; Soonderbun ; Koolns 

 in Jessore. — Australia ; S. Africa and its islands ; Polynesia. 



37. Asplenium macrophyllum. (Swartz.) N. Kanara ^Macpherson). — Madras 

 Presidency, Western mountains ; Ceylon ; Malay Peninsula. — Australia ; S. 

 Africa ; Polynesia. 



38. Asplenium unilaterale, (Lam.) Panchgani (Birdwood). — Madras Pre- 

 sidency, in all the Western forests up to 5,000 feet. Himalayas from Chamba to 

 Bhotan, 1,000—5,000 feet ; eastward of Nepal ; Chittagong ; Ceylon ; Malay 

 Peninsula. — Malay Islands ; Polynesia ; Japan ; Tropical Africa. 



39. Asplenium unilaterale, (Lam.) var. rivale, (Bedd.) N. Kanara : above 

 ghats : Nilkund, Yan, Malimani, (Macpherson). — Pulney Hills and Anamallays, 

 only in river beds. 



40. Asplenium unilaterale, (Lam.) var. udum (Atkinson). N. Kanara : 

 above ghats: Anmode ; Cooesi, (Macpherson). — Himalayas; Dalhousie, 5,500 

 feet elevation ; pendant from dripping rocks. 



41. Asplenium laciniatum, (Don.) N. Kanara : above ghats : Anshi, Yekambi, 

 (Macpherson); Mahableshwar and Matheran, (Birdwood), — Madras Presi- 

 dency, all the Western mountains, 3,000— 8,000 feet; Himalayas, Gurwhal to 

 Bhotan ; Khasya ; Ceylon. — Japan. 



42. Athyrium holienaclcerianum, (Kze.) N. Kanara : above ghats, below 

 ghats common during the rains, (Macpherson), Sind (Beddome). — Madras Pre- 

 sidency in the Western forests, from the plains up to 4,000 feet ; Ceylon. 



43. Athyrium nacrocarpum, (Blume.) N. Kanara : above ghats. (Macpher- 

 son). — South India, very common on the Western mountains, above 3,000 feet ; 



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