CLASSIFICATION 



SUB-ORDER I. GLEICHENIACE^E 



SORI DORSAL, without indusium, composed of a 

 few sporangia having a transverse or obliquely 

 transverse complete ring and opening vertically. 



GENUS I. GLEICHENIA R. BR. 

 (Named after W. F. Von Gleichen.) 



Caudex creeping ; stipes forked ; segments 

 small, almost round or pectinate. 



Gleichenia linearis Bedd. 



Stipes zig-zag, repeatedly forked, ultimate 

 branches with a pair of forked pinnae which are 

 cut down almost to the midrib into elongated, 

 entire, blunt segments, bluish- green beneath. 

 A distinct pair of pinnae arises from the base 

 of the forked branches. [Fig. 6.] 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara Tyagli, Yellapur, Barch, Idagoonji, 

 Nuji, Sumkund, Nilkund, Sirsi, Jog, Hoolgeri, 

 Harshikuta, Herigoota, Katgal, Honawar, 



