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glabrous, bipinnate ; pinnules cut down into 

 elongated serrated segments. Sori on either 

 side of and near the midribs of the segments, 

 indusium globose in the young state, ultimately 

 bursting irregularly at the top. [Fig. 7.] 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara Anmode, Cooesi Hoolgeri, in damp 

 shady places. 



. Wynaad at 3,ooo feet ; South Kanara ; Coorg ; 

 Jeypoor Hills (Vizag) ; Nepal ; Jaintea Hills. 



GENUS III. ALSOPHILA R. BR. 



(Deriv. Gr. Grove-loving.) 

 Caudex arborescent ; soii round, naked. 

 (Distinguished from Cyathea by the absence 

 of indusium.) 



(a) Stipes armed with short, blunt or sharp 

 elevated points. Segments narrow. Texture 

 herbaceous. Veins all once forked. Sori occu- 

 pying nearly the whole segment. 



i. A. latebrosa. 



(b] Stipes rough or scaly at the base. 

 Segments triangular or ovate, serrated. Tex- 

 ture leathery to membranaceous. Veins pin- 

 nated. Veinlets all simple. Sori arranged in 



