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the shape of an inverted V, not extending to the 

 apex of the segment. 



2. A. 



i. A. latebrosa Hook. 



A tree-fern. Stipes armed with short or 

 sharp elevated points. Fronds bipinnate ; 

 pinnules gradually tapering from a broad base, 

 cut down almost to the rachis into narrow 

 serrated segments, upper surface naked, lower 

 surface hairy or scaly, the scales being bullate 

 (i.e., puckered) and often mistaken for involucres. 

 Texture herbaceous. Veins all once forked. 

 Sori occupying nearly the whole segment. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara. A lofty tree-fern 



Nilgins and all the western mountains of 

 the Madras Presidency and the Shevaroys, up 

 to 7,000 feet ; Sikkim ; Bhotan ; Khasya 

 3,000-5,000 feet ; Malay Peninsula ; Penang. 



2. Alsophila glabra Hook. 



A tree-fern. Stipes rough, scaly at the base. 

 Fronds bipinnate, tapering from the base, cut 

 down into triangular rounded serrated segments. 

 Texture almost leathery to membranaceous. 



