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(b) Fronds more or less deeply pinnatifid, 

 but not truly pinnate : 



(i) Main rachis distinctly winged 

 throughout; indusium cylindrical, 

 tapering at the base ; receptacles 

 protruding. 



2. T. intermarginale . 



(ii) Main rachis hardly, if it all, winged 

 in the lower part. Indusium 

 tubular, mouth very distinctly 

 two-lipped. , 



3. T. bipunctatum. 



i. Trichomanes knrzii Bedd. 



Rhizome slender, creeping. Stipe very short. 

 Frond less than an inch long, pinnatifid with 

 the segments one to three-lobed ; ultimate seg- 

 ments linear. Surface somewhat wavy ; margin 

 bounded by a thickened line. Texture thick. 

 Veins a single midrib to each segment. Sori 

 terminal ; indusium sunk in the frond, top- 

 shaped, with the mouth dilated but without lips. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara Godhulli, Anshighat, at no great 

 elevation. Found on moist trunks of trees 

 during the monsoon. 



