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Malabar, foot of the Tambacherry Ghat ; 

 Assam ; Andaman Islands. 



2. Tric/wmaiies intermarginale Hook, and Grev. 



Rhizome slender, creeping, hairy. Stipe 

 short. Frond 1-2 inches long, J-J inch broad, 

 pLmatifid with a few segments which are 

 simple, forked or pinnate ; apices of segments 

 notched. Texture almost leathery. Margin 

 thickened. Veins a single midrib in each seg- 

 ment. Sori terminal ; indusium almost cylin- 

 dric, tapering at the base, entirely sunk in the 

 frond ; receptacle protruding beyond the mouth 

 of the indusium. [Fig. n.] 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara Devimunni. On moist rocks and 

 ground in shady places by the banks of streams. 



Malabar plains ; foot of Bhagamandal Ghat 

 which descends from Coorg ; Sivagiri Hills 

 (Tinnevelly district) ; Ceylon, in the Amba- 

 gamwa district. 



3. Trichmanes bipundatum Poir. 



Rhizome slender, creeping. Stipes 1-2 inches 

 long, naked, slightly winged above. Frond 

 1-4 inches long, iJ-2 inches broad, ovate, 

 three-pinnatitid, main rachis narrowly winged or 



