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2. LeucosUgia pulchra ]. Sm. 



Rhizome creeping, covered with blunt often 

 peltate scales. Stipes scaly below. Frond 



FIG. 12. Leucostegia pulchru J. Sm. 

 (a) Pinnule with two sori ( * 7). (6) Sporangium (magnified). 



triangular-lanceolate, 9-10 inches long, 4-8- 

 inches broad, 3-4 pinnate ; pinnules cut down to 

 a narrowly winged rachis into very narrowly 

 linear sharply pointed segments. Texture 

 almost leathery. Sori at the base of the teeth 

 of the segments. [Fig. 12.] 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency Maha- 

 bleshwar on trees ; Lonavla on trees ; Khandala. 



