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J-J of an inch long. Texture leathery. Sori 

 half-cylindrical with no horn. 



Distribution : Fiji Islands, plentiful. 



Cultivated in Bombay gardens. A very fine 

 species. 



GKNUS IX. MICROLEPIA PRESL. 



(Deriv. Gr. Micros, small ; lepis, scale in 

 allusion to the small indusium.) 



Indusium membranaceous, half cup-shaped, 

 attached at the sides and base. Rhizome 

 creeping ; stipe continuous with the rhizome. 



(a) Surfaces hairy when young, naked 

 when adult. Ultimate segments broad, blunt- 

 ish toothed, oblong triangular. 



i. M.platyphylla. 



(b] Surfaces hairy, pinnules or ultimate 

 segments rhomboidal. 



(i) Frond bipinnate, lanceolate; indusium 

 hairy. 



2. M. strigosa. 



(ii) Frond 3-4 pinnatifid, ovate or tri- 

 angular ; indusium hairy or naked. 



3. M. spelnncc?. 



