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Western mountains of the Madras Presi- 

 dency ; Ceylon; Himalayas from Kumaon 



FIG. 15. Miorolepia speluncce Bedd. 



(a) A pinnule (nat. size). (ft) A segment ( x 3). 



(c) A sorus (magnified). 



eastwards; Khasya; Chittagong ; Malay Penin- 

 sula China; Japan; Malay Islands; Polynesia; 

 Tropical America. 



Also cultivated. 



Specimens from North Kanara are very large 

 and three-pinnate. Those collected in gardens 

 and in Sion Wood are much smaller and only 

 two-pinnate. The .Sion ones are probably 

 escapes from cultivation. 



GENUS X. STKNOLOMA FEE 

 (Deriv. Stenos, narrow ; loma, border.) 



