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Indusium forming a compressed, almost 

 round or cup-shaped pouch, only open at the 

 top. Rhizome creeping ; stipes tufted, not 

 articulated upon the rhizome. 



Stenoloma chinensis Bedd. 



Rhizome short, creeping, covered with 

 fibrillose scales. Stipes glossy, naked, polished. 

 Fronds triangular to ovate, 12-18 inches long, 

 6-9 inches broad, four-pinnatifid ; pinnae and 

 pinnules triangular or ovate, elongate ; ultimate 

 segments wedge-shaped, narrowed from tip 

 to base. Surfaces naked. Texture almost 

 leathery. Sori confined to the tips of the 

 segments. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara Sumkund, Tyagli, Nilkund, Hoolgeri, 

 Harshikuta, Castle Rock on earth banks. 



Madras Presidency, western mountains 3,000- 

 6,000 feet ; Himalayas, Kumaon to Bhotan, up 

 to 1,000-4,000 feet ; Khasya ; Ceylon ; Malay 

 Peninsula China ; Japan ; Polynesia ; East 

 African Islands. 



TRIBE V. LINDSAYE.^E 



Son placed in a line at or near the margin of 

 the frond at the apex of and uniting two or 



