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i. Schizoloma lobata Poir. 



Rhizome short, creeping. Fronds pinnate or 

 bipinnate ; pinnules about J inch long, J inch 

 broad, curved up, unequal-sided ; lower margin 

 entire ; upper rather deeply lobed. Texture 

 thin, herbaceous. Sori on the lobes. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara Jog and Gersoppa Ghat. Malabar 

 and Travancore mountains ; Ceylon Queens- 

 land, Polynesian Islands. 



2. Schizoloma cnsi folia J. Sm. 



Rhizome creeping, scaly. Stipes wiry. 

 Fronds 6-12 inches long, 3-4 inches broad ; pin- 

 nate, rarely reduced to i, iJ-6 inches long, 

 J-i inch broad, gradually tapering from a broad 

 unequal base, slightly toothed at the margin 

 where sterile ; veins forming a net-work ; sori 

 continuous along the margin. [Fig. 17.] 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara Idagoonji, Nuji, Anshi, Devimunni, 

 Sumkund, Nilkund, Hoolgeri, Herigooti, Katgal, 

 Honawar, Kasurgode, Bhatkal, Castle Rock ; 

 Mahableshwar. 



Western mountains of Madras ; Ceylon ; 

 Himalayas, Sikkim to Muneypore and Chitta- 

 gong up to 4,000 feet ; Burma North Australia ; 



