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3- Schizoloma heterophylla J. Sm. 



Rhizome creeping. Fronds 6-12 inches long, 

 3-6 inches broad, pinnate with large linear- 

 lanceolate pinnae or 

 bipinnate, occasion- 

 ally tripinnate ; 

 pinnules J-i inch 

 long, J inch broad, 

 entire or unequally 

 lobed. Texture 

 herbaceous. Sori 

 more or less con- 

 tinuous along the 

 margin. [Fig. 18.] 



Distribution: 

 Bombay P r e s i - 

 dene y N o r t h 



Kanara Common, FlG - 18. Sc*o/om a heterophylla 

 Sumkund, Katgal, (a) Pinna (nat. size). 



Arbail Ghat. 



Malabar mountains, Travancore ; Ceylon ; 

 Malay Peninsula Mauritius ; Hongkong ; 

 Malay Islands. 



TRIBE VI. PTERIDE/E 



Sori marginal, oblong or in a line. Indusium 

 formed of a more or less changed and 



