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Mahableshvvar ; Lonavla, Purandhar, Khan- 

 dala ; Nasik district : Lena Hill, Igatpuri 

 Ghats, Igatpuri ; Khandesh, north slope of 

 Chanseli ; Savantwacli State, Vetora ; Goa 

 territory ; Konkan, Matheran ; Bassein and 

 Bassein Range ; Bombay Island, Sion, Sewrie, 

 Mahaluxmi ; Salsette, Bandra, Coorla, Mul- 

 gaum, Conditta, Bhandup, Vehar Lake, Tulsi 

 Lake, Keneri Caves, Thana, Versova, Trombay 

 Hill. 



Throughout Northern India in moist places ; 

 South India, general on the western side and 

 lower slopes of the hills ; Ceylon ; Burma in 

 the tropics of nearly the whole world. 



The fern dies down after the rains. 



The vernacular name is Rata Kombada, also 

 Kombada. Used in making bracelets by the 

 wild tribes. It is a very graceful fern and 

 would do well in a fernery. 



2. Adiantum caudatum L. 



Stipes and rachises brown, polished, hairy. 

 Fronds 6-12 inches long, often rooting at the 

 tip, pinnate, pinnae nearly sessile, J-j inch by 

 J inch, wedge-shaped at the base, deeply cut 

 into several narrow spreading lobes. Surfaces 



