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Distribution : Bombay Presidency Panch- 

 gani, on wet rocks ; Mahableshwar ; Pashan 

 Tank, six miles from Poona ; Purandhar; Nasik 

 district, Nasik road in wells, Gungapur, Adgaon 

 (along brook), Dindori (on the wall of irrigation 

 canal), Igatpuri Ghats ; Khandesh, Dadgaon ; 

 Gujerat ; Sind; Bombay Island, Sewrie, 

 Mahim, very common in wells in the coconut 

 groves ; Salsette Island, Versova, in wells and 

 conduits in the coconut groves ; Goa territory, 

 in damp places near Dood Sagor. 



Madras Presidency, west side, common on 

 banks of rivers in the plains, and up to 5,000 

 feet ; Ceylon ; North India. Europe ; Africa 

 America ; Australia. 



Common in gardens. The True Maiden 

 Hair. 



The variety mariesii of gardens has leaflets 

 laciniate (cut into narrow lobes). The variety 

 fergusoni seems to have arisen as a sport in 

 a garden in Ceylon. It is a large Fern with 

 pinnules about an inch across and deeply lobed r 

 the lobes overlapping each other. 



g. Adiantum a'thiopicum L. 

 Rhizome creeping, scaly. Stipe dark brown. 

 Fronds triangular in outline up to 18 inches 



