(it) Stipes, rachis and costa- scaly. 

 Scales pale-margined. Indusium 

 lacerate. 



2. C. albomarginata* 



(b) Frond three-pinnatifid, not covered with 

 meal beneath. 



3. C. tenui folia. 



i. Cheilanthes faruwsa Kaulf. 



Rhizome creeping, stout, scaly. Stipes red- 

 dish brown to black polished, naked or scaly 

 near the base (scales evenly coloured). Fronds 

 triangular or lanceolate-triangular in outline, 

 bi-pinnatifid, varying in size, basal pinnae auri- 

 cled below ; under side thinly 01 thickly coated 

 with white meal ; upper side naked. Rachis 

 naked. Texture varying from membranace- 

 ous to leathery. Indusium entire, even or 

 toothed. [Fig. 31 and Plate VI.] 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara Nidgod ; Deccan Mahableshwar, 

 Panchgani, Sakar Pathar, Lonavla, Khandala ; 

 Konkan, Matheran ; Parsik Hill near Thana, 

 Igatpuri ; Turanmal (W. Khandesh); northern 

 slope of Chanseli (Khandesh) ; Trombay Hill, 

 near Bombay. 



