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Throughout North India, in the hills up to 

 5,000 teet ; Madras Presidency, in the plains 



FIG. 31. Cheilanthes farinosa. 

 (a) Pinna (nat. size). (b) Part of segment ( x 6 ). 



and up to 8,000 feet on the hills ; Ceylon ; 

 Burma. Tropical America ; Java ; Philip 

 pines ; East Africa ; East African Islands ; 

 Arabia. 



Var. chrysophylla Bedd. has rich yellow 

 powder on the under-surface. It must be 



