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fronds generally smaller, more compound with 

 the pinnules, much broader and crenate, serrate 

 at the margins. Surfaces naked. Rachis naked. 

 Texture almost leathery. Veins usually once 

 or twice forked. [Plate VII.] 



Distribution : Malabar, rare ; hills of Vizaga- 

 patam district, common ; plains of East 

 Bengal ; Bhotan to Chittagong ; Ceylon ; 

 Burma; Malay Peninsula. Tropical Australia; 

 China; Polynesia. 



Var. victories (Hort.) This is a garden 

 variety having the fronds variegated with 

 white. 



4. Pteris pellucida Presl. 



Stipes naked. Fronds 12-18 inches long, 

 egg-shaped to lance-shaped, pinnate ; pinnae 

 few, usually sessile, lance-shaped up to about 

 i -inch broad, all simple or the lowest pair 

 forked, margin when barren, entire wavy, crisped 

 or finely crenate. Surfaces bright, green, glossy, 

 naked. Rachis naked. Texture leathery. The 

 frond often consists of one pinna only. 

 [Fig. 33 and Plate VII.] 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara, very common everywhere, Anmod, 

 Pupa, Karwar, Guddhali, Anshi, Nilkund Ghat, 



