the same species based on venation which is 

 not constant, specimens of obvious biaurita 

 lapsing into ncmoralis by some of the basal 

 veins missing connection, whilst those which 

 would ordinarily be taken for quadriaurita 

 having some arched veins. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency Forma 

 quadriaurita, North Kanara, Tinai Ghat, 

 Castle Rock ; Konkan, Matheran, Amboli Ghat, 

 Vetora (Savantwadi State) ; Panchgani ; Maha- 

 bleshwar ; Khandala. 



Forma nemoralis. Amboli Hills, Castle 

 Rock, Mahableshwar 



Forma biaurita. -North Kanara Jog Supa, 

 Jugelput, An mode, Kumbarwada, Anshi, 

 Idagoonji ; Mahableshwar ; Panchgani ; Khan- 

 dala throughout India, Ceylon ; Malay 

 Peninsula. All round the world throughout 

 the tropics and a little beyond them. 



This fern is also grown in gardens. 



Var. setigera Bedd. Texture papery, colour 

 brown when dry, segments narrower than in 

 the type, copious stiff hairs on the rachis and 

 costae, veins all free (as in Forma quadriaurita}. 



A very distinct looking plant. [Plate VII.] 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara ; Mahableshwar ; Dajipur above the 



