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Ram Ghat and also by the sides of rivulets), 

 Vetora (Savantwadi) in marshy places ; Goa 

 territory, common all along the railway line 

 from Collem to Dood Sagor. 



FIG. 36.Blechnum orientale L. 

 (a) and (ft) Pinnae (nat. size). (6) Portion of pinna ( x 2 ). 



Throughout India, Ceylon and the Malay 

 Peninsula. Malay Islands ; China ; Poly- 

 nesia ; Australia. 



2. Blechnum occidentale L. 



Caudex stout, erect, clothed at the crown 

 with lance-shaped long pointed scales. Stipes 



