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(c) Atliyrium hohenticke.-itinittn Bedd. Portion of segment 



(much magnified). 



(d) Diplazium lati folium Moore. Portion of segment 



(*5f). 



(e) Anisogonium esculentum Presl. Portion of pinna ( * 3). 



(f) Allantodia javanica Bedd. Portion of pinna (magnified). 



(g) Actiniopteris dichotoma Bedd. Portion of segment 



(magnified). 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara, Jog, Kansar, Nilkund, Tyagli, Sirsi to 

 Sidhapur. Growing on trees. 



Western forests of -the Madras Presidency, 

 very common ; North India, Himalayas, 

 Khasya ; Malay Peninsula. Java ; Luzon ; 

 Samar ; the Philippines ; Tropical Asia ; 

 Mauritius ; Madagascar, etc. 



GENUS XXI. ASPLENIUM L. 



(Deriv. A, primitive ; splen, spleen in allu- 

 sion to its medical properties ) 



Sori linear or oblong, single, veins free. 

 I. Fronds once pinnate. 

 (a) Pinnae narrowed suddenly on the 

 upperside, the inner edge nearly parallel with 

 the main rachis, the lower side obliquely 

 truncate. 



