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up to three feet long, pinnate ; pinnae lanceolate, 

 often caudate, with the base often much auri- 

 cled ; edges serrated, or lobed with the lobes 

 serrate ; the two sides unequal, the lower 

 obliquely truncate at the base. Texture 

 leathery. Rachis glabrous or covered with 

 hair-pointed scales. Sori in long irregular 

 lines reaching nearly to the margin. [Plate IX.] 

 Distribution : BDmbay Presidency North 

 Kanara, Yekambi; Savantwadi; Mahableshwar. 

 Madras Presidency, western mountains ; 

 Ceylon ; Malay Peninsula ; Soonderbun ; 

 Koolna in Jessore. Australia ; South Africa 

 and its islands ; Polynesia. 



Asplenium crinicaule Hance and Asplenium 

 macrophyllum Swartz being doubtfully distinct 

 from Asplenium falcatum are placed here as 

 varieties of the species. 



Var. crinicaule. Stipes and rachises densely 

 covered with hair-pointed scales. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara. 



Madras Presidency on the Anamallays and 

 in Coorg, 3,000-4,000 feet ; Sikkim, Jaintia 

 Hills, 4,000-5,000 feet. China. 



Var. macrophyllum. Pinnae generally larger 

 and broader and less cut than those of the type. 



