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Distribution : Bombay Presidency -North 

 Kanara, Anmode, Cooesi. 



Himalayas, Dalhousie, 5,500 feet and other 

 localities, pendent from dripping rocks. 



3. Asplenium laciniatum Don. 



Stipe scaly. Frond up to two feet long, pin- 

 nate ; pinnae linear, oblong or half-ovate, very 

 much cut away and unequal at the base, 

 slightly pinnatifid with segments serrated, or 

 deeply pinnatifid with segments distant. Tex- 

 ture almost leathery. Rachis scaly. [Plate IX.] 



The fronds roll up after the rains and so 

 resist the dry season. When dry the fronds can 

 be artificially uncurled in water. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara, Anshi, Yekambi ; Panchgani ; Maha- 

 bleshwar ; Matheran, on trees ; Lonavla. 



Madras Presidency, all the western moun- 

 tains, 3,000-8,000 feet ; Himalayas, Gurwhal 

 to Bhotan ; Khasya ; Ceylon. Japan. 



5. Asplenium dimorphum Kze. 



Stipe 6-12 inches long, naked. Fronds 2-3 

 feet long, 12-15 inches broad, ovate-triangular ; 

 of two kinds ; sterile frond as a rule bipinnate 

 with roundish oval pinnules which are wedge- 



