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appearing to burst irregularly and to be reflex- 

 ed, often giving the appearance of such an 

 involucre as Brown describes to his genus 

 Allantodia, but it is not so in reality.' 



The strong and sharp serratures of Athyrium 

 felix fcemina may well be relied upon in distin- 

 guishing that species, when the involucres have 

 been wiped off, as often happens in herbarium 

 specimens. [Fig. 37-6.] 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara, common during the rains ; Karjat ; 

 Khandala ; Igatpuri, Igatpuri Ghats ; Mathe- 

 ran ; Vetora (Savantwadi) ; Bombay Island, 

 Sion Wood ; Salsette Island, near Tulsi Lake, 

 Keneri Caves, Borivli ; Bind. 



Madras Presidency in the western forests, 

 from the plains up to 4,000 feet ; Ceylon. 



2. Athyrium macrocarpum Bedd. 



Stipes scaly below. Fronds up to three feet 

 long, lanceolate, pinnate with pinnae pinnatifid 

 or bipinnate with pinnules deeply pinnatifid. 

 Texture herbaceous. Sori very large, reniform, 

 (as in Lastrea), rachis naked, linear or horseshoe- 

 shaped. Indusium fimbriate (i.e., fringed) at 

 the margin. 



