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Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara. 



South India, very common on the western 

 mountains, above 3,000 feet ; Ceylon ; Himala- 

 yas, Gurwhal to Bhotan, 2,000-9,000 feet ; 

 Khasya ; Burma ; Malay Peninsula. Malay 

 Islands ; China ; Japan. 



3. Athyrium falcatum Bedd. 



We have examined several specimens of 

 Athyrium, which we are not able to place. 

 They answer well Beddome's description of 

 Athyrium falcatum which we quote. 



Stipes i-g inches long with many linear 

 golden scales at the base ; fronds 6-14 inches 

 long, with the rachis above dilated or winged f 

 linear-lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, 

 pinnae 15-20 on each side, sessile, alternate, 

 i-ij inches long, by J-J inch broad, falcate- 

 ovate, deflexed, obtuse or acuminate, generally 

 with a large obtuse auricle at both the superior 

 and inferior base, above pinnatifid almost half 

 down to the costa ; segments obtuse, crenated, 

 sori numerous on each side of the costa, at 

 length confluent and covering the whole or nearly 

 the whole of the under surface. [Plate IX.] 

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