121 



feet long, as a rule bipinnate, sometimes' 

 simply pinnate ; pinnules lanceolate, 3-6 inches 

 long, j-i inch broad, apex acuminate, base 

 suddenly narrowing, often auricled, margin more 

 or less deeply lobed. Surfaces naked. Rachis 

 often hairy. The main vein of each lobe gives 

 off on each side 6-10 veinlets which tend to 

 unite towards the margin with each other as 

 well as with the veinlets of the next lobe. 

 Sori single or double on the veinlets. [Fig. 

 37- and Fig. 40.] 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara, Jog, Kygaghat, Barch, Idagoonji,Supa, 

 Chandwadi, Anmode, Cooesi, Devimunni, 

 Sumkund, Tyagli, Kadra, Katgal, growing on 

 the banks of streams, Castle Rock, on the 

 banks of Duski River ; Mahableshwar. 



South India, common in the plains on the 

 western side and up to 3,000 feet ; Bengal 

 plains ; Ceylon ; Malay Peninsula. China ; 

 Formosa ; Malay Islands. Also cultivated. 



GENUS XXV. ALLANTODIA WALL. 



(Deriv. Allantos, a sausage in allusion to the 

 form of the indusium.) 



Veins anastomosing ; areoles elongated near 

 the midrib, smaller towards the margin, with 



