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free marginal clavate veinlets. Sori linear- 

 oblong. Indusium sausage-shaped, quite cover- 

 ing the sorus and bursting irregularly down the 

 centre. 



Allantodia j avanica Bedd. 



Fronds up to 2 feet long, i foot broad, 

 pinnate ; pinnae 4-8 inches long, i-i J inches 

 broad, unequal at base to a fine acumination. 

 Veins anastomosing, forming elongated areoles 

 on either side of the midrib and smaller ones 

 near the margin. Sori sausage-shaped, bursting 

 irregularly down the centre. [Fig. 37-/.] 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara, in moist places along the ghats. 



Nepal and Bhotan, 4,000-7,000 feet; Khasya, 

 Makir Hills ; Ceylon. Java ; Samoa. 



GENUS XXVI. *A.CTINIOPTERIS LINK 

 (Deriv. Actin, rays ; pteris, a fern.) 

 Fronds fan-like, sori placed on each side of 

 the narrow segment of the frond, linear, elongat- 

 ed, opening towards the midrib. 



Actiniopteris dichotoma Bedd. 

 Stipes densely tufted arising from an oblique 

 caudex, scaly. Fronds like the leaves of a minia- 

 ture palm (Chamasrops) ; segments dichoto- 



