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The smaller fronds of this fern are often 

 cordate, trilobate or trifoliate. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara, Malimani, Jog^ Anmode, Cooesi, 

 Supa, Nilkund, Sirsi, Tyagli, Tinai Ghat ; 

 Deccan, Mahableshwar ; along the higher 

 ghats. 



Madras Presidency, western forests up to 

 4,000 feet ; Northern India from Gurvvhal 

 to Mishmee and Chittagong ; Burma ; 

 Ceylon. Malay Islands ; Philippines ; Fer- 

 nando Po. 



3. Aspidium tnfoliatum Sw. 



Stipes tufted, scaly. Frond 12-18 inches 

 long, 6-12 inches broad, pinnate; terminal 

 pinna ovate, acuminate, deeply segmented ; seg- 

 ments acuminate ; lower pinnae 1-2 pairs, nearly 

 triangular, similarly segmented. Surfaces 

 naked. Texture thin, herbaceous. Main veins 

 distinct to the edge, areoles copious with free 

 included vein lets. Sori in rows near the mam 

 veins, indusium round, attached by the centre. 

 [Plate XII.] Cultivated. 



Distribution : Tropical America from Cuba 

 and Mexico to Brazil and Peru. 



