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5- Aspidium niulticaudatum Wall. 



Stipes densely scaly. Fronds 3-4 feet long 

 with terminal pinnae cut down nearly to the 

 rachis into lanceolate, acuminate lobed seg- 

 ments, lateral pinnae pinnatifid, the lowest ones 

 triangular, deeply pinnatifid above, pinnate 1 

 below. Texture thin, herbaceous. Rachis and 

 surfaces naked. Principal veins distinct to the 

 edges, areoles with free included veinlets. Sori 

 rather large in two rows on both sides of the 

 main veins, nearly all at the apex of the 

 free veinlets. 



This is scarcely distinguishable from the 

 largest forms of Aspidium cicutarium, but it 

 has, we believe, sori restricted only to the free 

 veinlets. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara, Nilkund. 



Khasya Hills, south side up to 1,000 feet 

 elevation ; Burma ; Anamallay forests. 



6. Aspidium macrophyllnm Sw. 

 Stipes tufted, scaly below. Fronds 2-3 feet 

 long, one foot or more broad, pinnate ; terminal 

 pinnae either three-lobed or sinuately segment- 

 ed, the basal segments the longest ; lateral 

 pinnae 4-8, oblong, lanceolate, entire or slightly 



