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turn pinnatifid. Ultimate lobes 

 rounded. 



g. L. crenata. 



i. Lastrea calcarata Hook. 



Caudex erect. Stipes densely tufted. Fronds 

 up to two feet long, lanceolate, pinnate with 

 pinnatifid apex ; pinnae 1-4 inches long, J-inch 

 broad, tapering from a broad sessile base 

 towards the apex, cut down about two-thirds or 

 more towards the midrib into linear oblong 

 segments ; the lowest segment of the upper side 

 occasionally larger than the rest. Lower pinnae 

 often reduced to mere auricles. Rachis and 

 surfaces more or less hairy. Veinlets simple. 

 Sori on the back of the veinlets. Indusium 

 kidney-shaped, hairy or naked. [Fig. 4i-A and 

 Plate XIII.] 



Var. ciliata Bedd. The fern occurring in 

 the Presidency is Beddome's variety, ciliata, 

 which is characterized by him as follows : 

 'Texture herbaceous, lowest pinnules deflexed, no 

 auricles on the stem ; stipes rounded, pinnae about 

 four inches long, caudate at the apex, nearly 

 one inch broad ; indusium hairy or glabrous '. 



Distribution : Bombay PresidencyNorth 

 Kanara, Anmode, Cooesi, growing on moist 



