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rounded sharply serrate segments, lower pinnae 

 not reduced. Texture thin. Veins disposed 

 in a fan-shaped manner. Indusium fringed. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency -Maha- 

 bleshwar at Kate's Point and along the crest of 

 the hill on the way to Panchgani. 



Himalayas, Chamba to Bhotan, 11,000- 

 16,000 feet elevation. 



4. Lastrca syrmatica Bedd. 



Stipes tufted. Fronds 3-4 feet long, 12-18 

 inches broad, pinnate ;" pinnae 6-9 inches long, 

 ij-ij inches broad, pinnatifid almost to the 

 rachis into slightly toothed segments, the notch 

 between the segments bearing a tooth. Tex- 

 ture almost leathery. Rachis naked. Sur- 

 faces naked. Veinlets forked. Sori on the 

 upper veinlet of the fork. Indusium kidney- 

 shaped, naked. [Plate XII I.] 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara, Anmode. 



South India, not common ; Carcoor Ghat 

 2,000-2,500 feet ; Anamallays and Travancore 

 hills ; Ceylon, forests of Central Provinces ; 

 North India, Sikkim ; Assam; Khasya ; Burma ; 

 Mala)- Peninsula. Philippines. 



