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pinnate above, with pinnae 6-g inches long, by 

 ij inches broad, cut down two-thirds towards 

 the rachis, bipinnate below, the lower basal 

 pinnules 'of the lowest pinnae being the longest 

 and equivalent to some of the upper pinnae in 

 size, shape, and cutting ; ultimate segments 

 finely crenate. Texture herbaceous. Surfaces 

 somewhat hairy. Rachis hairy. Veinlets 

 forked, always free. Sori at the apex of the 

 upper veinlet of the fork, in a single row on 

 each side of the segments. Indusium kidney- 

 shaped, naked. [Plate XIII.] 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara, Bilgi, near Meushi. 



Madras Presidency, western mountains,, 

 common up to about 5,000 feet, North Arcot 

 and Vizagapatam Hills ; Ceylon up to 5,000 

 fe '.: ; Burma. Malay Islands ; Polynesia. 



8. Lastrea tenericaulis Bedd. 

 Caudex erect. Stipes tufted, slightly scaly 

 below, covered with a bluish bloom which easily 

 rubs off. Frond 1-3 or more feet long, broad 

 ovate-lanceolate, bipinnate ; pinnules pinnati- 

 fid, almost to the costa, oblong-lanceolate from 

 a broad adnate base which is decurrent so as 

 to form a winged rachis ; the segments of the 

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