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tanks ; Castle Rock, on the banks of the 

 Dhuski River and on the edge of a tank ; 

 Dharwar District, Kunnur, under Pandanus, 

 on borders of rice-fields ; Goa Territory, near 

 Dood Sagor. 



Throughout the Indian region in swampy 

 places. Tropical Asia, Africa, Australia and 

 America. 



3. Nephrodium pteroides J. Sm. 



Rhizome creeping. Stipes scaly. Fronds 

 up to four feet or more long, two feet broad, 

 pinnate ; pinnas f-i inch broad, pinnatifid about 

 one-third to the midrib, lobes triangular, sharp 

 pointed ; lower pinnae not reduced. Texture 

 herbaceous. Rachis naked or hairy. Upper 

 surface slightly hairy, lower glandular hairy, 

 Veinlets pinnate in each lobe, 7-9 on each side, 

 lowest pair anastomosing with a free ex-current 

 veinlet Sori on the back of the upper vein- 

 lets and nearer their apex, confined to the 

 lobes. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara, Kumbarwada, Anshi, Nilkund, Sirsi, 

 Ekambi, Munchkerri, Tyagli, Siddhapur, to 

 Jog, Katgal, growing in dry shady places in 

 evergreen jungle. 



