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pinnae 4-6 inches long, f-inch broad, pinnatifid 

 half-way to the midrib into oblong lobes ; 

 lower pinnae more or less reduced, often to 

 mere auricles, sometimes not at all. Texture 

 herbaceous. Rachis hairy, scaly or naked. 

 Surfaces hairy or naked. Veinlets pinnate in 

 the lobes, 6-8 pair, the lowest pair (rarely two) 

 anastomosing at an angle with an ex-current 

 veinlet. Sori on the back of the veins. 

 Indusium kidney-shaped, hairy or naked. 

 [Fig. 41-*.] 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara, Sirsi, Katgal, Devaraya (Madras 

 and Southern Mahratta Railway cutting), 

 Ekambi, Tinai Ghat, Castle Rock ; in Goa 

 Territory, Mapuca in wells, Marmagoa, and 

 along the railway line as far as Dood Sagor 

 watercourse ; Mahableshwar, Panchgani ; 

 Konkan ; Vetora in coconut groves and 

 along water, Amboli Hills ; Ambowne in 

 well-pit ; Matheran ; Bombay Island, Mahim 

 in wells. 



Throughout the Indian region from the 

 plains up to 6,000 feet. All over the world in 

 tropical and sub-tropical regions. 



Also common in cultivation in the Presi- 

 dency. 



