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South India, on the western mountains, 

 particularly abundant in Coorg, rare elsewhere ; 

 Ceylon, Central Provinces. 



(B) Exinvolucratce. 

 Sori without an indusium. 



TRIBE X. POLYPODIES 

 Sori on the back of the lobes, round or rarely 

 somewhat oblong. 



Desmobryoid Series. Habit and mode of 

 growth of Aspidieae, the stipes continuous with 

 the caudex ; sori generally medial on the veins. 



GENUS XXXVI. PHEGOPTERIS FEE 

 (Deriv. Phegos, beech the beech-fern.) 

 Veins forked or pinnate, veinlets free. Habit 

 of Lastrea, but indusium wanting. 



Phegopteris ornata Bedd. 

 Caudex erect. Stipes covered with awl- 

 shaped scales, or rough owing to the persistent 

 bases of the scales. Fronds up to twenty feet 

 long, three-pinnate ; the ultimate pinnules 

 oblong, often deeply incised, their bases being 

 connected by a broad wing on the tertiary 

 rachis. Texture thin, herbaceous. Main and 

 partial rachises rough and scaly and furnished 

 with fine pointed hairs. The latter occur also 



