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Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara Gersoppa Falls, Mysore side, Sirsi 

 to Siddhapur, Sumkund, Amboli. 



Sikkim ; Bhotan ; Assam ; Khasya ; Cachar ; 

 South India, Tinnevelly mountains, Jeypore 

 Hills. 



Var. lanceolata Bedd. It has the main veins 

 indistinct. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency Maha- 

 bleshwar on trees ; throughout the western 

 forests of the Presidency. 



All over the western forests of the Madras 

 Presidency ; Ceylon ; Chota Nagpur ; Paras- 

 nath ; Burma. 



Var. axillaris Bedd. 



It has a long tortuous rhizome ; main veins 

 less prominent than in the type, more so than 

 in Var. lanceolata. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara. 



In all the western forests of South India ; 

 plains of Bengal and Assam ; Burma. 



2. Gymnopteris quercifolia Bernh. 

 Rhizome stout, creeping, scaly. Stipes of 

 the fertile fronds longer than those of the 



