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dhali near Karwar, Castle Rock, in shady 

 woods ; Vetora (Savantwadi) ; Matheran. 



South India, in the western coast forests 

 from the plains up to 4,000 feet; Ceylon; 

 East Bengal, the lower hills up to 4,000 feet ; 

 Burma. 



5. Gymnopteris subcrenata Bedd. 



Rhizome creeping, scaly. Stipe scaly. 

 Fronds 1-4 feet long, of two kinds, pinnate ; 

 pinnae of sterile fronds stalked, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, margin sinuate or wavy, serrated 

 towards the apex, terminal pinna the longest 

 and proliferous ; fertile pinnae much con- 

 tracted. Surfaces glabrous. Texture almost 

 leathery. Main veins close and conspicuous 

 almost to the margin, the veinlets anastomosing 

 at right angles from which proceed one 

 or two generally free veinlets with clavate 

 apices. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara common in ever-green forests, Castle 

 Rock, in shady woods and on banks of streams, 

 Gcrsoppa Road ; Mahableshwar ; Matheran ; 

 Khandala, ravine behind Coona in thick forest ; 

 Kodawli (Rajapur) ; Amba (Ma'noli forest) ; 

 Thana District, Sasamghar forest (Bassein). 



