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Distribution : Bombay Presidency : North 

 Kanara, in the bed of the river at Jog and other 

 places, Sumkund, Anmod, Castle Rock, on the 

 banks of a tank ; Mahableshwar. 



South India, on the western mountains at 

 the higher elevations, North India, Kumaon, 

 Bhotan, Khasya, 4,000-6,000 feet. Asia ; 

 North and South Africa ; Central and North 

 America ; Europe. 



SUB-ORDER IV. 

 Sporangia two-valved, crowned by a com- 

 plete apical ring. Vernation circinate. 



GENUS XLIX. ANEMIA Sw. 



(Deriv. Gr. Aneimon, naked the naked 

 spikes.) 



Sporangia small, very abundant, forming a 

 copiously branched panicle quite distinct from 

 the leafy part ot the trond ; fronds pinnate or 

 bi-tripinnatifid ; veins free. 



Anemia rotundifolia Schrad. 

 Stipes 6-9 inches long, hairy ; the fertile and 

 barren portions united in the same frond ; the 

 barren portion pinnate, 8-12 inches long, 1-2 

 inches broad below, often prolonged and root- 

 ing at the tip ; pinnae i inch long, f-J inch 

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