195 



() Pinnules smaller, 4-8 inches long, 

 about as broad. 



3. L. japonicum. 



i. Lygodiwn microphyllwn R. Br. 



Fronds scandent, consisting of a long twining 

 rachis from which arise at intervals short spurs 

 bearing a pair of pinnae each ; pinnae pinnate, 

 pinnules petioled, 3-4 on each side of a zig- 

 zag rachis with a terminal one which is more 

 or less lobed ; barren pinnules ovate, blunt, the 

 margin entire or lobed j fertile ones short, 

 triangular, with a rounded apex and a square 

 base and lobed round the margin. Texture 

 almost leathery. Surfaces naked or nearly so. 

 [Plate XIV.] 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara, Castle Rock, in dense jungle on the 

 banks of a tank ; Ghat jungles and South 

 Konkan. 



South India, Malabar and West Coast gene- 

 rally, common in plains and also in the Wynaad, 

 up to about 3,000 feet ; North India, 'Bengal 

 plains ; Malay Peninsula Malay Islands. 



2. Lygodinm flcxuosum Bedd. 

 Pinnye arising in pairs from the ends of short 

 spurs on the twining rachis. Pinnules 8-12 



