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glabrous, bipinnate; pinnules cut down into 
elongated serrated segments. Sori on either 
side of and near the midribs of the segments, 
indusium globose in the young state, ultimately 
bursting irregularly at the top. [Fig. 7.] 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara—Anmode, Cooesi Hoolgeri, in damp 
shady places. 
. Wynaad at 3,000 feet ; South Kanara; Coorg; 
Jeypoor Hills (Vizag) ; Nepal; Jaintea Hills. 
Genus II].—Atsopuira R. Br. 
(Deriv. Gr. Grove-loving.) 
Caudex arborescent ; sori round, naked. 
(Distinguished from Cyathea by the absence 
of indusium.) 
(a) Stipes armed with short, blunt or sharp 
elevated points. Segments narrow. Texture 
herbaceous. Veinsall once forked. Sori occu- 
pying nearly the whole segment. 
1. A. latebrosa. 
(b) Stipes rough or scaly at the base. 
Segments triangular or ovate, serrated. Tex- 
ture leathery to membranaceous. Veins pin- 
nated. Veinlets all simple. Sori arranged in 
