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the shape of an inverted V, not extending to the 
apex of the segment. 
2. A. glabra. 
1. A. latebrosa Hook. 
A tree-fern. Stipes armed with short or 
sharp elevated points. Fronds _bipinnate ; 
pinnules gradually tapering from a broad base, 
cut down almost to the rachis into narrow 
serrated segments, upper surface naked, lower 
surface hairy or scaly, the scales being bullate 
(i.e., puckered) and often mistaken for involucres, 
Texture herbaceous. Veins all once forked. 
Sori occupying nearly the whole segment. 
Distribution : Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara.—A lofty tree-fern. 
Nilgiris and all the western mountains of 
the Madras Presidency and the Shevaroys, up 
to 7,000 feet; Sikkim; Bhotan; Khasya 
3,000-5,000 feet; Malay Peninsula; Penang. 
2. Alsophila glabra Hook. 
A tree-fern. Stipes rough, scaly at the base. 
Fronds bipinnate, tapering from the base, cut 
down into triangular rounded serrated segments. 
Texture almost leathery to membranaceous. 
