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Peranema cyatheoides Don. 
Stipes scaly. Fronds 4-6 feet long, decom- 
pound, ultimate pinnules sessile, linear oblong, 
cut down deeply into 
narrow segments having 
a wavy oor crenate 
margin. Rachis and 
costa of the segments 
scaly or hairy. [Fig. 9.] 
Distribution: Bombay 
Presidency—In shady 
places at Mahablesh- 
war. 
Nepal and Bhotan, 
6,000-10,000 feet; 
Fic. 9.—Peranema 
Khasya, 4,500-6,000 eyatheoides Don. 
: 5 : (a) Pinnule (nat. size). 
feet ’ Anamalais, 6,000 (b) Segment (5 times nat. size). 
feet (c) Sporangium (magnified). 
Tre II].—HymenopHyLte& 
Sporangia globose or ovate, furnished with 
a transverse ring ; indusium inferior, two-valved 
ortubular. Filmy ferns, usually epiphytic in 
habit. 
Genus V.—HyMENopHYLLuM L. 
(Deriv. Hymen, membrane; phyllon, leaf— 
in allusion to the filmy texture.) 
