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1. Microlepia platyphylla J. Sm. 
Rhizome thick, creeping. Stipes erect. 
Fronds 3-4 feet long, three-pinnatifid; pinnz 
large, spreading, 
ovate, elongate in 
form with the 
apices acuminate; 
ultimate segments 
broad, bluntish 
toothed, oblong tri- 
angular. Surfaces 
hairy when young, 
naked when adult. 
Texture leathery. 
Sori one in each 
tooth of the seg- 
ment. [Fig. 14.] 
Distribution : 
Madras Presidency 
throughout the 
western moun- 
tains, up to nearly 
6,000 feet; Ceylon; 
Himalayas, Nepal, 
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Fic. 14.—Microlepia platyphylla 
Sm 
(a) A pinnule (x 4). 
(6) A sorus (magnified). 
Sikkim, Bhotan 3,000-5,500 feet elevation ; 
Khasya. 
