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Western mountains of the Madras Presi- 
dency; Ceylon; Himalayas from Kumaon 
Fic. 15.—Mierolepia spelunce Bedd. 
(a) A pinnule (nat. size). (b) A segment ( x 3). 
(c) A sorus (magnified). 
eastwards; Khasya; Chittagong ; Malay Penin- 
sula—China; Japan; Malay Islands; Polynesia; 
Tropical America. 
Also cultivated. 
Specimens from North Kanara are very large 
and three-pinnate. Those collected in gardens 
and in Sion Wood are much smaller and only 
two-pinnate. The Sion ones are probably 
escapes from cultivation. 
GENUS X.—STENOLOMA FEE 
(Deriv. Stenos, narrow ; loma, border.) 
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