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Indusium forming a compressed, almost 
round or cup-shaped pouch, only open at the 
top. Rhizome creeping; stipes tufted, not 
articulated upon the rhizome. 
Stenoloma chinensis Bedd. 
Rhizome short, creeping, covered with 
fibrillose scales. Stipes glossy, naked, polished. 
Fronds triangular to ovate, 12-18 inches long, 
6-9 inches broad, four-pinnatifid; pinnz and 
pinnules triangular or ovate, elongate ; ultimate 
segments wedge-shaped, narrowed from tip 
to base. Surfaces naked. Texture almost 
leathery. Sori confined to the tips of the 
segments. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara—Sumkund, Tyagli, Nilkund, Hoolgeri, 
Harshikuta, Castle Rock on earth banks. 
Madras Presidency, western mountains 3,000- 
6,000 feet ; Himalayas, Kumaon to Bhotan, up 
to 1,000-4,000 feet; Khasya; Ceylon; Malay 
Peninsula—China; Japan; Polynesia; East 
African Islands. 
Tribe V.—LInpSayvEx 
Sori placed in a line at or near the margin of 
the frond at the apex of and uniting two or 
