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1. Schtzoloma lobata Poir. «: 
Rhizome short, creeping. Fronds pinnate or 
bipinnate ; pinnules about 4 inch long, 4 inch 
broad, curved up, unequal-sided ; lower margin 
entire; upper rather deeply lobed. Texture 
thin, herbaceous. Sori on the lobes. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara—Jog and Gersoppa Ghat.——Malabar 
and Travancore mountains ; Ceylon—Queens- 
land, Polynesian Islands, 
2. Schizoloma ensifolia J. Sm. 
Rhizome creeping, scaly. Stipes wiry. 
Fronds 6-12 inches long, 3-4 inches broad ; pin- 
nate, rarely reduced to 1, 14-6 inches long, 
t-+1 inch broad, gradually tapering from a broad 
unequal base, slightly toothed at the margin 
where sterile; veins forming a net-work; sori 
continuous along the margin. [Fig. 17.] 
Distribution : Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara—lIdagoonji, Nuji, Anshi, Devimunni, 
Sumkund, Nilkund, Hoolgeri, Herigooti, Katgal, 
Honawar, Kasurgode, Bhatkal, Castle Rock ; 
Mahableshwar. 
Western mountains of Madras; Ceylon; 
Himalayas, Sikkim to Muneypore and Chitta- 
gong upto 4,000 feet ; Burma—North Australia ; 
