61 
.-Mahableshwar; Lonavla, Purandhar, Khan- 
dala; Nasik district: Lena Hill, Igatpuri 
Ghats, Igatpuri; Khandesh, north slope of 
Chanseli; Savantwadi State, Vetora; Goa 
territory; Konkan, Matheran; Bassein and 
Bassein Range; Bombay Island, Sion, Sewrie, 
Mahaluxmi; Salsette, Bandra, Coorla, Mul- 
gaum, Conditta, Bhandup, Vehar Lake, Tulsi 
Lake, Keneri Caves, Thana, Versova, Trombay 
Hill. 
Throughout Northern India in moist places ; 
South India, general onthe western side and 
lower slopes of the hills; Ceylon; Burma—in 
the tropics of nearly the whole world. 
The fern dies down after the rains. 
The vernacular name is Rata Kombada, also 
Kombada. Used in making bracelets by the 
wild tribes. It is a very graceful fern and 
would do well in a fernery. 
2. Adiantum caudatum L. 
Stipes and rachises brown, polished, hairy. 
Fronds 6—12 inches long, often rooting at the 
tip, pinnate, pinnz nearly sessile, 3-3} inch by 
4 inch, wedge-shaped at the base, deeply cut 
into several narrow spreading lobes. Surfaces 
