ae 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—Panch- 
gani, on wet rocks; Mahableshwar;. Pashan 
Tank, six miles from Poona; Purandhar; Nasik 
district, Nasik road in wells, Gungapur, Adgaon 
(along brook), Dindori (on the wall of irrigation 
canal), Igatpuri Ghats; Khandesh, Dadgaon ; 
Gujerat; Sind; Bombay Island, Sewrie,, 
Mahim, very common in wells in the coconut 
groves ; Salsette Island, Versova, in wells and 
conduits in the coconut groves; Goa territory, 
in damp places near Dood Sagor. 
Madras Presidency, west side, common on 
banks of rivers in the plains, and up to 5,000 
feet ; Ceylon; North India—Europe ; Africa ; 
America ; Australia. 
Common in gardens. The True Maiden 
Hair. 
- The variety mares of gardens has leaflets 
laciniate (cut into narrow lobes). The variety 
fergusont seems to have arisen as a sport in 
a garden in Ceylon. It isa large Fern with 
pinnules about an inch across and deeply lobed, 
the lobes overlapping each other. 
g. Adiantum ethioprcum L. 
Rhizome creeping, scaly. .Stipe dark brown. 
Fronds triangular in’ outline up to 18 inches 
