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3. Chetlanthes tenutfolia Sw. 
Rhizome short, creeping. Stipes purple-black, 
scaly. Frond ovate or triangular, tri-pinnatifid ; 
“pinnules linear-acuminate, segments oblong- 
lanceolate. Main rachis winged above, partial 
rachises all narrowly winged. Texture almost 
membranaceous. Sori circular, eventually 
confluent. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara, common everywhere during the rains, 
dying down shortly after, Karwar, Castle Rock; 
Deccan, dry localities ; Londa on claybanks; 
also seen at one place at Mahableshwar ; Goa 
territory, Margao (near a spring). [Plate VI.] 
Madras Presidency, common in the plains 
and on low hills up to 4,000 feet; Bengal; 
Assam ; Chittagong; Dacca; Chota Nagpur ; 
Khasya upto 3,500 feet; Sikkim; Malay 
Peninsula—China ; Australia ; New Zealand ; 
Polynesia ; Uruguay; Malay Islands. 
Genus XV.—Pr_ris L. 
(Deriv. Greek name for fern, from Gr. Pteryx, 
a wing—in allusion to the prevalence of pinnate 
form.) 
