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into numerous lanceolate segments; ultimate 
segments up to about an inch long and 4-inch 
broad. Surfaces and rachis naked or hairy. 
Texture thin or almost leathery. [Fig. 35 
and Plate VII.] 
Fic. 35.—Pteris aquilina L. 
Vertical section through segment showing the double indusium. 
This is the common Brake or Bracken. It 
grows up to seven feet high. Used as packing 
material. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara, common on the crest of the ghats in 
dry places, Castle Rock; Mahableshwar ; 
Panchgani; Sakar-Pathar (Lonavli) ; Khan- 
dala; Konkan— Matheran, Amboli Hills; Kanor 
(Belgaum District). 
Throughout India, Ceylon and the Malay 
Peninsula on the mountains 2,000-8,000 feet, 
