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(c) Athyrium hohenacke-ianum Bedd. Portion of segment 
(much magnified). 
(d) Di aoe latifolium Moore. Portion of segment 
x 5B). 
(e) Antsogonium esculentum Presi. Portion of pinna ( x 34). 
(f) Allantodia javanica Beda. Portion of pinna (magnified). 
(g) Actiniopteris dichotoma Bedd. Portion of segment 
(magnified). 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara, Jog, Kansar, Nilkund, Tyagli, Sirsi to 
Sidhapur. Growing on trees. 
Western forests of the Madras Presidency, 
very common; North India, Himalayas, 
Khasya; Malay Peninsula.—Java; Luzon; 
Samar; the Philippines; Tropical Asia ; 
Mauritius ; Madagascar, etc. 
Genus XXI.—AspceENiumM L. 
(Deriv. A, primitive; splen, spleen—in allu- 
sion to its medical properties.) 
Sori linear or oblong, single, veins free. 
I. Fronds once pinnate. 
(2) Pinne narrowed suddenly on the 
upperside, the inner edge nearly parallel with 
the main rachis, the lower side obliquely 
truncate. 
