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‘appearing to burst irregularly and to be reflex- 
ed, often giving the appearance of such an 
involucre as Brown describes to his genus 
Allantodia, but it is not so in reality.’ 
The strong and sharp serratures of Athyrism 
felix femina may well be relied upon in distin- 
guishing that species, when the involucres have 
been wiped off, as often happens in herbarium 
specimens. [Fig. 37-c.] 
Distribution: Bombay ' Presidency—North 
Kanara, common during the rains; Karjat ; 
Khandala ; Igatpuri, Igatpuri Ghats ; Mathe- 
ran; Vetora *(Savantwadi); Bombay dsland, 
Sion Wood ; Salsette Island, near Tulsi Lake, 
Keneri Caves, Borivli; Sind. 
Madras’ ‘Presidency in the western forests, 
from the plains up to 4,000 feet ; Ceylon. 
2. Athyrium macrocarpum Bedd. 
Stipes scaly below. Fronds up to three féet 
long, lanceolate, pinnate with pinnz pinnatifid 
or bipinnate with pinnules deeply pinnatifid. 
Texture herbaceous. Sori very large, reniform, 
(asin Lastrea), rachis naked, linear or horseshoe- 
shaped. Indusium fimbriate (i.e., fringed) at 
the margin. 
