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Distribution: Bombay Presidency—Khan- 
dala, Lonavla, Purandhar, Panchgani on the 
way to the Tableland, Mahableshwar, Mathe- 
ran, Igatpuri. 
South India, Anamallay Hills, dry grassy 
places, 5,000 feet ; Myhenda Hill near Berham- 
pore, 4,500 feet ; Parasnath, 4,000 feet. 
4. Athyrium felix femina Roth. 
Caudex ascending, scaly. Stipes tufted, 
straw-coloured, scaly. Fronds 1-4 feet long, 
lanceolate, 2-3 pinnate; lower pinnules of 
pinne deeply pinnatifid into ovate segments 
having a few sharp serratures; superior ones 
more entire, coarsely serrated, uppermost ones 
confluent into a pinnatifid, or serrated long 
point. Texture thinly herbaceous. Rachis 
naked. Involucres in two rows on the second- 
ary pinne, short, oblong. [Plate IX.] 
Two varieties, viz. pectinata and flabellulata, 
have been mentioned by Birdwood as occurring 
in the Presidency. We have not been able to 
distinguish these in the material at our disposal. 
The specimens we have examined came from 
Panchgani—north side of Tableland, Mathe- 
ran, Khandala, and North Kanara. 
