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Below isa description of the two varieties 
given by Beddome in his Handbook. 
Var. pectinata Wall? Very finely cut, tri- 
pinnate, four-pinnatifid, bright-green ; rachis 
slender, but scarcely succumbent or grooved 
when dry; involucre sub-quadrate, or short 
oblong, little horseshoe-shaped, sub-persistent. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—Maha- 
bleshwar; Sind. : 
’ Himalayas, Sikkim-to Gurwhal, 2,000-5,000 
feet; Parasnath, 4,000-5,000 feet ; mountains 
of the Godavari and Central India; Mount 
Abu. 
Var. flabellulata Clarke. Two-pinnate; rachis 
firm, round when dry, fronds red, 1-3 feet ; 
‘secondary pinne deeply pinnatifid; segments 
laciniate, i.e. deeply cut, involucre small, 
fugaceous ; sori scattered, round. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—Maha- 
bleshwar.—Sikkim, 13,000 feet, Yakla ; Jongri. 
5: Athyrium gymnogrammordes Bedd. 
Fronds large, 5-6 feet long, 2-3 pinnate; 
-pinnz 12-16 inches long, secondary pinne up 
to 44 inches long, 14-inch broad ; either deeply 
cut almost to the winged rachis, or pinnate, the 
wing being absent. Ultimate segments oblong, 
