121 
feet long, as a rule bipinnate, sometimes 
simply pinnate ; pinnules lanceolate, 3-6 inches 
long, #-1 inch broad, apex acuminate, base 
suddenly narrowing, often auricled, margin more 
or less deeply lobed. Surfaces naked. Rachis 
often hairy. The main vein of each lobe gives 
off on each side 6-10 veinlets which tend to 
unite towards the margin . with each .other as 
well as with the veinlets of the next lobe. 
Sori single or double on the veinlets. [Fig. 
37-e and Fig. 4o.] 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara, Jog, Kygaghat, Barch, Idagoonji, Supa, 
Chandwadi, Anmode,. Cooesi, Devimunni, 
Sumkund, Tyagli, Kadra, Katgal, growing on 
the banks of streams, Castle Rock, on the 
banks of Duski River; Mahableshwar. _ 
South India, common in the plains on the 
western side and up to 3,000 feet; Bengal 
plains; Ceylon; Malay Peninsula.—China ; 
Formosa; Malay Islands. Also cultivated. 
GENUS XXV.—ALLantTop1a WALL. 
(Deriv. Allantos, a sausage—in allusion to the 
form of the indusium.) 
Veins anastomosing ; areoles elongated near 
the midrib, smaller towards the margin, with 
