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The smaller fronds of this fern are often 
cordate, trilobate or trifoliate. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara, Malimani, Jog, Anmode, Cooesi, 
Supa, Nilkund, Sirsi,, Tyagli, Tinai Ghat; 
Deccan, Mahableshwar; along the higher 
ghats. ~~ 
Madras Presidency, western forests up to 
4,000 feet; Northern India from Gurwhal 
to Mishmee and Chittagong ; Burma; 
Ceylon—Malay Islands; Philippines; Fer- 
nando Po. 
3. Aspidium trifoliatum Sw. 
Stipes tufted, scaly. Frond 12-18 inches 
long, 6-12 inches broad, pinnate; terminal 
pinna ovate, acuminate, .deeply segmented ; seg- 
ments acuminate ; lower pinnz 1-2 pairs, nearly 
triangular, similarly segmented. Surfaces 
naked. Texture thin, herbaceous. Main veins 
distinct to the edge, areoles. copious with free 
included veinlets. Sori in rows near the main 
veins, indusium round, attached by the centre. 
[Plate XII.] —Cultivated. 
Distribution : Tropical America from Cuba 
and Mexico to Brazil and Peru. 
