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rounded sharply serrate segments, lower pinnz 
not reduced. Texture thin. , Veins disposed 
in a fan-shaped-manner. Indusium fringed. 
Distribution : Bombay Presidency—Maha-. 
bleshwar at Kate’s Point and along the crest of 
the hill on the way to Panchgani. 
Himalayas, Chamba to Bhotan, 11,000- 
16,000 feet elevation. 
4. Lastrea syrmatica Bedd. 
Stipes tufted. Fronds 3-4 feet long, 12-18. 
inches broad, pinnate ; pinna 6-9 inches long, 
14-1} inches broad, pinnatifid almost to the 
rachis into slightly toothed segments, the notch 
between the segments bearing a tooth. Tex- 
ture almost leathery. Rachis naked. Sur- 
faces naked. Veinlets forked. Sori on the 
upper veinlet of the fork. Indusium kidney- 
shaped, naked. [Plate XIII.] 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara, Anmode. 
South India, not common; Carcoor Ghat 
2,000-2,500 feet ; Anamallays and Travancore 
hills; Ceylon, forests of Central Provinces ; 
North India, Sikkim ; Assam; Khasya ; Burma; 
Malay Peninsula.—Philippines. 
