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prominent involucres in two rows, and com- 
pletely covering the under-surface. 
Distribution : Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara, Anshi Ghat ; Mahableshwar. 
Southern India, western mountains 2,000- 
4,000. feet; North India: up to 4,000 feet; 
Malay Peninsula. : 
6. Lastrea sparsa Moore 
Stipes ‘tufted, scaly.- Fronds .ovate, 2-3 pin- 
nate; lowest pinnze the. largest, lower basal 
pinnules as a rule compound ; pinnules deeply 
pinnatifid above, less so below. Texture firm, 
herbaceous. Rachis naked or slightly scaly. 
Surfaces naked. Sori either terminal on a 
veinlet or well below the. apex. Indusium 
kidney-shaped. 24 
Distribution : Haisleny Presidenty—Maha: 
bleshwar, on the Yenna near the Falls, 
South India, on all the western mountains 
and on the hills on the east side; Ceylon; 
Himalayas and Khasya, 2, 000-6, ooo feet; 
Burma; Malay Peninsula. —Malay Islands ; 
China ; Mauritius. ° 
7. Lastrea dissecta Bedd. 
Caudex thick, erect. Stipe scaly. Frond 
triangular to ovate, up to nearly three feet long, 
