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pinnate above, with pinnze 6-g inches long, by 
tf inches broad, cut down two-thirds towards 
the rachis, bipinnate below, the lower basal 
pinnules of the lowest pinnz being the longest 
and equivalent to some of the upper pinne in 
size, shape, and cutting; ultimate segments 
finely crenate. Texture herbaceous. Surfaces. 
somewhat hairy. Rachis hairy. Veinlets 
forked, always free. Sori at the apex of the 
upper veinlet of the fork, ina single row on 
each side of the segments. Indusium kidney- 
shaped, naked. [Plate XIII.] 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara, Bilgi, near Meushi. 
Madras Presidency, western mountains, 
common up to about 5,000 feet, North Arcot 
and Vizagapatam Hills; Ceylon up to 5,000 
feet ; Burma.—Malay Islands ; Polynesia. 
8. Lastrea tenericaulis Bedd. 
Caudex erect. Stipes tufted, slightly scaly 
below, covered with a bluish bloom which easily 
rubs off. Frond 1-3 or more feet long, broad. 
ovate-lanceolate, bipinnate ; pinnules pinnati- 
fid, almost to the costa, oblong-lanceolate from 
a broad adnate base which is decurrent so as. 
to form a winged rachis; the segments of the 
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