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pinnules either lobed or crenate. Rachis 
grooved above and hairy, naked beneath; 
rachis of pinnules also hairy above, naked 
beneath. Both surfaces hairy along the costa 
and costules. Veins pinnate with simple vein- 
lets in the larger ultimate segments, only once 
forked in the smaller segments. Sori on the 
apex or back of the veins. Indusium decidu- 
ous. [Plate XIII] 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara, Siddhapur to Jog, Castle Rock. 
South India, on the western mountains 
2,000-3,000 feet; Ceylon, 1,500-3,000 feet; 
North India, Himalayas from no great elevation 
up to 4,000 feet; Malay Peninsula—China ; 
Australia; Polynesia. 
Also cultivated. 
g. Lastrea crenata Bedd. 
Caudex ascending, densely coated with long, 
awl-shaped, golden scales, which conceal the 
bases of the stipes. Stipes brown, scaly only 
at the base. Fronds up to 14 feet. long, 
triangular, 3-4 pinnate ; pinnz triangular, 
pinnules often overlapping, ovate-triangular or 
ovate-lanceolate, cut down to a winged rachis 
into oblong-ovate segments, which are in turn 
