150 
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passes to the margin or joins one or two of 
the upper veinlets.. Sori on the back of the 
veinlets ; indusium kidney-shaped, or like that 
of Asplenium or Athyrium. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara, hill near Nagargli, 2,600 feet. 
South India, Anamallay Hills, the dry teak 
forests 1,000-3000 feet elevation, appearing in 
the rainy season, Tinnevelly Hills and else- 
where on the Western Ghats, but by no means 
general ; Ceylon 2,000-3,000 feet.—Luzon. 
2. Nephrodium umtum R. Br. 
Rhizome creeping. Stipe naked. Fronds 
about two feet long, pinnate ; pinnz 3-5 inches 
long, 4-inch broad, pinnatifid about one-third 
to the midrib, lobes triangular, sharp pointed ; 
lower pinnz not reduced. Texture leathery. 
Rachis and surfaces naked. Veinlets pinnate 
in each lobe, 4-8 on each side, the lowest pair 
anastomosing at an angle, with an ex-current 
veinlet running to the margin or joining one or 
two of the upper veinlets. Sori on the back of 
the veinlets, indusium kidney-shaped, hairy. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara, Anmode, Samzode, Sirsi, Katgal, 
Hebunberri, growing in swampy places and 
