153 * 
pinne 4-6 inches long, #-inch broad, pinnatifid 
half-way to the midrib into oblong lobes; 
lower pinnz more or less reduced, often to 
mere auricles, sometimes not at all. Texture 
herbaceous. Rachis hairy, scaly or naked. 
Surfaces hairy or naked. Veinlets pinnate in 
tHe lobes, 6-8 pair, the lowest pair (rarely two) 
anastomosing at an angle with an ex-current 
veinlet. Sori on the back of the veins. 
Indusium kidney-shaped, hairy or naked. 
(Fig. 41-2.] 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara, Sirsi, Katgal, Devaraya (Madras 
and Southern Mahratta Railway cutting), 
Ekambi, Tinai Ghat, Castle Rock; in Goa 
Territory, Mapuca in wells, Marmagoa, and 
along the railway line as far as Dood Sagor 
watercourse; Mahableshwar, Panchgani; 
Konkan; Vetora in coconut groves and 
along water, Amboli Hills; Ambowne in 
well-pit ; Matheran; Bombay Island, Mahim 
in wells. 
Throughout the Indian region from the 
plains up to 6,000 feet. All over the world in 
tropical and sub-tropical regions. 
Also common in cultivation in the Presi- 
dency. 
