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6. Nephrodium penmgerum Hk. 
Rhizome erect or creeping. Stipes hairy or 
naked. Fronds up to 4 feet long, ‘pinnate ; 
pinne 8-10 inches long, 1-14 inches broad, 
pinnatifid about 4 to the midrib into blunt 
lobes; lower pinne not reduced. Texture 
herbaceous. Rachis and surfaces hairy. Vein- 
lets pinnate in the lobes, 8-12 on each side, 
5 or 6 (rarely three) lower ones anastomosing 
with an ex-current veinlet. Sori on the back of 
the veinlets ; indusium kidney-shaped. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara, Tyagli, Jog, Yan, Mankibile. 
South India, in all the western mountain 
forests; Ceylon, Central Provinces, 2,000- 
4,000 feet; East *Bengal, from Mishmee to 
Chittagong at no great elevation; Malay 
Peninsula.—Malay Islands ; Tropical Africa. 
7. Nephrodium crimipes Hk. 
Rhizome erect or creeping. Stipes densely 
covered with narrow hair-like scales. Fronds 
2-3 feet long, pinnate; pinnz 4-64 inches 
long, 4$-$ inch broad, pinnatifid 3-3 towards 
the midrib; lobes oblong; lower pinne 
reduced to mere auricles. Texture herbaceous. 
Rachis scaly. Surfaces naked. Veinlets* pin- 
