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3. Nephrolepis acuta Pres]. 
Rhizome erect, stoloniferous. Stipes tufted, 
naked, or scaly. Fronds up to eight feet or 
more long, drooping ; pinne up to eight inches 
long, 12 inches broad, acuminate, margin cre- 
nate or the crenatures again crenate, upper base 
rarely shortly auricled, lower base rounded. 
Surfaces and rachis hairy when young but 
naked in age. Texture almost leathery. Sori 
near the margin. Indusium kidney-shaped or 
almost round. = 
Distribution: Bombay Presi icy.—North 
Kanara, Supa, pendent from dripping rocks. 
South India, on the North Arcot Hill at no 
great elevation ; Ceylon Now Tndia ; Chit 
tagong Hills up to 1,000 feet.—Tropical 
Africa. : 
Also cultivated in gardens, 
Var. furcans having the pinnz once or more 
forked is common in gardens. It is wrongly 
advertised and known as WN. davallioides 
var. furcans not noticed by us in Bombay. 
4. Nephrolepis exaltata Schott. 
Rhizome almost erect, giving off numerous 
wiry creeping stolons. Stipes tufted, scaly. 
Fronds 1-3 feet long, 3-6 inches broad, pinnate; 
