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pinnz 2-3 inches long, 4-4 inch broad, acute 
at the apex, margin entire or crenate; base 
auricled, the upper auricle the larger. Rachis 
and surfaces scaly when young, but naked in 
age. Texture almost leathery. Sori near the 
_margin. Indusium firm, kidney-shaped. [Fig, 
41-l.] 
Distribution : Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara,—Jog, Kyga Ghat, Sumkund, Sirsi, 
Tyagli, Honowar, Kasurgode, Devarayi, Ger- 
soppa Falls (on rocks in river-bed); Bombay 
Island, Sion and Rowli Hills. 
South India, mountain forests of the Eastern 
and Western sides; East Bengal from Assam 
to Chittagong, up to 1,000. feet; Ceylon; 
Malay Peninsula.—lIn the tropics of nearly the. 
whole world. 
Common in cultivation. Specimens occurring 
at Sion and Rowli Hills are probably escapes 
from cultivation. On Malabar Hill this fern 
has run wild. : 
‘oo 
5. Nephrolepis rifescens Presl. sié 
This is probably a variety :.of - Nephrolepis 
acuta. It has laciniated pinnze covered. with 
ferrugineous hairs; 2 fs 0 + Sag ettt 
Cultivated. ALLE 
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