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Hemionites avifolia Bedd. 
Caudex short, erect. Stipes dark-brown, 
polished, hairy, those of the fertile frond longer 
than those of the barren. Fronds 2-3 inches 
each way. Barren frond heart-shaped, ovate, 
with a deep notch at the base, apex and basal 
lobes rounded. Fertile frond halberd-shaped 
with the basal notch not so deep and the basal 
- lobes and the apex more pointed. Upper 
surface dark green, naked, under surface pale 
green; hairy. Venation reticulated, meshes 
obliquely elongated and rarely having free 
included veinlets. Sori continuous along the 
veins and reticulate. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—South- 
ern Ghats and in Kanara. 
South India in the plains and in the moun- 
tains up to nearly 3,000 feet; East Bengal oe 
plains ; Ceylon; Burma.—Philippines. 
It grows in dry localities. Cultivated in 
gardens in Bombay. 
Trine XII].—AcrostTicHE& 
Sori spreading over the whole under-surface 
or rarely over both surfaces of the frond, not - 
confined to the veins only. Fertile fronds or 
segments always more or less contracted. _ 
