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Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara—Gersoppa Falls, Mysore side, Sirsi 
to Siddhapur, Sumkund, Amboli. 
Sikkim ; Bhotan ; Assam ; Khasya ; Cachar ; 
South India, Tinnevelly mountains, Jeypore 
Hills. 
Var. lanceolata Bedd.—It has the main veins 
indistinct. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—Maha- 
bleshwar on trees; throughout the western 
forests of the Presidency. 
All over the western forests of the Madras 
Presidency ; Ceylon; Chota Nagpur; Paras- 
nath ; Burma. 
Var. axillaris Bedd. 
It has a long tortuous rhizome ; main veins 
less prominent than in the type, more so than 
in Var. lanceolata. 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara. 
In all the western forests of South India; 
plains of Bengal and Assam ; Burma. 
2. Gymnopteris quercifolia Bernh. 
Rhizome stout, creeping, scaly. Stipes of 
the fertile fronds longer than those of the 
