196 
inches long, 6-12 inches broad, again pinnate or 
variously lobed or almost palmate; margin 
finely serrate. Surtaces slightly hairy. Texture 
almost leathery. [Frontispiece and Plate XIV.] 
Distribution: Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara, common during the rains, Castle Rock; 
Konkan, southern part; Penn to Campoli; 
Khandala; Coona ravine; Parsik Hill (near 
Thana); Matheran; Mahableshwar; Vetora 
(Savantwadi); Goa Territory, Marmagoa; 
Salsette -Island, Bhandup, Moolgaum, Kan- 
nery caves; Bombay Island, Sion Wood. 
South India, common on both sides of the 
Madras Presidency up to about 4,000 feet; 
North India plains and upto 5,o00 feet; on 
the Himalayas; Ceylon; Malay Peninsula.— 
Malay Islands ; Philippines ; North Australia ; 
Tropica] Africa. 
3. Lygodium japonicum Sw. 
As in flexuosum, but pinne much smaller; 
pinnules smaller, 4-8 inches long, about as 
broad and finely cut, the fertile ones often 
much contracted. [Plate XIV.] 
Cultivated. 
Distribution : North India, abundant, extend- 
ing west to Kashmir, up to 5,000 feet ; South 
