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Athykium ( co7itimied. ) 
2. Athyrium falcatum (R. H. B.) Rhizome sliort csespitose densely covered witli golden scales — stipes short more or less covered 
with linear golden scales, fronds 6 to 12-14 inch long with the rachis above dilated or winged, pinnate, linear-lanceolate acuminate 
pinnse numerous sessile alternate, smaller towards the base of the frond, and confluent or pinnatifid at the apex, 8-12 lines long, falcato- 
ovate deflexed, obtuse or acuminated, generally furnished with a large obtuse auricle at both the superior and inferior base, above pinna- 
tifid about J down to the costa, segments obtuse crenated, sori numerous in a line on each side of the costa, and on each side of the 
vein of the auricles, at length confluent and nearly covering the under surface of the pinnre. 
Anamallays, elevation 5,000 feet, dry grassy places.— The Myhendra hill near Berhampore, 4,500 feet— Mahableshwar hills. 
PLATE No. CLI. 
3. Athyrium macrocarpum. (Blume.) Fronds sub-coriaceous glabrous pinnate with the pinnules pinnatifid or pinnated (*. 
bi-pinnate) pinnce petiolate, pinnules sessile trapezoideo-oblong obtuse, obtusely crenated at the apex, superior ones confluent, superior 
basal one larger, repando-crenulate at its upper base sub-rotundo-auriculate, sori very large, involucres more or less lacerato-fimbriate, 
asplenioid, lunate or hippocrepiform, rachises sub-marginate, glabrous or slightly furfuraceous stipes paleaceous below. Blume in Herb. 
i/oo^v?' ;— Aspidium, Blume En. Fil. Jav., p. 162 Athyrium foliolosum, J/oore //id ^ii?., ^. \lZ(vix TTaWic/t^-— Lastrea macrocarpa, 
Moore Ind. Fil., p. 95 Aspl. fallax, Metten Asplen.,p. 194, t. 6 /. 7-8. - 
Nilgiris— Anamallays. 
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4. Athyrium macrocarpum var. /3. (R. H. B.) Fronds much larger and bi-pinnate, lower pinnoe with their pinnules petioled with 
their petioles dilated so as to form a broad wing to tlie partial rachis, or sessile with a dilated base, sori not so large as in the normal 
form (at least for the size of the plant), 
Nilgiris— abundant near Neddiwattam. 
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5. Athyrium Filix-fcemina. (Bernh.) Caudex ascending paleaceous with broad ferruginous scales, stipites tufted a span to a foot 
and more long, stramineous-brown fronds 1-^-3 feet long, oblong rather suddenly acuminate, sub-membrauaceous bi-rarely tri-pinnate, pri- 
mary pinnaj numerous patent from a moderately broad sessile base oblong-lanceolate acuminate 4-6 inches long, pinnules numerous, 
approximate horizontally patent sessile |-| inch long, oblong rather obtuse, lower ones deeply pinnatifid, the segments ovate with 2 or :5 
strong and sharp serratures, superior ones more entire coarsely serrated, uppermost ones confluent into a pinnatifid or serrated acumen, sori 
copious, one to each segment of the pinnule near the rachis oblong, involucre very convex, straight or variously curved or hippocrepiform 
membranaceous more or less fringed or erose at the margin. Hook. Sp. Fil, iii, 218 Bernh. Schrad N. Journ. Bot. 1806, 1 pt. 2, 
2G t. 2/ 7 AUantodia tenella, Wall. M. S. in Herb. Z^oo^•. /—Athyrium tennifrons, Wall. Cat. n. p. 206'? 
Forests on the north bank of the Godavery — Camptee. 
PLATE No. CLIV. A. A magnified portion of one of the pinnae shewing the spicule on the rachis. 
6. Athyrium pectinatum. (Wallich.) Stipes scaly below, rachis glossy furrowed, sometimes furnished with a few deciduous 
scales ; fronds membranaceous very variable in size, 6 inches to 3 feet long bi-pinnate with the pinnules of the lower pinnaj pinnatifid 
almost to the rachis— (?'. e. sub-tri-pinnate) pinnae distant 3 to 8 inches long, short petioled ovato-lanceolate acuminate rachis of pinnae 
often dilated or winged, pinnules ^ to 1 inch long (the superior basal one generally longer and larger), sub-sessile from a dilated base, 
more or less deeply pinnatifid (as shewn in figures A and B) segments crenated often sharply so, the superior basal one generally larger, 
veins pinnate, veinlets simple or forked, sori near the costa, 2-3 on the larger basal segment and 1 on each of the other segments, invo- 
lucres membranaceous straight curved or hippocrepiform — spore cases veiy black when ripe. 
