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17. Trichomanes. 
* Fr. with distinct central costa from apex to base. 
1. Fr. £ — J in. 1., edge minutely ciliated. eociguum. 
Loc. Western Ind. Bedd., F. B. I., 275. 
* * Fr. entire below, palmate or digitate above. 
2. Fr. |-in. each way. nanum. 
Loc. Assam. Khazia. Bedd. F.B.I., 286. 
* * * Fr. deeply pinnatifid, main rachis not winged in 
loiver part, 3 — 6. 
3. Fr. bipinnatijid ; st. strong, (dissectum). auriculatum. 
Loc. Khasia hills. Above Muttiana, near Simla, found by Lord 
Northbrook near path over hill. Bedd. F. B. I., 182. 
Fr. tripinnatifid, 4 — 6. 
4. Rhiz. slender, wide creeping, 4 — 5. 
Mouth of tube tivo-lipped ; text. firm. Filicula, 
Insigne. Bedd. F. B. I., 284. 
Loc. damp rocks and trees. Assam. Nepal. Kumaon. 
Masuri, mossy falls, and the Park. Simla, Glen and Chadwick 
falls. Bedd. F. B. I., 283. B. N. W. Himal. 
5. Mouth of tube b roadly dilated ; text. herb, pyxidiferum 
Rhiz. wiiy ; st. ascending. 
Loc. generally as last. Khasia and below. 
6. L. pin. and pinnl. ov. rhomb., cut down to narrowly- 
winged rach. radicans. 
Loc. Khasia. Nepal. Rotang R, foot of Mt. Leptcha 
7,350 ft. Bedd. F. B. I., 181. 
* * * * Main rachis quite free. 
7. Fr. simply pinnate, pinnl. not divided ; caudex tufted. 
Javanicum. 
Loc. tropical Hindustan. 
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