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f f Frond tufted. 
8. Fr. 4 pinnate, broadly ovate, 2 — 4 ft. 1. ; text. herb. 
nodosa . 
Loc. 7 — 10,000 ft. Sikkim. Bedd. F. B. I., 93. 
9. Caudex erect ; st. grey stramineous, slightly scaly ;/r. del- 
toid, 1 — 2 ft. 1. 4 pinnatifid ; surfaces green with scattereJ subu- 
late scales ; text, membr. setosa. 
Loc. East Himalayas. Near Simla (?) a Bedd. F. B. I., 262, Las- 
trea and Cystopteris, 312. 
* * * Invol. as last, becoming confluent ; pinnl. pel- 
lucid, herbaceous, dimidiate . (Odontoloma) . 
10. Fr. pinnate. repens. 
Loc. inside hollow rotten trunks, &c. Brahmakund. Assam. 
Khasia. 
//. Invol. coriaceous, attached at sides as well as base, half 
cupshaped . (Eudavallia.) 
* Fr. ample deltoid, tri or quadri-pinnatifid, coriaceous. 
11. Fr. 3 pinfid., 2 — 3 ft. 1., sori at some distance from edge 
obliquely to central veins. divaricata. 
Loc. Khasia. Mishmi. Bedd. F. B. I., 107. 
12. Fr. 3 — 4 pinfid., 1 ft. 1. or less ; sori large, broadly cup- 
shaped. Griflithiana. 
Loc. Himal. of Assam. Khasia. Bhutan. Bedd. F. B. I., 106. 
13. Fr. 4 pinfid., sori with horns outside. bullata. 
Loc. Assam. Nepal, 3 — 4,000 ft. Bedd. F. S. I., 17. 
B. Stems continuous with caudex. ( Desmobryoid 
series') 14 — 21. 
fff Invol. membranaceous, attached at sides as well as base, 
shalloivy, half cup-shaped. (Microlepia). 
Rhiz. voide creeping, 14 — 17. 
Fr. pinnate 14 — 15. 
14. Fr. truncate and auricled above ; toothed. Hookeriana. 
Loc. Assam. Khasia. Sylhet. Kumaon. Bedd. F. B. I., 101 
