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Not satisfactorily distinct from former. 
Loc. Assam to Mishmi and Nepal. 
4. Pin. arising from near same point, lin. slightly serrated ; 
veins conspicuous, 1 line apart at base. dactylina. 
(Habit of Stenophylla, with different venation.) 
Loc. dry sheltered rock. East Nepal. Sikkim. Khasia to 
9,000 ft. Bedd. F. B. I, 23. 
5. Fert. 'pin. compound ; lower barren pin. subdeltoid, cut 
down to rach. below into 4 — 6 ovate obi. slightly toothed pin. 
ensiformis. 
Bar.fr. of present fert. of next group. Crenata Sw. 
Loc. Assam. Khasia. Goalpara. Sylhet. Terra Ghut, below 
Darjeeling. Bedd. F. S. I., 35. 
* * * Lowest pinna pinnate, (pinnatm.) 
6. Fr. 2 — 3 in. broad. Griffithii. 
Loc. Assam. Mishmi. Bedd. F. B. I., 24. 
7. Fr. 6 — 9 in. broad. semipinnata. 
Loc. Khasia. Sylhet, 3 — 4,000 ft. Simla, (Bargi ?) Bedd. 
F. S. I., 34. 
* * * * Lowest pinnoe at base pinnatifid. (Bipartite^.) 
Fr. with terminal and similar lateral pindse. 
Fr. 3 ft. or less 1. 
8. Lobes entire or serrated, lin. obi. ; lowest pin. usually 
branched at base ; sori often continuous to apex. quadriaurita. 
Loc. 3 — 11,000 ft. generally throughout tropics. 
9. Lobes entire, blunt, caudate ; lowest pin. sometimes forked, 
5*n continuous nearly to apex. longipinnula. 
(Very doubtfully distinct from preceding.) 
Loc. Assam. Khasia, 2 — 3,000 ft. Sylhet. Bliotan. Sikkim, 
2 — 4,000 ft. Nepal. Simla. Bedd. F. S. I., 43. 
Fr. 5—6 ft. 1. 
10. Lobes lin-falcate decurrent; st. glossy, sori not reaching 
to apex. excelsa. 
