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36 . WOODWARDIA. 
1. Veins forming at least one series of areolae between sori 
and margin. radicans. 
Loc. generally on rock near water, Himal., 4 — 6,000 ft. 
Simla. Masauri. Kangra in Kulu. Bedd. F. B. I., 88. Brown 
gemmce (leafbuds) usually at base of upper pinnae, from which 
it may be grown. 
VIII— Asplenieao. 
y* 
38. Asplenium. 
f Fronds undivided. Veins connected at apex by trans- 
verse intramarginal line. (Thamnopteris.) 
1. Sori reaching half way to margin, fr. 2 ft. or more 1. 
Phyllitidis Don. Nidus. 
Loc. trees in damp forests. Himal. Assam. Bedd. F. B. I., 197. 
Sori reaching nearly to edge ; fr. less\than 2 ft. 1. 
2. Fr. lane, spathulate narrowed suddenly below to winged 
stipe, midrib keeled. Grevillei. 
Loc. Mishmi. Bedd. F. B. I., 66. 
3. Fr. acuminate above, tapering to short stem below, mid- 
rib rounded. Simonsianum. 
Loc. Khasia. Unker hills. Bedd. F. B. I., 248. 
Two last little kno-wn, and perhaps not really distinct from 
Nidus. 
f f Veins free, single or branched; sori linear or lin . obi. 
straight , discoidal. (Eu asplenium.) 
* Frond quite entire. 
4. Edge entire. ensiforme. 
B stenophyllum, fr. very narrow. 
Loc. Trees and rock Himal. 7 to 10,000 ft. Assam. Nepal. 
Sikkim to Masauri and Simla. B Bedd. F. B. I., 147. 
