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44. Nephrodium. 
§ Veiv.s all free (Lastraea) 1 — 28. 
* Pin. lobed less than one-third down to midrib. 
1. St. and rachis naked. cuspidatum. 
(P. elongatum Wall), invl. fugacious. 
Loc. Nepal. Khasia, Bedd F. B. I. 1 17. 
2. St. and rachis densely fibrillose, blackish. hiriipes. 
(Resembles filix. mas in venation A. Atratum Wall. 
a. Scottii, (Phleg.) Bedd. F. B. I. 345. non involucrate form. 
Loc. Himal to 6000 ft. Nepal abundant. Bedd F. S. I. 96. 
* * Pin. cut more than halfway down to rachis 
into close, regular, entire, or nearly entire, 
lobes. 
■f Veinlets simple. Invol. generally thin and fugacious. 
A. Lower pinnse hardly, if at all, reduced. ( Patens group.) 
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