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3. Ilhiz, xvido creeping. gracilescens . 
Loc. Simla. Khasia. Bedd. F. S. I. 110, F. B. I. 253. 
4. St. tufted naked : sori submarg., projecting on upper 
surface. immermm. 
(Invol. like Aspidium.) 
Loc. Assam. Bedd F. B. I. 252. 
5. St. densely tufted, with rach. and underside villose above, 
sori medial. calcaratum. 
(Lower pin. sometimes reduced.) 
a. Ciliatum Wall (Asp) rach. densely pubescent, pin. broader 
lobes more blunt. Lastr. Sericea. Bedd F. B. I. 508. 
Loc. Bengal to Sikkim, a. East Himalaya. Bedd F. S. I. 105, 
246. 
B. Lower pinnae conspicuously reduced. (Conterminuin 
group.) 
Pin. cut nearly to rachis. 
6. St. densely tufted, villose 6 — Sin t.: fr. 8 — 12 in l. ; 
lobes close slightly crenated ; lower pin. distant ; dwindling gra- 
dually ; text, herb ; veinlets 6 — 8. sori submarg. canum . 
Loc. Himal. Hattoo near Simla. Bedd F. B. I. 307. 
8. St. glossy naked or nearly so 1 — 2 ft. I ; fr. 2 — 3 ft. I.; 
lobes bluntish entire or falcate, with prominent gland at base of 
pin. beneath, rach. and underside villose; text, subcor. sori submarg. 
veinlets prominent 10 — 12. prolixum. 
a. Tylodes. Sori in line close to midrib, surf, naked, lower 
pin. reduced suddenly. Bedd, 106. 
Octhodes. Hk. Sp. 4109. F. S. I. 107. 
Loc. Wet shade. Nepal, Khasia, Sikkim, Assam. 
7. St. very short : rach-stram. slightly downy : fr. obi lane, 
narrowed from middle to both ends, bipinnatifid ; 15 — 18 in 1.: 
pin. sessile, ligulate, blunt, cut to broad wing into close entire 
blunt spreading lobes; tip subentire; lower gradually shortened 
much deflexed : text, firm ; surf naked, bright green : veins 
distant 3 — 4. Sori small marginal : invol. minute fugacious. 
Elwcsii. 
