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Loc. Sikkim. 
9. St. naked or finely villose, 6 — 8 in. 1. ; fr. 1} — 2 ft. 1.; 
lobes close entire ; rack and underside villose ; text, herb, veinlets 
6 — 8 sori medial. 
Patens. Desv ? F. B. I, 370. Bergianum. 
(Possibly only a form with reduced pin.) 
Loc. Khasia. 
-f- f Veinlets forked. 
10. Rhizome slender wide creeping. Thelypteris. 
Loc. Marshes 5 — 6,000 ft. Kliasia, Kashmir. Simla, water- 
course on road to Mahsoo. Bedd, F, B. I., 44. 
St. tufted. 
11. St. rack and surfaces, naked. Smyrmaticum. 
Loc. Khasia, Sikkim, Assam. Bedd, F. S. I., 108. 
St. and rack, scaly. 
12. Pin. lobed nearly to rach ; text. herb. Filix Mas. 
a. Affine, pin. less blunt, narrower, edge toothed. 
b. Elongatum, fr. subdeltoid; 4 pinfi ; 1. pin. 1ft. 
or moi'e 1. 4 — 6 in br. F. S. I. 112 and 114. 
c. Cochleatum, Don. sterile fr. pinnl. broad leafy 
lower deeply lobed : f'ert. fr. pinnl. contracted, 
covered with prominent invol. of large sori 
in 2 rows. F. S. I. 115. 
d. Odontoloma. Bedd ; fr, sm. lane. 3 pinfid ; st. and 
rach naked strain : pin. delfc. lobes incisoden- 
tate, sori in one row. Bedd. F. B. I., 114. 
e. Nidus, Clarke. St. in dense circ. tuft ; st. and 
rach. densely scaly ; fr. lane, 2 pinnate, pinnl 
blunt obi. incisocrenate : sori 6 — 8 to each, 
medial. F. B. I. 372. 
f. Clarkei ( Lastr . Baker) see below, 
g. Odontoloma Moore text, membr. invol. much 
fimbriated. F. B. I. 373. 
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