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t. 
43. St. and rach. scaly, surfaces naked, herb ; pin, horizontal 
cut half down to rachis. crinipes. 
(Distinguished from truncation by scaly St. and rach). 
Loc. Sikkim Himal. Bedd F. B. I. 263. 
///. Lower veinlets of contiguous groups united, and those 
of same group slightly so. ( Pleocnemia .) 
Fr. 2 ft. or more l, 
44. Caudex. subarborescent St. striated : fr. subdeltoid ; pin 
simple or lowest with 2 — 3 pinnated pinnl. on lower side; segm. 
lobed to a broadly winged rach. Lcuzeanum 
(Invol. very fugacious). 
Loc. Sylhet. Mishmi. Assam. Bedd F. B. I. 134. 
45. St. tufted pubescent ; fr. delt. 3 pinnate or 4 pinfid, 
finely pubescent : lower pin. much largest, deltoid, unequalsided ; 
stalked. giganteum, 
(Text, and hab. of cicutarium). 
Loc. Bedd F. S. I. 80. 
46. St. rach. and surfaces pubescent, fr. lane. pin. deeply 
pinfid — alt., lower reduced, or to auricles: pinfid nearly to rach. 
pinnl. lane, subentire or deeply pinfid, serrated and ac. to apex, 
Invol hairy, ciliated (sori nearly terminal on veinlets chiefly at 
base). Clarkei. 
Loc. Sikkim Dikeeling 4000 ft. Bedd F. B. I. 368. 
ffff Veins anastomosing copiously, usually with fre 
included veinlets : pinnoe and segments ample. 
(Sagenia) 
+ Sori copious, scattered irregularly. (47 — 50). 
Rhizome creeping. 47 — 49. 
St. short 47. 
47. St. narrowly winged nearly to base ; fr. cut down to 
broadly winged rach. into entire lin. obi. pin. St. winged, main 
viens not distinct to edge. vastum. 
