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2. Lower pin. slightly reduced fr. 12—18 in 1, 
appendiculat um 
(main rach. often sp'mulose below). 
Loc. Near water. Simla 2nd waterfall, and lower glen. East 
Himal. Nepal .Bedd F. B. I. 256. 
3. Lower pin. reduced to auricles : fr. 3-4 ft .1. auriculatum, 
Loc. Near water, Simla. Masuri. Nepal to Assam. Bedd' 
F. B. I. 203. 
* * Pinnce cut nearly or quite to rachis into toothed 
or pinnatijid lobes. 
4. St. and rach. glossy, under side slightly hairy distans. 
Loc. near water Simla to Masuri. Simla, above General 
Robert’s house. Sikkim. Khasia. Assam 9-10,000 ft 
* * * Pin. tri-or quadri-pinnatifid. 
5. Rhiz. slender fr. 6 — 10 in each way, deltoid. Dryopteris , 
Loc N. India. West. Himal. 5-8000 ft. Bedd F. B. I. 74. 
Rhiz. firm villose, St. viscid, fr. ample punctatum. 
Loc. Near water, N. India, Simla below Bp. Cotton’s School. 
/ f Veins pinnate, lower veinlets of contiguous groups joining 
( Goniopteris ). 
* Pince pinnatijid or distinctly crenate, 
Rhiz. creeping. 
7. St. erect, veinlets 15—20 ; sori in 2 close rows, urophyllum. 
a. Moulmeinense F. B. I. 3 and 231 — 2. 
Cuspidatum Roxb, Nephrod. Wall (involucrate in yeuug. 
state. (Doubtfully distinct from Meniscium cuspidatum). 
Loc. General. Assam. Sikkim. 
8. Fr. branching from axils. 
Depu. Beng. Kail ke janp, Hind. p.ioliferum t 
Loc. Himalayas, Nynee Tal, common in hilly regions low. 
down from Raj pur south, known as the creeping feru. 
6. St. 1 — 2 ft. 1. reddish, pin. lobed less than 1 line deep, text 
papy. herb, veinlets 8 lincatum 
