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Loc. Masuri. Kumaon 7, 000 ft. to Khasia 4 — 5000 ft. Bedd. 
F. S. I. 175. 
50. Pin. finely toothed : herbaceous malacodon , 
a. Stewartii rhiz. scales firmer black. Bedd F. B. I. 204. 
Loc. N. W. Himal. 10,500 ft. Simla, (Hatto) ; Kumaon Nepal- 
Sikkim 12—13,000 ft. 
a. N. India. 
51. St. winged nearly to base; sori small irregular, often 
confluent, papyraceous. Dilatatum. 
Loc. 4 — 6,000 ft. Nepal, Khasia, Bedd F. B. I., 122. 
Sori prominent on upper surface. 
52. Fr. 1. ft. or more br. Colour dark green sub-coriaceous, 
lobes sub-entire. Nigrescens. 
Phymatodes Eoxb. scolopendria Burm. 
Loc. Sylhet, Assam. 
53. Fr. 1 ft. or less br.: coriac : lobes sub-entire. 
Longissimum. 
Rubida I. Sm. melanoeocca Moore, melanoneuron. Miq. (pin- 
much narrower than nigrescens). 
Loc. Sylhet, Assam Bedd F. S. I., 176 and 388. 
Sori prominent on upper surface. 
54. Fr. cut down to winged tach; main veins distinct to 
edge. ebenipes. 
Loc. N. W. Himal., to 9,000 ft. Simla to Landour. Nepal 
10,000 ft. Sikkim 8,000 ft. Bedd F. B. I. 138. 
-J- f Fronds with either a separate sterile frond, or the 
base of ordinary one pinnatifid like a sessile 
oakleaf, browned rigid : (Drynaria). 
55. Sterile fr. not separate. conjugatum. 
Coronans Wall. 
Loc: Kumaon. Nepal, Khasia, Sikkim 1500 ft., Mishmi, 
Assam, Bedd F. B. I., 13. 
Sterile fr. distinct. 
