USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKHIMPUR. 
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SYSTEMATIC LIST. 
EMBRIOPIIITA ASlPtfOKOGAMA 
PTERIDOPHITA. 
F f LIC ALES. 
8. 8*0 1, V LO Oil ck \ k. 
1. Nephrodinm Schott. 
1. N. molle Desv. Syn. Fil., 293; F. B. 1. C. 277; Beng. PI 
1253 
Dibrugarh. No. 152. 
Local name. — D enfciya (applied to several edible ferns). 
Distuib. — T hroughout the Indian region from the plains up to f>,000 
feet. Also throughout the world in tropical and sub-tropical regions. 
A herbaceous fern with pinnate fronds which usually bear short hairs. It is common 
throughout the district and is eaten as a sag. 
2. Aspidiun? Sw. 
2. A. polymorphum Wall. F. R # I. C., 218; Eng. & Prant! ! , 4, 
185. 
Nephrodium polymorphum Baker Syn* Fil. 297 ; Beng. Pi. 1254. 
Dibrugarh. No. 129. 
Dlstrib. — N orthern India from Garhwal through Misbrm Hills and 
Chittagong to Burma, Also western forests of Madras Presidency, very 
common up to 3009 feet. Ceylon, Malay Islands, Philippines and 
Fernando Po. 
Cultivated. A fern with twice divided fronds which arc borne on hard, polished- grooved 
•talks. The ultimate divisions of the frond are finely, sharply serrate. Portions the fronds 
are chewed to cure sores on the tongue. 
3. IMpIazium Sw. 
3. D. esculcntuiil Retz. Eng. & Prantl i, 4, 228. 
Anisooonium esculent am Presl. F. B. I. C. 192; Syn* Pj), 2 4 A. - 
Asplenium esculent urn Presl. Beng. PL 1249. c 
