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If. Nidus is to If. apiciflorum, but is not found on Tonglo ; it 

 comes in at about 11,000 feet. 



Nephrodium flaccidum. /000-8000 ped. alt. 

 Frequent. 



N. splendens. 7 500-8 500 ped. alt. 

 Plentiful. 



N. pulvinuliferum, Bedd. 7500-8500 ped. alt. 



Frequent. 



N. Boryanum. 7000-8000 ped. alt. 



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£. MicROSTEGioiDES. Ultimate segments close, subentire ; often no 

 wing to the rachis. Grows with the other, more lax, more finely cut 

 form. 



Oleanjira Wallichii. 7000-8000 ped. alt. 

 Plentiful. 



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Polypodium auriculatum. 7000-8000 ped. alt. 



Abundant. 



P. distans. 7000 ped. alt. 



Frequent. 



P. subfalcatum. 7500-9000 ped. alt. 

 Scarce. 



P. subdigitatum. 7000-9000 ped. alt. 



Common. 



P. amcenum. 7000-10,000 ped. alt. 

 Abundant. 



P. lachnopus. Rhizoma thick, with spreading long scales. Rachis 

 of the frond on the upper face always puberulous. 7000 ped. alt. 



Hare (abundant at lower levels). 



P. microrhizoma, C. B. Clarke. Rhizoma thin, with no long spread- 

 ing scales. Rachis of the frond on the upper face perfectly glabrous. 

 7000 10,000 ped. alt. 



Abundant. 



P. subauriculatum. 7000-10,000 ped. alt. 



Abundant. 



P. lineare. 7000-10,000 ped. alt. 



Abundant. 



