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sionally nearly orbicular.—A. soboliferum, Wall. Cat. 74 (from Ava), referred here by 
Baker /. e does not belong; it is nearer 4. caudatum. 
2. A. CAUDATUM, Linn. Mant. 308. Pinne hairy, their petiole rarely exceeding 4 in.— 
Roxb. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. 512; Hook. Exot. Flora, t. 104; Hook. Sp. Fil. 
ii. 18; Bedd. Ferns South. Ind. t. 2; Milde, Fil. Europ. 29; Hk. & Baker, Sp. Fil. 
115. A. vestitum, Wall. Cat. 75. A. flagelliferum, Wall. Cat. 76. A. proliferum, 
Roxb. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. 512. A. hirsutum, Wall. Cat. 2176. A. cili- 
atum, Blume, Enum. Pl. Jav. Fil. 215. 
Throughout North India, alt. 0-3000 feet, very common.—Distrib. South India and 
Ceylon, Malay Peninsula and Islands to South China, Tropical Africa to the Verdes. 
Var. rhizophorum, Wall. Cat. 82. Pinnæ and stipe glabrous, or nearly so.— Hook. Sp. 
Fil. ii. 12, t. 80 A. 4. Edgworthii, Hook. Sp. Fil. ii. 14, t. 81 B; Bedd. Ferns Brit. 
Ind. t. 17. 
Gurwhal, Edgeworth, A. Hume, Hope. Nepaul, Wallich. Mooltan, Edgeworth. 
** Frond usually 2- (or 8—4-) pinnate. 
9. A. CAPILLUS-VENERIS, Linn. Sp. Pl. 1558. Frond usually 2-pinnate; segments very 
thin.—Engl. Bot. t. 1564; Wall. Cat. 73; Hk. & Bauer, Gen. Fil. t. 66 5; Hook. Sp. 
Fil ii. 36, t. 74 5; Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 41; Bedd. Ferns South. Ind. t. 4; Milde, 
Fil. Europ. 30; Hk. & Baker, Syn. Fil. 123; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 728. A. ca- 
pillus, Wall. Cat. 73. A. tenerum, Roxb. in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. 513, not of 
Swartz. 
Chittagong; Barobkoondo and Seetakoondo, J. Scott, C. B. Clarke. Khasia, Assam, 
Sikkim, rare. From Nepaul to Kafaristan, plentiful.— Distrib. Malabaria, from Bombay 
to Ceylon (rare) ; from Cabul to England and Morocco; in tropical and temperate Africa 
and America; Queensland. 
4. A. vENUsTUM, Don, Prodr. Fl Nep. 17. Frond 3-4-pinnate; segments somewhat 
rigid.—Wall Cat. 81; Hook. Sp. Fil. ii. 40, t. 768; Bedd, Ferns Brit. Ind. t. 20; 
Hk. & Baker, Sp. Fil. 125. A. microphyllum, Roxb. in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. 
iv. 513. : . 
Nepaul, Wallich, Gurwhal to Kashmir, alt. 3000-10,000 feet, abundant.—Distrib. 
Cabul. 
One of the commonest ferns of the North-east Himalaya. Sir W. J. Hooker gives also 
Khasia as a locality; but I find no example thence, and Mr. Baker confines the species 
(I believe correctly) to the Himalaya. 
*** Fronds dichotomous, 
5. A. PEDATUM, Linn. Sp. Pl. 1557. Rhachis glabrous, once-forked, the pinns placed 
scorpioid-like on each fork.—Schkuhr, Crypt. t. 115; Hook. Sp. Fil. ii. 28; Bedd. 
Ferns Brit. Ind. t. 167; Milde, Fil, Europ. 31; Hk. & Baker, Syn. Fil. 126. 
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