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2. O. JAPONICUM, Kunze, in Schkuhr, Fil. Suppl. 11. Coriaceous, shining on both surfaces, 
especially the upper; fertile frond often 4-pinnate, as much divided as the barren ; 
no involucre attaining 4 in. ; ripe capsules deep brown, numerous, broader than the 
segment, and forcing the involucre completely open.—Hook. Sp. Fil. ii: 122; Hk. & 
Baker, Syn. Fil. 143. O. lucidum, Spreng.; Hk. & Bauer, Gen. Fil t. 11; Hook. 
Sp. Fil. ii. 121. O. capense, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. 145, t. 1. fig. 8. Cheilanthes lucida, 
Wall. Cat. 69. Trichomanes japonicum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 340. 
From Gurwhal to Mishmee and Khasia, alt. 3000—6000 feet; common from Nepaul 
eastward.—Distrib. Ava, China, Japan. 
Tufted. Scales at the base of the stipe numerous, linear, pale brown. 
Var. multisecta, (sp.) F. Henderson, MS. Fertile frond very finely cut, often 5-pinnate ` 
ripe capsules straw-coloured, not numerous; involucre remaining closed over the 
ripe capsules. Cheilanthes contigua, Wall. Cat. 72. Leptostegia lucida, Don, Prodr. 
Fl. Nepal. 14. 
From Kumaon to Kashmir, alt. 6000-8000 feet, frequent.— Frond herbaceous, hardly 
shining, not coriaceous.—This is more easily separated from O.japonicum type than is 
O. auratum, and has been estimated a species both by Wallich and F. Henderson, to 
which opinion the area lends support. But if it is estimated a species, I do not know to 
which the next variety should be attached. 
Var. intermedia. Frond lax, more coarsely cut ; involucres often 1 in.— O. lucidum, Bedd. 
Ferns Brit. Ind. t. 21. 
Kumaon ; alt. 7500 feet. Sikkim; Lachen, alt. 9000—1000 feet, Sir J. D. Hooker.— 
This form, exactly figured by Col. Beddome, seems halfway between O. japonicum, 
Kunze, and O. multisectum, F. Henderson. [After going through the Kew material 
with me, F. Henderson would still prefer to make O. multisectum a species.] 
18. CnyPTOGRAMME, R. Br. 
1. C. crispa, R. Br. in Richardson's Append. to Franklin's First Journal, 54.—Hk. & 
Bauer, Gen. Fil. t. 115 5 ; Hook. Sp. Fil. ii. 128-130; Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 39; Hk. & 
Baker, Syn. Fil. 144.. C. Brunoniana, Wall. Cat. 396; Hk. & Grev. Ic. Fil t.158 ; 
Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. t. 164. C. acrostichoides, Hk. & Grev. Ic. Fil.t.29. Allosorus 
crispus, Bernh. in Schrad. neu. Journ. Bot. ii. 36; Milde, Fil. Europ. 28. Phoro- 
lobus crispus, Desy.; Fée, Gen. Fil. 130, t. TD. Pteris crispa, Linn. MS.; Engl. 
Bot. t. 1160. Osmunda crispa, Linn. Sp. Pl. 1522. : 
From Kumaon to Kashmir and Baltistan ; alt. 10,000—15,000 feet, plentiful. Sikkim ; 
alt. 10,000-14,000 feet (head of Lachen valley), Sir J. D. Hooker.—Distrib. Arctic and 
Alpine Europe, Asia and North America. 
Glabrous, tufted ; scales at the base of the stipe lanceolate acute, pale brown ; often 
a few ovate-lanceolate acute similar scales scattered on the lower part of the stipe. 
Fertile frond wholly fertile, i. e. not with the lowest pinnæ barren.—1 can see no 
difference between the Himalayan and European plants, nor can I distinguish any 
Himalayan variety. Milde says the Himalayan form has the barren fronds with the 
