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DlSTRiB. — Amer. : Greenland and Sitka, to Eoeky Mts., Canada and Newfound- 

 land ; U.S. : N. E. States to Virginia, and westward to Oregon and Alaska. Europe : 

 Widely distributed, from the extreme north to Italy and south of Spain. Asia : 

 Seberia and Kamschatka. China — Peking Mts. 5000', Hancock : u very rare M ; 

 Mukden — Kirin, James. 



I have marked some of the specimens enumerated above P. Dryopferis, and 

 others P. Robertianum, but, there are others I am not sure about. I think the 

 'difference between the two plants is not so great as it is in Great Britain. 

 I agree with Mr. Clarke that if P. Robertianum is distinct it grows in the 

 N.-W. Himalaya. 



7. P. ornatum, Wall. Cat. 327 ; C. R. 545. Phegopteris omata, Wall. 

 (under Poly podium), Bedd. F. S. I., t. 171, H. B. 294. 



N.-W. P. : — Kumaun '.fide Clarke in ' Review. 1 



Distrib.— Asia : N. Ind. (Him.), Sikkim and Bhotan, in tropical valleys 0-2000% 

 common ; Bengal — Chittagong Hills 500', S. Inch — Carcoor Ghats, Malabar, and else- 

 where along the Western Ghats, but not common— de Beddome. Ceylon. Malaya. 

 N. Australia. Polynesia. 



I enter this species on Mr. Clarke's authority, but I do not think it can be 

 common in Kumaun, as he seems to say, for none of my correspondents seem 

 to have found it there. I have not myself collected in the low-lying valleys of 

 Kumaun, except in that of the Gola, from about 2000' upwards, and I did uot 

 see it there. 



8. P. punctatum. Thunb. ; Syn. Fib 312. P. rugosulum,, Labill., 

 C. R. 546. Phegopteris punctata Thunb. (under Polypodium), Bedd. H. B. 2 ( J5. 



Punjab : Chamla, McDonell, J. Marten ; Kullu, — Trotter, in List ; Simla Reg. ; 

 Asan Valley, Edgeworth 1810 ; seen, freshly gathered, by Hope, 1886— said to be from 

 Rifle Range, E. of Jako Mt. 6-7000' : not in BlanforrPs List and not got by Bliss. 



N.-W. P. : D, D. Dist.— Jaunsar, Lakhwa 3-4000', Gammie ; Chatra 6000', Gam- 

 ble ; T. Garh. 4-5000', Herschel, Mackinnons, Hope, Duthie ; Kumaun T. T. 1845, 

 S. and W. 5-7000', Duthie, Trotter, MacLeod. 



Distrib.— Amer. : Columbia to Chili. Asia : N. Ind (Him.), Nepal Wallich ; 

 Sikkim and Bhotan; Assam — Mishmi Griffith, Khasia T. Loll. Bengal— Chittagong 

 alt. 1000'— 5000'. S.Ind., common on W. Mts. at high alts. Ceylon, Malay Penins. 

 Tonkin. Java. Philippines. Japan. Sandwich Isles. N. Caledonia. Moluccas. Australia, 

 N. Zealand. Van Dieman's Land. Afr. : Fernando Po 7000'. Tristan da Cunha 

 St. Helena. Bourbon. Madagascar. 



Subgenus Goniopteris, Presl. 



9. P. urophyllum, Wall. Cat. 299 ; Syn. Fil. 314 ; C. R. 547, 

 Neplirodium wophjllum, Wall, (under Polypodium), Bedd. H. B. 274 and 

 Sappt. 72. 



N..W. P. : Garhwal and Kumaun, fide Clarke in ' Review.' 



Distrib.— Asia : N. Ind. (Him.), Sikkim and Bhotau ; Assam— Khasia ; Bengal— 

 Chittagong. Burma. Ceylon. Malaya. New Hebrides— Aneiteum. China i Chilean, 

 Polynesia. N. Australia. Queensland. 

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