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Mergui, Griffith, Andaman Islands. Ceylon. Malaya. Tonkin. China — Yunnan. Chusan. 

 Fiji. New Hebrides,: — Aneiteum N. Australia — Cape York. Afr. : Camerun Mts. 

 Eritrea, G. Scbweinfurth, 1896 ? Mascaren Isles. 



New to N.-W. India ; and there not found westward of the Ganges. 



20. P. Stigmo-SUm, Sw. ; Syn. Fil. 350 ; C. R. 553. NiplwMus 

 stigmosus- Sw., Bedd. H. B. 328. 



N.-W. P. : T. Garhival—iOW, Mackinnons 1 878 ; below Lalnri 3-4000', Duthie 1881 j 

 Kumaun— Sarju Vy.-Gangoli Hat 3000', Major Madden ; Kali Vy. 2-3000', Duthie 

 1884 ; Gola Valley 2300', Hope 1890 ; Sarju Vy.— Bageswar, T. T., 3000' S. and W., 

 Trotter 1891; Sarju and Goriganga Valley3 3-5000', MacLeod 1893. 



Distbib.— Asia : N. Ind. (Him*) Sikkim and Bhotan 1-4-5000', Assam — Khasia 

 2-3000' very common ; W. Manipar 3500', Clarke ; Bengal — Chutia Nagpur, Parasnath 

 Mt. 2500', Clarke. S. Ind. — Golconda Mts. Burma — Tenasserim. Sumatra, Hancock. 

 China — Yunnan, Henry, Hancock, 



21. P. fissum, Baker,- Syn. Fil. 351 ; C. K. 554. NiphoboLus fissm, 

 Bl., Bedd. H. B. 330. 



Kashmir :fide Clarke in 'Review', and Trotter in Lists. 



Punjab : Chamba— Ravi Vy. 6000', McDonell ; 5500', J. Marten 1897; Knllu— 

 Upper Bias Vy. 5-6000', Trotter ; Simla Reg., Blanford : " rare, and found only at 

 levels below 6500'"" ; below Simla 5500', Hope ; Simla— " The Glen" and road to it, 

 Jaru-ka— Nal, Bliss 1890-92. 



N.-W. P. : D. D. But.— Jaunsar, Duthie 1879, Lokar, Gamble ; " JaunBar," C. G. 

 Rogers ; Molta Forest, 5000', Gamble ; T. Garh, 5-8000', Gamble, Mackinnons j 

 B. Garh, Mrs. Fisher ; Kumaun — near Bagesar 3000', Vy. of Sarju 3500', native 

 collector, in Herb. Hort. Saharanpur ; Gola Vy. 23-4000', very abundant, on rocks 

 and trees, Hope ; Naini Tal and elsewhere 5-6500', Hope, Duthie ; near Almora 5000' 

 MacLeod. 



DISTEIB. — Asia : N. Ind. (Him.) eastward to Bhotan, very common ; Assam — 

 Khasia 1000'-5000', very common ; Manipur, Watt. S. Ind.— W. Mts. 3-9000'. 

 Burma— The Shan Hills, Collett ; Ceylon— C. Prov. Malay Penins. Java. Philip- 

 pines. China. Afr. ; E. Trop. Zambesi Highlands. Madagascar. 



22. P. flocculosum, Don ; Syn. Fil 351 ; C. R. 554. NiplwMus 

 floGCulosus, Don, Bedd. H. B. 331. 



Punjab : Kanyra Vy. Bist.— Dharmsala 6000', Trotter 1887; Simla— Edgcw., and 

 Madden, fide Sir J. W. Hook. 



N.-W. P. : B. D. Dist.—irom 2000' to 5000' : common from south of Dehra, in 

 Dehra, northward to Rajpur, and to above Jhari Pani on road to Mussooree, on trees ; 

 Kumaun — 3000'-6000', very common. 



Disteib. — Asia : N. Ind. (Him.) Sikkim and Bhotan, rare ; Assam — Khasia, up to 

 4000', and Sylhet Plain. 



The description of the shape of the frond in the 'Synopsis' — "narrowed 

 very gradually to both ends " — is wrong, and subsequent writers have not put 

 it right. Clarke says — " Suddenly or gradually narrowed at base," and Bed- 

 dome — "lanceolate, finely acuminate, sub-sinuate, moderately attenuated and 

 deourrent, or broad and unequally hastate at the base." The frond is never 



