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N.-W. P. : T. Garh. — in Herb. Hort. Saharanpur : marked lt Kidarkanta, S", on 

 ticket : no collector's name. B. Garh — GOOD', Mackinnons 1881 ; Kinoli Vy., Duthie 

 1885 ; Mrs. Fisher ; Kuinaun— Kamari 4500', Binsar 7000', S. & W. ; Alaknanda 

 Valley, near Joshimath, Edgew.; Mymunda, Davidson 1875 ; Gori Vy. 5-6000', Duthi-e 

 J 884 ; Nalena Vy. 47-5000', Hope 1880; near Pitoragarh 6500', Trotter 1891 ; Sarju- 

 ganga Vy. and elsewhere 4-7000', MacLeod 1893. 



Distrib.— Asia : N. Ind. (Him.) Nepal, WalUch; Sikkim and Bhotan, " very 

 common," Clarke ; Assam— Khasia Dist. 2-5000','very common, Kohlma 6000', Clark*. 

 Burma. Malay Penins. Java. China — Scechwan, on Mt. Omei, Faber ; Yunnan, 

 Delavay, Hancock, Henry. Afr. : W. Islands. 



24. P. rivale, Mett. MSS. ; Syn. Fil. 367 ; 0. R. 556. Drynaria 



mollis, Bedd. H. B. 341. 



Punjab : Chamba, MacDonell ; Kullu 8-900', Trotter ; Simla Reg. — Simla and 

 eastward to Hattu Mt. 7-9500', on oak trees : locally abundant. 



N.-W. P. : D. D. 2?fa£.— Jaunsar, Deoban 9000', Herschel and Duthie's collr. 187P; 

 Landour 7100', Hope ; Garhwal 8-9000' ; Lev., T. Gar/*.— Nag Tiba Mt. 9000 

 Mackinnons ; Jumna and Ganges Valleys 8-10,000' and 5-6000', Duthie ; B. Garh., 

 Mrs. Fisher , Kum a un— Binsar 7000', B. & W. ; Maini Tal and near it, Hope, Trotter; 

 Goriganga Vy. 8700', MacLeod 1893 : "Grows in enormous tufts, built up of old 

 stems.'" 



Disteib.— Asia : Thibet— Soulie, Hobson. N. Ind. (Him.) Chumbi Vy., in Thibet, 

 on south slope of Himalaya, King's collector, 1882. China — N. Shen-Si Prov. 

 Revd. J. Giraldi (P. Baronii, n. sp., Christy 



The ' Synopsis ' gives N.-E. Himalaya as the habitat ; but this seems a mis- 

 print for N.-W. Him., as the Chumbi Station — between Sikkim and Bhotdn — 

 was not then known. Also, in the " Synopsis " it is said that the venation ia 

 like that of Ooniophlebium ; but Mr. Clarke says it is that of other Drgnarias. 

 Colonel Beddome gives an exact description of the fern. 



Subgenus Phyjmatodes, Presl, 



25. P. lineare, Thumb ; Syn. Fil. 354 ; C. R. 558. Pleopeltis linearis, 

 Thunb. ; Bedd. H. B. 346. 



Kashmir :~-fide Clarke in * Review.' 



Punjab : Hazara Dist.— Kagan Vy. 14,400', Inayat (collector for Herb. Sahar.) 

 1896 ; Chamba, McDonell ; Mandi State and Kullu, Trotter in List ; Simla Reg. — 

 5-8000', common. 



N.-W. P. : D. D. Dist.— In the Dun 2-8000', common ; Mussooree 56-6500'., in many 

 places ; T. Garh.— Yhedi 4-5000' Duthie ; B. Garh. Mrs. Fisher ; Kumaun— 2-9000', 

 common. 



Distrib.— Asia : N. Ind. (Him.) Nepal, Winterbottom ; Sikkim and Bhotan ; 

 Assam— Khasia Dist. 500'-6030', "very common," W. Manipur 3000', Clarke. S. Ind. 

 —throughout, Beddome. Ceylon. Malayan Penins., and Isles. China. Japan, 

 Afr. : S. & Centr., with the Islands. 



Blanford says : — " This is a fern of comparatively the lower levels. . . . 

 . . . The fronds are thick and coriaceous, and in dry weather roll up from 

 the margins, and so remain for weeks and months, unrolling again, like 



