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33. P. Stewartii, 0. B. Clarke, in Trans. Linn. Soc, 2d. Ser., Bot., 

 Vol. I., 563 — the ' Review.' Pleopeltis malacodon, Hook., P. Stewartii, Clarke : 

 a variety less serrated, Bedd. H. B. 363. 



Punjab : Chairiba— Eavi Vy., below Sach Pas*, 9500', McDonell 1882 ; 9900', 

 J. Marten 1898 ; Simla Beg.— Simla, near the Tunnel 7400', Bliss 1886-90-92. 



N.-W. P. : D. D. List.— Sea.ls'' Hill, E. of Landour, 7000', Miss Parrott (by whom 

 indicated to Hope) 1887 ; Hope 1895 : Eumaun— Binsar 7000', S. & W. ; top of Liria 

 Kaata Mt. about 8000', Hope 1861 ; Summit of Dhankuri Pass 10,600' and Phurki, 

 Trotter 1891. 



Disteib.— Asia : N. Ind. (Him.) Sikkim 12-13,000', Lachen, Sir L. D. Hooker. 

 Ohina — Henry. 



Beddome meant, I think, P. cyrtolobam as having been collected in Garhwal 

 by (Dr.) Stewart, as this statement is made with reference to the fern depicted 

 in his Plate 204 in F.B.I., which seems to be P. cyrtolobum. Clarke wrongly 

 referred to that Plate under his P. Stewartii. This species hardly grows so large 

 as its congeners do, and it is a stiffer plant — subcoriaceous in texture : the 

 fronds do not hang down, but stand up, or spread out, if growing on the 

 face of a rock. The paler scales on the rhizome distinguish it. It seems 

 a rare plant. As to the Simla Region, Blauford says : — " Very rare, and has 

 found atbeen only one place near Simla, on rocks at an elevation of about 

 7400 feet." 



34. P. ebenipes, Hook.; Syn. Fil. 365 ; C. R. 564 ; Pleopeltis ebenipes, 

 Hook., Bedd. H. B. 363. 



Punjab: CJiamba— McDonell, fide Trotter; J. Marten 1898 ; Kullu 9-10,000', 

 Trotter ; Simla Reg., on ridge eaBt of Simla 8-10,000'. T. T., Edgew., Bates, Blanford, 

 Hope, Trotter, Bliss. 



N.-W. P. : L. L. List— Jaunsar— Harianta 8500', Gamble 1895 ; T. Garh. Nag 

 Tiba Mt. 9000', Mackinnons ; under Bandarpunch 10-11,000', and Bok Mt. 9-10,000', 

 Duthie ; B. Garh. 6-7000', on trees, Duthie, Mrs. Fisher ; Xumaun — Kalamundi 

 8700', S. & W., Dhankuri Pass 8-8500', Trotter, Kala Muni and Marjgalia Gor Ridgea 

 8-10,000', MacLeod. 



Disteib.— Asia : Tibet — Tatung, Hobson ; N. Ind. (Him.), Sikkim and Bhotan. 

 Besides the broad, black, opaque, polished scales on the rhizome a marked 

 distinction between P. ebenipes and its congeners is the much greater number 

 of lobes, and consequently the longer frond ; the number of lobes seems to be 

 7-13 pairs. There are no fronds of ebenipes decurrent at base in Gamble's and 

 my collections. Otherwise, Beddome's remarks as to the distinctions between 

 members of this group seem good. 



Subgenus Pleopeltis, H. & B. 



35. P. juglandifolium, Don ; Syn. FiJ. 368 ; C. R. 566. Pleopel- 

 tis, Bedd. H. B. 308. Polypodium capitellatum, Wall. Cat. 306. 



Punjab : Simla Reg.— Simla, Lady Dalhousie 1831 ; Bisabir, Taklech 5000' 

 Lace. 



