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named species, and in the former five only near the margins, the meshes in the 

 centre being long and narrow. Anyhow, I can see no difference between 

 the N.-W. Indian specimens and those I have gathered in Scotland, except 

 that one of Gamble's plants from Jaunsar and another of his from Kalanga 

 Hill in the Dun, boih in my possession, have two fronds, one of them sterile. 

 So also has a specimen collected by Dr. King, in the Teesta Valley, Sikkim, in 

 1876. B.ddome, in Suppfe. H. B., 1892, says he believes " all the Himalayan 

 specimens are referable to rettcidatum ; I can see no difference in the venation." 

 Why, then, does he favour 0. reticulatum ? 



Genus 34. BOTRYCH1UM, Sw. 



1. B. lunaria, Sw. ; Syn. Fil. 447 ; C. R. 587 ; Bedd. H. B. 469. 

 Afghan : Kurram Vy., Shend Toi "profuse ", 9-10,000', Aitch. 1879. 

 Kashmir : West of Gulmarg, 9000', Aitch. 



Punjab : Simla Reg.— Hattu Mt. 8-9000', Ramalhori Mt. 9-10,000', Dr. G. Watt 

 3885, fide Blanford. 



N.-W. P. : T. Garhiuzl—Ba.g Tiba Mt. 9-10,000', W. Gollan 1881 : Damda Vy. 

 10-11,000', Dutbie 1883 ; K»maun above Tola 12,000', 8. & W. ; Garbyang 12,000', 

 Duthie. Also — N.-W. India, Jamesou, fide Clarke in ' Review. 1 



Distrib. — N. Amer. ; Greenland, Newfoundland, Canada, British Columbia ; 

 U. S. : New York, Lake Superior, Colorado. S. Amer. — Patagonia. Europe : Iceland, 

 Arctic Russia, Livonia, Lithuania, and Caucasia ; British Isles ; Spain, Italy, Switzer- 

 land and Mediterranean Isles. Asia : W. Thibet, Falconer : Karakoran Range, 

 12,600', Clarke ; N. Ind. (Him.) Sikkim— Lachen 10-13,000', Ek. fil. Kamschatka, 

 Japan. Australasia — S. Australia, Tasmania, N. Zealand. 



2. B. ternatum (Thunb.) Sw. ; Syn. Fil. 448 ; Bedd. H. B. 110. 



Punjab : Chawta— McDonell ; Simla Reg.— Simla,, "a little below 7C00'," Blan- 

 ford ; Summer Hill, Collett, Chadwick Falls 6000', Bliss, " The Waterfalls ,** Bliss ; 

 Mashobra 75-8000', Bliss, Watt. 



N.-W. P. : D. D. List — Jaunsar, Bodyar, Mrs. Sladen 1880 ; Mnssooree, 10-7-45, 

 in Herb. Hort. Sahar., under B. daucifolium ; ' The Park ', 6300', Mackinnons 1885 ; 

 Kumaun — Naini Tal, Levinge : fide Bedd. in Suppt. H. B., Bhim Tal, W. Ainslie, in 

 Herb. Levinge. 



Distkib.— N. Amer. : Nootka and Hudson's Bay Territory, Canada ; U. S. : New 

 England, westward to California, Washington, and southward to Florida. 8. Amer. : 

 New Grenada. Europe : Lapland, Spain (Pyrenees), Hungary. Asm ; Siberia, 

 Kamschatka, Japan ; N. Ind. (Him.) Nepal, Wallich No. 49, Sikkim — Clarke, 

 Levinge ; Centr. Ind- : Mt. Abu, Sir M. Grant Duff. Australasia — Tasmania, 

 N. Zealand. 



Indian specimens of this form used always to be ticketed B. daucifolium, Wall. 

 But I saw in Mr. Gamble's collection a specimen of Mr. Clarke's, got in 

 Assam in 188G, No. 45827. named B. daucifoliiim, which seemed to me to be 

 typical, and quite different from those others. About the same time Mr. Trotter 

 tcld me that Mr. Bliss thought the Simla fern was not daucifoliiim, and on hear- 

 ing that 1 also had doubted this, Mr. Bliss wrote — " I am very pleased to find 



