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Ceylon ; Himalayas, Gurwhal to Bhotan, 2,000—9,000 feet ; Khasya ; Burma ; 

 Malay Peninsula. — Malay Islands ; China ; Japan. 



44. Athyrium gymnogrammoldes (Kl.) Mahableshwar (Birdwood). —Ceylon • 

 Central Provinces, 5,000—6,000 feet. 



45. Athyrium filix-fcemina, (Bernh.) var. pectinata, (Wail.) Mahablesh- 

 war (Birdwood) ; Sind (Beddome).— Himalayas, Sikkim to Gurwhal, 2,000— 

 5,000 feet ; Parasnath, 4,000 — 5,000 feet ; mountains of the Godavary and 

 Central India ; Mount Abu. 



46. Athyrium filix-fcemina, (Bernh.) var. flabellulata, (Clarke). Mahablesh- 

 war (Birdwood). — Sikkim, 13,000 feet ; Yakla ; Jongri. 



47. Athyrium falcatum, (Bedd.) Mahableshwar (Beddome). — South India, 

 Anamallay Hills, dry grassy places 5,000 feet ; Myhenda Hill near Berhampore, 

 4,500 feet ; Parasnath, 4,000 feet, 



48. Diplazium asperum, (Bl.) N. Kanara : above ghats : Supa, Sirsi, Tyagli 

 Jog, (Macpherson), — Madras Presidency, throughout the Western forests, from 

 no elevation up to 3,000 feet ; Cuddapa forests ; Sikkim ; banks of the Teesta. — 

 Java. 



49. Diplazium latifoUum, (Don.) N. Kanara : above ghats : Tyagli, 

 Hoolgeri, (Macpherson).— Madras Presidency, in all the Western forests ; North 

 India, throughout the Himalayas and Khasya Hills ; Ceylon ; Malay Peninsula. 

 — Australia ; China ; Philippines. 



50. Anisogonium esculentum, (Presl.) N. Kanara : Above ghats : Jog, Kygu- 

 ghat, Barch. Idagoongi, Supa, Chandwadi, Anmode, Cooesi, Devimunni, Sum- 

 kund, Tyagli ; below ghats : Kadra, Katgal : growing on the banks of streams, 

 (Macpherson) ; Mahableshwar (Birdwood and Cooke ).■ — South India, common in 

 the plains on the Western side and up to 3,000 feet ; Bengal Plains : Ceylon ; 

 Malay Peninsula. — China : Formosa ; Malay Islands. 



51. Allantodia javanica, (Bl.) Kanara : in moist places along the ghats, 

 (Gray).— Nepal and Bhotan, 4,000—7,000 feet ; Khasya, Mikir Hills : Ceylon.— 

 Java : Samoa. 



52. Actinopteris dichotoma, (Forsk.) Deccan : Khandala ghat on Maha- 

 bleshwar road, (Birdwood) ; Kartraj ghat near Poona, Parvati Hills, (Blatter) ; 

 Patas, Chakan, Purandbar Fort, Shivapur to Nasrapa, (Cooke), Generally on 

 rocks and old walls.— Throughout India, especially the Peninsula below 3,000 

 feet ; Ceylon. — North Africa ; Mascareen Islands ; Persia ; Cabul. 



9. Aspidiecz. 



53. Mesochlcena polycarpa, (Bl.) N. Kanara : below ghats (Macpherson). — 

 Malay Peninsula. — Malay Islands. 



54. Polystichum auriculatum, (L.) Ghats of the Southern Presidency, 

 (Gray).— Throughout India and Ceylon. — Formosa. 



55. Polystichum aculeatum, (Sw.) Ghats of the Southern Presidency, (Gray).- — 

 Throughout India on the mountains. — -Throughout the whole world. 



56. Aspidium subtriphyllum, (Hook.) N. Kanara: above ghats : Malimani, 

 (Macpherson). — Ceylon ; Malay Peninsula. 



