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(Woodrow) ; Khandala, (Cooke). — Himalayas, from Gurwhal to Bhotan, 3,000 

 —8,000 feet ; Khasya, 2,000—5,000 feet ; Chota Nagpur, Parasnath ; South 

 India, mountains on both sides of the Madras Presidency, 2,000 — 5,000 feet ; 

 Ceylon. 



89. Pleopeltis punctata, (L.) N. Kanara : above ghats : Tyagli, Kansur, 

 (Macpherson). — South India, Western mountains up to 3,000 feet ; Ceylon ; 

 North India, in the Bengal plains and up to 3,000 feet ; Malay Peninsula. — 

 China ; Malay Islands ; North Australia ; Polynesia ; Southern and Central 

 Africa and its Islands. 



11. Grammitidece. 



90. Gymnogramme leptophylla, (Desv.) Deccan : Mahableshwar, Sattara 

 Fort walls, (Beddome). — Western ghats of the Peninsula of India, Ootaca- 

 mund.— Europe ; the Azores ; Madeira ; Canaries ; Africa ; Persia ; Australia ; 

 New Zealand ; South America. 



91. ' Vitiaria elongata, (Sw.) N. Kanara : below and above ghats, on trees 

 (Macpherson)-— South India, on the Western mountains, 2,000—5,000 feet ; 

 Ceylon ; Central Provinces ; North India from the plains up to about 4,000 

 feet ; Malay Peninsula ; Burma, etc.— Malay Islands ; Queensland ; Polynesia ; 

 Tropical Africa ; Mauritius. 



92. Hemionitis arifolia, (Burm.) Southern ghats and in Kanara (Gray). — 

 South India, in the plains and in the mountains up to nearly 3,000 feet ; East 

 Bengal plains ; Ceylon ; Burma. — Philippines. 



12. Acrostichece. 



93. Stenochlcena palustre, (L.) N. Kanara : above and below ghats ; climbs 

 to the tops of the highest trees, (Macpherson). Goa and Sawantwadi, (Dal- 

 gado). — South India, in the plains of the West Coast and up the mountains to 

 about 3,000 feet ; Ceylon ; North India, in the plains of Bengal and at low 

 elevations on the hills ; Malay Peninsula. — South China ; Queensland ; Fiji. 



94. Polybotrya appendiculata, (Willd.) Belgaum, (Woodrow) ; on the ghat 

 at Ghotne, east of Ratnagiri (Woodrow) ; Amboli ; Matheran, (Birdwood). — 

 Throughout the Indian region. — Philippines ; Hong Kong. 



95. Polybotrya appendiculata, (Willd.) var. aspleniifolia (Bory.) N. Kanara : 

 above ghats. —South India, in moist evergreen forests on the western side up to 

 nearly 4,000 feet. 



96. Gymnopteris variabilis, (Hook.) North Kanara : above ghats. (Macpher- 

 son). Amboli (Woodrow). — Sikkim ; Bhotan ; Assam : Khasya : Cachar : 

 South India, Tinnevelly mountains, Jeypore Hills. 



97. Gymnopteris variabilis, (Hook.) var. lanceolata, (Hook.) Mahableshwar, 

 on trees, (Birdwood) ; throughout the Western forests of the Presidency, (Bed- 

 dome). — All over the Western forests of the Madras Presidency ; Ceylon ; Chota 

 Nagpur ; Parasnath ; Bui'ma. 



98. Gymnopteris variabilis, (Hook.) var. axillaris, (Cav.) N. Kanara : 

 above ghats, (Macpherson). — In all the Western forests of South India : Plains 

 of Bengal and Assam ; Burma. 



