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LIST OF FERNS FOUND AT AND AROUND MUSSOORIE. 19(JH. 



HY 



James Maktkn. 

 Nat. Ord.— FILICES. 



I-DAVALLIE^. 



1. Leiioostegia pulchra. 



2. Leucostegia immersa. 



Very common here, growing on trees and rocks, 

 starts growing with the incoming monsoon and withers 

 away in October. 



Occuis, but is not common. Specimens procured 

 in the Mossy Falls stream during the rains at about 

 4.000 feet elevation. 



3. Ci/stopteris setosa. 



In frost above Jabar-Khet, elevation about 9,000 feet 



II-PTERIDE^ 



(d) ADIANTUM. 



1. Adiantuni lunulatum. Good specimens collected below Jheri-Pani, eleva- 



tion about 3,500 feet. It is very common throughout 

 the Dun as an annual. 



2. Adiiintum caudatum. Good specimens collected below Jheri-Pani, eleva- 



tion about 3,500 feet. It is very common through- 

 out the Dun as an annual, but is evergreen, under 

 favourable conditions good for covering rockwork. 



3. Adiantum oajnllug Common in damp places, growing on rocks which 

 vtnerts. remain moist with water charged with lime, is seen 



to perfection at the Robber's Cave and at Sans-dhara, 

 takes kindly to cultivation, not found much over 

 7.000 feet. Vernacular name " hans-raj." 



4. Adiantum venustum. A higher elevation Fern, good specimens collected 



on the north slope of Camel's Back and on Pari Tiba 

 or as it is known here Burnt Hill. 



5. Adiantnvi pedatum. 



(&) Cheilanthes. 



1 . Cheilanthet farinosa. 



This pretty Fern is in my cultivation but is not 

 found in these hills. My specimens were collected in 

 Pangi (Chamba) above 10,000 feet, where also I col- 

 lected A. capiMus veneris, var, Wattii. 



This is a very common Fern here and several types 

 of it are noticeable. It is known as the Silver Fern 

 and grows during the rains only. 



