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(c) Ontchium. 



1. OnycMuiii auratum. This beautiful Fern is found at Sans-dhara and at 



Rajpur. I have tried repeatedly to grow it, but with 

 DO marked success. 



2. Onychiun japonioum. Both varieties intermedia and multisecta are found 



here and I have both kinds growing in my verandah. 

 Commonly known as the Carrot Fern. 



(rf) Ptebis. 



1. Ptens cretica. 



Is very common, it is a perennial hardy Fern, makes 

 handsome specimens for verandah culture, found 

 between 5,000 feet and 8,000 feet. 



2. Pter%g geinipinnata. 



Does not occur here. The specimens in my col- 

 lection I took in the Garo Hills (Assam). I brought 

 live plants but these did not survive long in cultiva- 

 tion. Found at 900 feet in shade. 



Pterin guadriaurita. Is common and is green throughout the year, 



found from 2,000 feet to 7,500 feet elevation. 



4. Pteris aquiUna. 



The bracken is found here as also throughout the 

 Himalayas — in Bushahr and Chamba, the natives use 

 this Fern as a bed to their flat mud roofs as it does 

 not rot readily, it is also used as bedding in their 

 cattle sheds during the winter months. 



5. Ptrris hmgifolia. 



(«) Ceratopteris. 

 Cerato pterin 'Jhalicirn- 

 ides. 



Is a very common Fern in the Dun and ascends 

 into these hills to about 5,000 feet, it is a hardy Fern, 

 and good Fern for verandah culture. 



Is common in damp localities in the Dun at 

 2,000 feet often growing quite submerged. Growing 

 in rice fields in the Raipur District, Central Provinces. 



m.-BLECHNEJ^E: 



Ca) Bleoh •nm orientule. Found at head of the Swarna Rau, Western Dun 



about 4,000 feet, makes a good pot-plant for veran- 

 dah culture. 



(6) Woodwardia 

 radicans. 



This beautiful Fern is common. I have collected 

 fronds five teet and more long from favourable loca- 

 lities, a very hardy Fern which lends itself readily 

 to cultivation. 



