FERNS FOUND AT AND AROUND MUSSOORIE. i8l 



IV.— ASPLENIE^ Is the commonest of this tribe up here, growing out 



(a) AsPLENiUM ALTER- of old Willis, embankments and rocks, but is seen 



^'^^'^* during the rains only and ranges here from about 



3,000 to 7,500 feet. 



1. Asplenivm lacinia- Occurs, but so far I have not found it in anj 

 *""'• quantity ; my specimens were procured at 7,000 feet. 



2. Asplmiuni tartans. Is plentiful, growing on old walls, rocks and banks ; 



this pretty little fern withers at the end of the rains 

 but I have no doubt that under cultivation and with 

 a little care it could be induced to remain green 

 throughout the year. 



3. Asplenium fnntanum. Found growing in a hole on the bank of a perennial 



stream on the cart road, about 5,000 feet. 



4. AgpUnium te.nul- ^* f^fiOO feet, north slope of Landaur. 

 folium. 



(J) Athyeium falca- Common everywhere, at about 7,000 feet. 



TUM. 

 Cc) DisPLAziuM P0L1P0- I'^ streams and near water, about 4,000 feet. The 

 DioiDES. tender tops are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. 



1. Diplaxium umhro- Common throughout the Dun in damp localities. 

 sum. but does not, so far as 1 know, ascend higher. 



^ ASPIDIEiE 



, ., „ * Found at base of Pari Tiba or Burnt Hill, about 



(a) POLYSTIGHUM AXJEI- 



CULATUM 4,000 feet, growing out of a precipice. 



/. Polystichum aculea- 



turn, 

 ▼ar. rufnbarbatum and Common at 7,000 feet, 

 var. angulare. 



C*) Cybtomium FALCA- ig found here on the north slopes, under shade, 



about 7,000 feet, this makes a good verandah plant, 

 ▼ar. earyotideum. 



(«) AspiDiUM CICUTA- At Rajrur ascending into the higher hills up to 

 ^^u**" about 4,500 feet, grows well in cultivation. 



(d) Lastrea PILIX-MA8 Fouud above Rajpur and stream near Bhatt* 

 var. COCHLEA TA. village at about 4,000 feet. 



1. Lastrea upeetabilis. Near Jabac-Khet at 7,000 feet. 



