FERNS FOUND AT A .YD A ROUND MUSSOORIE. 183 



C/) Pleopeltis link- Found growing on trees and rocks at Musaoone. 



ABIS. 



1. Pleopeltis lomji folia. Found growing on trees and rocks at Mussoorie. 



2. Pleopeltis simplex'. Is very common, growing on trees and rocks ; all die 



down after the rains cease. 



3. Pleopeltis i/iem- Found growing on rocks but is not common; it 

 branacfa. likewise dies down after the i-ains but in cultivation 



lives on throughout the year. 



4. Pleopeltis juglandi- Landaur and Jabar-Khet, about 7,500 feet. Grows 

 folia- well in cultivation and forms beautiful specimens. 



.">. Pleopeltis malacodon. From Jabar-Khet. about 7,000 feet. 



VII.— G R A MMITI- Found on the Camels Back, about 7,000 feet, else- 



DE^. where in Mussoorie at much lower elevations. 



(a) Syngramme fba, 



KINEA. 



1 Syngramme vestUa. 0" *'^® Tehri Koad at about 7,000 feet ; not com- 



mon. 



lb) Selliquea blip- Found at the head of the Swarna Rau (Western 

 TioA. Dun) at 4.000 feet. 



(r) LoxoGEAMME IN- At Jheri Paui, elevation 5,000 feet. 



VOLUTA. 



VIII.— S C H I Z JE' This climbing Fern is fairly common in the Dun 



ACE^al. and grows well in cultivation. Does not appear to 



(«) Lygodidm FLEXU- ^^^^^^ j^t^ ti^^gg l^iljg 

 OSDM. 



IX— OPHIOGLOS- Common, growing on gravel paths in gardens at 

 •™'' Dehra Dun. T have not met with it higher up, but 



(a) OpHIOGLOSSUM ,. £ X .r, i m. • r J • J i r. u u 



the fact that it is found in gardens at Uehra would 

 point to its being carried by the canal water from 

 somewhere above Rajpur. 



{h \ BOTRYCHiUM viGi- This haudsomc Fern grows here during the raiu)» 

 ^^^^^^f. only between 5,000 and 7,000 feet. 



var. T.ANUGINOSDM. 



