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specimens — 34 J — 36 in. ]., 15 iii. br., truncate at base — lowest pinnae being 

 almost as long as any, pinnatifid ; pinn. 13 — 21 pairs with a large pimrdtifid 

 and slightly toothed terminal pmna, sessile, up to 9? m. 1., f— U in. (nearly) 

 br, linear, acuminate, cuivrng upwards, lowest 2 — 3 pairs which are patent or 

 deflexed, cut down half-way into numerous (35 — 45) naiTow curved falcate 

 entire or slightly crenate, segments of irregular length with a terminal tooth — 

 the superior basal segment generally much longer, and the inferior much 

 shorter than those above ; texture papyraceous but not membranous, whole 

 plant perfectly glabrous, except for a slight pubescence on upper side of sec. rh. ; 

 colour of lamina brown-green ; of stipes and prim. rh. pale brown tinged with 

 pink, cf sec. rh., perhaps pinker ; ven. obscm-e on upper side ,• on under side 

 distmct, costEe of segments coloured like sec. rh., veins very slender, 8 — 13 

 pairs, according to size of frond ; sometimes 15 pairs in superior basal segment 

 and only 5 pairs m corresponding inferior segments, lowest pan- uniting at an 

 obtuse angle with the lowest veins of the contiguous segments, whence an 

 excurrent venule arises, sometimes free, or, if ascending to the sinus, joined by 



1 2 more pairs of veins curving upwards from the adjacent segments ; sori 



not seen. (Plate XIII). 



N.-W. P. : Tehri Garhwal (?) Found by me, m 1890, in the Mackinnons' 

 Golleotion, without tickets : 2 large and 2 small fronds. 



The Mackinnons could give no account of tliis fern, and it may have been 

 gathered by their collector when apart from them — probably fifteen years 

 before I saw the specimens. None of the fronds were fertile ; there was no 

 caudex or rhizome, and the stipes of the larger fronds were not complete ; but I 

 have no doubt the genus is Nephrodium. This must be a striking looking fern, 

 standing at least 6 ft. high, with a stipes as long as the frond. 



Genus 26— POLYPODIUM, L. 



Subgems — Phegopteeis, Fee. 



5. Polypodium late-repens, n. sp.— Trotter MS.— " i?^/^. widely 

 creeping and branching, dark purple, furnished with numerous fibrous rootlets 

 and acute light brown scales. St. 1 — 2 ft. long, scattered, dark purple and 

 curved at the base, becoming light brown or straw-coloured above ; stipe and 

 rhachis more or less scalv, glossy, furrowed when dry. Fr. lanceolate, 20 — 30 

 in. 1., 8 — 12 in. br. at widest part, subbipiimate. Finn. 20 — 30 pau's, distant 

 below, but approximate towards apex of frond, lowest pair often reduced, 

 sessile, 4 — 6 in. 1., 1 — li in. br. at base, tapering to a point, patent to erect, 

 cut down nearly or quite to the midrib into decuri'eut, oblong, blunt pinnules 



