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NATURAL HISTORY. 



Natural Order. 



Genus and Species. 



Vernacular or English name, use, 

 habitat, &c. 



96 Filices (contd.) , 



97 Lycopodineae(Club- 

 mosses.) 



Pteris aquilina* Herb. Go 

 ,, quadriaurita, Herb. 

 Co. 



,, pellucida 



Adiantum lunulatum, 



Herb. Co. 

 ,, capillus Veneris. 



Cheilanthes farinosa, Herb. 



Co. 

 Osmunda regalis, Herb 



Co. 



Lygodium pinnatifidum, 



Syn. L. flexuosum. 



Sagenia coadunata. Syn. 



Aspidium cicutarium, 



Herb. Co. 



Polypodiurn quercifolium, 



Syn. Drynaria quer- 



cifolia. 



Nephrodium molle, Herb. 



Co. 

 Pleopeltis membranacea, 

 Herb. Co. 

 „ linearis, Syn. P. 

 Wightiana, Herb. 

 Co. 

 Lasti-ea filix mas, var. 

 rochleata Herb. Co. 

 ,*, filix mas, var. 



elongata, Herb. 

 Co. 

 Athyrium filix faemina,, 

 var. flabellulata. Herb. 

 Co. 

 Lycopodium imbricatum... 



Netsa. Brake fern. 



Hansraj, Rajhans, i.e., "Goose 

 foot " fern. Maiden-hair fern. 



On wet rocks, near Panchgani. 

 (Cooke). 



Patkuri. Silver fern. 



Nadicha Murud. Below the 

 lake, Mahableshwar, and at 

 Lingmala. 



Hansraj -vel. Creeping fern. 



Kajaryache Bashing. Indian Beech 

 fern. 



Kadik-pan. Indian Oak fern. 



Male fern. 



Lady fern. 



Class II. — ArtiYLL.*: — (Leafless plants.) 



* The brake fern grows in great profusion all over Mahableshwar. At Matheran 

 it is now confined to a single site on the Garbet Ridge. No plants are now to be 

 found on a site near little Chauk Point, where it grew a few years ago. 



