THE FERNS OF NORTH-WESTERN INDIA. 479 



broad J falcate, sometimes auricled, aristately toothed, decurrent below and not 

 stalked, lowest upper the largest, about 15 pairs besides an acuminate pinnati- 

 fid apex. The scales and fibrillse are those of F. Prescottianum. This is a 

 remarkably elegant and graceful fern. 



16. A. Bakerianum, Atkinson MS. ; Baker in Hook. Ic, t. 1656 ; 

 Clarke and Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXIV., 414. A. Prescottianum, Wall. 

 var BaJceriana (sp.) W. S. Atkinson MS., C. R. 510. PI. 66. PolysticJium 

 Prescoitianum, var. g Bakeriana (Clarke) Bedd. H. B. 210. 



Kashmie : Marbul Pass 11,000', and Sind Valley 12,000', Clarke 1876 ; Pir Panjal 

 11,500', Trotter 1888 ; Sarpat 10,000', McDonell, MacLeod 1891. 



Punjab: C/tamJa— Ravi VdUey, below Cheni Pass, 10,000', McDonell 1882, 1885' 

 Kangra Vy., near Dharmsala 11,000', C. B. Clarke 1874 ; Eullu — Seoraj, Trotter 1887- 

 Simla Reg. — Chor Mt., Herschel 1877 (^Nephrodium Brnnonianum on ticket) Jalauri 

 Pass, Edgew.; Kunawar 11,000', T. T. 1847. 



N.-W. P.: T. ey^rA.— Kidar Kanta Mt. 9000', Herschel 1879; Damdar Valley 9.10,000', 

 Duthie 1883; Z'wj/iflura—Kaphini 10,000', "grown at Almora'', S. and W. ; Pinda, 

 Gorge, and Dwali to Phurka 9000', Trotter 1891 ; Gori Ganga Valley, 10,500', 

 MacLeod 1893. 



DiSTRiB. — Asia : N. Ind. (Him.) — Sikkim. 



Clarke (whom following Beddcme) says — " frond truncate at the base ;" but 

 I find that all the fronds Gamble and I have are tapering, and even dwindling 

 downwards to auricles. This species seems glabrous on the upper surface : 

 A. Prescottianum is slightly fibrillose. The sori sometimes look nephrodioid. 

 Subgenus Cyrtomium, Peesl 



17. A. falcatum, Sw., Syn. Fil. 257 ; C. R. 512. Cyrtomium falca- 

 tum, Sw., tm. (3. Caryotideum, Wall., Bedd. H. B. 211, F. S. I., t. 119. 



Kashmie : Jbelam Valley 3600', Trotter 1888; Jhelam Vy.— Chakoti,Kishenganga 

 Valley, and Titwal, MacLeod 1891. 



FVNJA-B.-^Hazara—fide Trotter : " cut from a plant in pot, at Abbotabad, in pos- 

 session of Major Dempster, ith Sikhs, who said it had been transplanted from near 

 Natiagali 7000', where it grew in quantity ; 6Vta?ftJa— McDonell Qfide Trotter in 

 List) ; Kulln 55-8000', Trotter, and Coventry ; Simla Beg. — Bates ; below Simla to 

 north 4500', Gamble ; " very rare. The one or two localities are rocky ravines be- 

 tween 5 and 6600'," Blanf. in List. 



N.-W. P. : L. D. Z?2s^.— Jaunsar ; Deoban, Vicary 1838, in Herb. Sahar ; 7000', 

 Brandis 1881 ; Missan 7000', Gamble ; Mussooree, T. T. 1845, Dr. G. King 1871 ? ; 

 Duthie 1877 ; 5000', Mackinnons 1878 ; 5500', Hope 1881 and 1887 ; 5000' J. W. Furrell 

 1895. 1. ^'aj'A.— Ganges Vy., between Betwari and Dangulla, and Kidar Kanta Mt., 

 Duthie 1881 ; Kumaun—I. T. 1845 ; Dwali 8200 and near Khati 7800, S. & W. ; Hope 

 1861, Davidson 1875 ; Pindar Gorge, Trotter 1891 ; Gori Valley.— Buin 3000', 

 MacLeod 1893. 



DisTBIB.— jlsia : Ind. Or.— (Him.) Sikkim and Bhotan, 8—8000' ; Assam— Khasia 

 3-4000', not common. S. Ind.— Nilgiris, at the higher elevations. Japan. China. 

 Saadwich Islands. S. Jl/V.— Cafiraria, Natal, Madagngcar. 



