THE FERNS OF NORTH-WESTERN INDIA. Til 



9. N. Thelypteris, Lesv. ; Syn. Fil. 271 ; C. R. 517. Lastrm 

 Thdypteris, Desv., Bedd. H. B. 241. 



Kashmir : H. & T. in Herb. Brit. Mus. ; Bandipur 5500', Jacquemont, T. T. ; 

 Srinagar— City Lake 5600', Levinge 1875, Gammie 1891; Ghantamula BOOO', 

 McDonell 1891 ; " all through the Lolab Vy. 6000','" MacLeod 1891 ; Punjal, 

 McDonell. 



Punjab : Chamba—Ghenah Yj. ; Kajidr Lake 6000', McDonell 1885, Kajiar bog 

 6500', Trotter 1887 ;■ Simla i2e^.— Kun&war T. T. 



DiSTBlB.— iV. Avier. : Canada, common ; U. S.— as far south as Texas and 

 Florida ; Bermuda. Eur. : " throughout N. and Centr. Europe ; rarer towards south : 



absent from Spanish Peninsula, and rare in Italy, but found in Corsica. England 



widely distributed, but not common ; Scotland— infrequent : Ireland— rare and local 

 though found in many widely-separated localities" (Britten in 'European Ferns'"). 



Asia : Palestine. S. India— Nilgiris, in swamp near Ootacamund 7000'. Turkestan 

 Amurland, and Maudschuria. Japan. Australasia — New Zealand. A/r. : Angola ; 

 Cape Colony. Natal. Transvaal. E. Matabeli Land. Madagascar. 



The wide-creeping rhizome and roots, and young stipes and fronds 

 before they develope are very black, as is also the lower inch or two of 

 the stipes of fully developed fronds. This is in striking contrast with the pule 

 yellowish green of the fronds. 



10. N. Filix-mas, Rich. ; Syn. Fil. 272 ; C. R. 519. Lastrea Filix- 

 mas, Linn, (under Polijpodium), Bedd. H. B. 248. 

 Tbans-Ind. States : B araul— hovr&ti Pass 9500', Dr. Harris, 1895. 

 Kashmir : Pir Panjal — " in excelsioribus, ad torrentis, prope Hirpour," Jacquem, 

 38 (No. 586), small but typical ; Kembiara Vy. r,5.7000', Trotter No. 191, 1888 ; 

 Lidderwat 9000', Trotter No. 404, 1889 ; Kitar Daji 6000', and Sarpat 10,000', Mc- 

 Donell 1891 ; Kachal Pass 10,000' and Dangiara 6500', McDonell 1894 ; Eing Nfila 



8000', and Kashmir (loe. ?) MacLeod 1891 ; Kamri Vy above Gumin Village 



10-11,000', Duthie, No. 12524, 1892. 



Punjab : Chamha—R&vi Vy., Ohatri Forest 9500', McDonell 1882, Barmaur 

 9000', McDonell in Herb. Gamble ; AmZZm— Jalori Pass. 9000', Trotter 1887 ; Simla 

 Region — Hatu Mt., Bliss 1891 ; Basahr, Brandis in Herb. Hort. Sahar. 



N.-W. P. : T. fi'arA.— Dwantigadh 8000', Gamble No. 24235, 1898 ; (loc. ?), 

 Herschell. 



DiSTElB. -jl»ier. : from Greenland, westward and southward, along the Eocky 

 Mts. and Andes to Peru (but this includes N. patentissima : see No. 10 below). Eur. : 

 throughout. Asia N. : eastwards to China and Japan. Afr. : Abyssinia ; Azores and 

 Macaronesia. 



Reddome in his Handbook (1883) gave as a synonym for this species Lastrea 

 odonioloma, Moore j^which he had figured, though but imperfectly, in his F. 

 S. 1, ti 114), remarking that it was typical Filix-mas. In the Handbook the 

 reference is to t. 14 of F. S. I., and this misprint is repeated in the Supplement 

 of 1892, in which Moore's plant is given as Lastrea F.-mas, mr. odonioloma, 

 Moore. Elsewhere in the Supplement Beddome says the name odonioloma was 

 given by Moore to Clarke's var. 2, normalis of F.-mas. Moore, being 

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