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In the " Review " Mr. Clarke remarks : — " This is the fern described by 

 JVIilde, Fil. Europ. 122, lines 3 — 6 from the bottom of page. It is, as Milde states 

 allied to var. paieniissiina : but, on the other hand, very near N. elongutum, Hk. 

 and G-r. lo. Fil, t. 234; Aspidtum elongatum, Milde, Fil. Emop., 124." 

 But kliasiana, and elongatum, Hk. and Gr., seem to me distinct enough. 

 Though the frond of both is truncate at the base, the scales, both on etipes and 

 frond, differ altogether." Forma khasiana seems to have a comparatively 

 long (sometimes nearly as long as the frond) and slender stipes, and more 

 numerous veins in a segment : segments finely toothed and not so squarely, 

 ended as those of f. patentissima. 



b. Forma patentissima. 



N. Filix-mas, Rich., var. 4 patentissima, C. R. 520. Aspidium patentissimum 

 (sp.), Wall. Cat. 340. " Stipe shaggy, with linear yellowish pales often f — | 

 in. long ; frond 4 — 6 feet, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, widest near the middle 

 suddenly narrowed near the base, pinnae patent, very coriaceous, cut down 

 nearly or quite to the midrib ; segments oblong, obtuse, subentire or minutely 

 serrulate, glabrous beneath, the margin much incurved when dry " . . . . 

 " Aspidium paleaceum Don, Prod. Fl. Nep. 4. A. Wallichianum and Donianum. 

 Spreng. Syst. IV., 104 and Suppt. 320. Bhotan to Simla, alt. 6-9000', 

 common. Khasia, alt. 5000'. 



N.-W. P. : D. D. Uis*.— JauQsar 8-10,000', Herschel, Gamble ; T. Garh. 8-12,000', 

 Mackinnons, Duthie, Gamble ; B. ffa/A.— Kinolia Vy. 7-8000', Duthie ; Mrs. Fisher ; 

 ZMWiawM— Griffith J Kalimundi and near Milam 8-11,500', S. & W. ; elsewhere — 

 Davidson, Duthie, MacLeod ; summit of Dhankurl Pass 10,o00', Trotter. 

 • DiSTRlB. — Amer. : W. Ind., Jamaica 7330', Br. B. Morris ; Mexico, Guatemala, 

 Ecuador, Peru, New Grenada, and Brazil (near summit of Organ Mts.). Asia: N. Ind. 

 (Him.), Nepdl, Sikkim, and Bhotan, common ; Assam — Khasia 5000', Clarke, Mann ; 

 S. Ind. — Nilgiris : common about Ootacamund iBedd.'). 



This seems to be a larger form of N. parallelogrammum, than either «, above, 

 or c, which follows, and ' shaggy ' is not a bad epithet to apply to it. The 

 pinnae are very patent, becoming deflexed towards the base of the frond. The 

 fronds are sometimes as lanceolate as a frond can be whose pinnae do not 

 dwindle down to auricles at the base : and I think Clarke meant " suddenly 

 ceasing at the base," instead of " suddenly narrowed near the base," as he puts 

 it. Tehri Garhwal specimens have fronds up to 3|- feet long, by 1 foot broad, 

 and perhaps longer, tapering gradually downwards to 4| in. br., below which 

 there are no auricles. 



Milde, Fil. Europ., gives Aspidium parallelogrammum as a synonym of his 

 var. 6 [of N F.-mas) paleaceum, Moore f. nat. print, and mentions a form from 

 Khasia {var. kJiasiana, fide G\a,rke). His varieties of F.-mas are (1) genuinum 

 Milde ; (2) crenatum Milde ; (3) deorso-lobatum, Moore j (4) imisum, Moore ; 



