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(5) Eeleopteris, Brockhausen ; (6) paleamm=patmtissimum, Wall. ; (7) Maackii^ 

 Milde ; (8) gtandulosum, Milde ; (9) Durmi, Milde. Hooker, in his 

 'Species Filicum,' siys his var. 3 {of N. F.-mas) parallelogr. is perhaps the 

 next (sic) most common in the East Indies, and from localities too numerous to 

 be worth recording, geqerallj in mountain and northern districts, yet by no 

 means confined to them." Of the American specimens he says — " All are 

 true var. 3 pamllelogrammum^ Kunze, with long, criniate, paleaceous scales, 

 and quite parallelogrammic close-placed segments and coriaceous fronds. One 

 locality only seems to be recorded in the West Indies for N. F.-mas, and that 

 is m Jamaica. Dr. Morris's ticket is : J. P. 228, from Director, Public Gardens 

 and Plantations, Jamaica. This appears to come nearest to Nephr odium Filix- 

 mas. In any case it is new to our collection, and so far as I am aware not 

 before collected in Jamaica. Found between the Western and Middle Blue 

 Mountain Peak, 7,330 ft,, March 28, 1885, D. Morris, 4-4-85." The specimen 

 of this in iiew is nearer iV. piaraMelogr. than N. F.-mas^ but the segments are 

 short, rounded and toothed. 



c. Forma filrillosa. 



N. Filix-mas, Rich., var. 5, fibrillosa, Clarke in ' Review,' p. 520 t. 70. 

 ** Stipe 1—3 in. ; fi-oud 8 — 30 in., vei7 naiTow, tapering at both ends, but not 

 attenuated with auricles into the stipe ; stipe and main rhachis densely clothed 

 with lanceolate-linear, chestnut colom'ed scales ; pinnae patent, cut down to the 

 midrib ; segments oblong, obtuse, serralate at the apex, fibrillose on the surface 

 beneath. North-West Himalaya, alt. 9-12,(i00', from Kumaun to West 

 Kashmir ; very common." 



Kashmib : 5-10,000' : common in many places. 



Punjab : Chamba—'Ravi Valley 9000' ; Eulht 6-10,000', Lahaul 12,000', Trotter ; 

 Simla Beg.— '* The Chor,"" Kamalhari and Hatu Mts. 95-10,000'. 



N.-W, P. : D. B. Z>Zi?i?.— Jaunsar, Deoban 9000', Herschel ; T. Garh.— Gauges Vy., 

 Gangotri — 11-12,000', Duthie ; Kumami— Davidson, Duthie. 



Mr. Clarke says :— >'' One of the most uniform varieties of N. F.-mas, and 

 the most worthy consideration for specific rank ; " but I find difficulty some- 

 times in distinguishing it h'omjoma patentissima. The smaller size and very 

 dark-coloured scales are perhaps the best characters. The degi-ee of fibriliosity 

 seems to depend on age of specimen. I have seen a good deal of this growing 

 in the Simla Region, and consider it quite distinct from N, Filix-mas. 



12. Nephrodium Kingii n. sp.— Plate IX. (see Part 11. ; p. 621 of 

 Vol. XII). 



13. N. serrato-dentatum n. sp.-- -Plate X. (see Part II. ; p. 622 of 

 Vol. XIL). 



14. N. Brunonianum, Hook ; Syn. Fil. 84 ; 0. R. 522, Lastrea 

 Brunonianai Wall., Bedd. H. B. 246, 



