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KASHMIR : 95-12,000', W. S. Atkinson 1872, Levinge 1875, Trotter 1888, McDonell, 

 MacLeod 1891, Duthie 1892-93. 



Punjab : Hazara Dist.—M.&ki2i Mt. 11,000', Trotter 1889 ; Chamba— Upper 

 Chenab and Eavi Valleys 11-12,000', Baden-Powell 1879. I\' cDonell 1882; Pdngi 

 12-15,000', Harsukh (Sahar. Herb. Collr.) 1899; KQllu,and Lahaul Trotter (in printed 

 List) ; Simla Reg. — Hatu Mt., Trotter (in printed List). 



N.-W. P. : T. Garh.—\m&ex Srikanta Mt., and Kuari Pass 12-14,000', Duthie; 

 Kumaun—^&\axix 12,000', S, & W. 1848. 



DiSTEiB. — Asia : N". Ind. (Him.), Sikkim and Bhotan. 



The cutting of this fem is certainly, as Beddome says, very like that of 

 N. serrato-dmtatuw , but the sLape of the frond is very differtnt^ and I see 

 no difficulby in distinguishing between the two species. The fronds of N. Brum- 

 nianum are oblong-ovate, sometimes diminishing gradually at the base, or oblong 

 and narr-'.w, but always narrowing abruptly at the apes. A Kashmir specimen 

 in my possession has a frond 12 in. 1. by 2^ in. br. at the broadest — not four 

 inches from the base : it remains 2^ in. br. up to within 2^ in. from the apex, 

 being practically parallel-sided for 1\ of the total length. It has about 25 pairs 

 of pinnae 20 — 27 pairs of pmnse seems to be the normal number : 12 — 14 pairs 

 seems to be the noiTaal of N. serrato dentatum^ besides a sharp-pointed pinnati- 

 fied apex ; and the shape of the frond of this latter mentioned species is broadly 

 lanceolate, sometimes almost deltoid. The difference in the clothing is very 

 that of serrato-dentaium being comparatively scanty. The scales of N. Bru- 

 nonianum are often bright chesnut coloured, paler than the black stipes and 

 rhachis. The involucre is very fugacious. Beddome in his Supplement of 

 1892 says Mr. Baker considers this and N. harbigerum as varieties of one 

 species, — which species, however, is not said. 



15. N. barbig'erum, Hook. ; 8yn. Fil. 274 ; C. R. 252. Lastrea 

 barbigera, Hook., Bedd. H. B. 246. 



AFGHAN.: Kurram Vy.— 95-11,000', Aitch. 1879-80. 



KaSH-MIK : 95-12,500', Leviage, Trotter, McDonell, Gammie, MacLeod— " Common, 

 on north slopes of watershed between Jhelum and iishenganga Valleys ; *' Duthie ; 

 below Gulmarg 6,000' — " almost in the water of a small rivulet,'' McDonell 1893; 

 Sind Valley 10-11,000', Duthie 1892. Muzafarabad Disf.—Inayat (Sahar. Herb. 

 Collr.) 1899. 



PUNJ.AB: C/ta/M&a— Upper Chenab Valley, 10,000', Baden-Powell; Cheni Pass; 

 11-12,000', Gammie; "Chamba,'" McDonell 1882-86; Pangi, Sural Vy., 12,500', 

 Hursukh (Sahar. Herb. Collr. 1899) ; Head of Hudan Vy., 14,000', J. Marten 



1899. 



N.-W. P. : T. Garh.—Kidai Kanta Mt. 9000', Herschel ; Bandarpunch 13-14,000', 

 and Bamsor Pass 11-12,000', Duthie ; B. Garh.—Joshl Mat 12,000', P. W. ^Mackinnon 

 Kumaun— near Ralam 12,500', S. &; W. ; Duthie 11-13,000', three stations; near 

 Pindari Glacier 10-11,000', Trotter ; Lessar Pass 16,800', MacLeod, " a solitary plant 

 under a rock in the snows.'"'' 



DiSTBIB.— ^aia : N. Ind. (Him.), Sitkim. 



