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Distris.— Asia: N. Ind. (Him.) Nepal to Bhotan 3-5,500’, plentiful in Sikkim. 
Assam—Khasi Hills 3-4,00u’. North Manipur, 5,500’, Clarke, 3,000’, Watt. Uppet 
Burma, 4,800’, Geni. Gatacre, 1889. S. India—Madras Presy., throughout W. Mts. 
up to nearly 6,000’, Ceylon. China—Yunnan, Hancock, 1893. 
A specimen gathered in Tehri Garhwal by the Messrs. Mackinnon was 
given by them to me in 1880 or 1881. The plant is unmistakeable. That 
appears to be the only known gathering west of Nepal. D. lonchitidea, Wall. 
Cat. 240, is a synonym. 
8. D. hirta, Kaulf. ; Syn. Fil. 100. D. polypodioides, Don. ; C. R. 447. 
Microlepia spelunce, var. B. hirta(?) ; Bedd. H, B. 68. 
N.-W. P.: Brit. Garh.—5,000', P. W. Mackinnon, 1881; Awmaun—Ramganga R. 
2,600’, S.and W,, 1848, Sarju-Ganga Valley 5,100’, MacLeod 1893. 
DistRiB.—Trop. Amer. Asia: N. Ind. (Him.), Sikkim, Bhotan. Assam—Khasi 
Hills. Bengal—Chittagong, 3-5,000’, abundant. Manipur, 1,060—4,750’. 3. Ind.— 
Madras Presy.—W. Mts. Bombay Presy.—/Herb. Dalzel; N. Canara, 2,400’, W. A. 
Talbot. Ceylon. Malayan and Polynesian Isles. China. Japan. 
I pass lightly over this subject, being of opinion that the group comprising 
D. strigosa, D. hirta, D. spelunce, D. polypodioides, D. flaccida, &c , requires 
further study in the field. But I think the specimens from the westward of 
Nepal, above cited, come under D. hirta, Kaulf. 
Sub-genus—STENOLOMA, Fée. 
92. Ds tenuifolia, Sw. 5 Syn. Fil. 102. D. chinensis, Sw., C. R. 449, 
Stenoloma chinensis, Sw., Bedd. H. B. 79. 
PunsAB : Simla Reg.—Simla, 5,000’, Blanf. Trotter 6,5-5,8(0', Bliss. 
N.-W. P.: 7. Garh.—4-5,000', Duthie; Kumaun—Bagesar, 3,000’, S. and W., 1848 ; 
Hawalbagh and Dwarahath “1849”; in Herb. Hort. Sahar.; 6-7,000’ Davidson, 
Trotter. 
DistRis.—Asia : N. Ind. (Aim.)—Sikkim, Bhotan 1-7,000', plentiful eastward. 
Assam—Khasi Hills 1-3,000’, common. Cent. Prov., India—Pachmarhi, Duthie. 
S. Ind.—Madras Mts. ; The Deccan 3-6,000’. Ceylon. Japan. Polynesia, common. 
Afr.—Mascareen Islands. 
Genus 10.—CYSTOPTERIS, Zernh. 
1. GC. fragilis, Bernh. ; Syn. Fil. 103; C. R.450; Bedd. H. B. 70. 
AFGHAN : Griffith. Kurram Valley—Peiwar Kotal 8,000’, Collett ; 13,000’ Aitch, 
1879, Harsukh 1894 ; Ishkashin in Badakshan, Dr. Giles 1886. 
TRANS-IND. STATES : Baraul—Ziarat—many stations 4,5-11,000’, Harriss ; Mirga 
Hills, Gatacre ; Chitrai, F.H. Younghusband 1894; Hindu Kush (or Pamirs), Dr. 
Alcock, with the Pamir Boundary Commission, 1895. 
KAsuMir: Gilgit, Baltietan, Deosat, Gulmarg and Kildn, Shayuk Valley— 
Ladakh 7-14,000', many collectors. 
PunsaB: Hazara, Chamba, Kullu, Lahaul, Kangra Valley, Simla Reg. 7-12,000', 
N.-W. P.: 7. and Brit. Grah. Kumaun 10-16,000', common, 
NEPAL, W,: 10-13,000’, Duthie. 
