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DistRis.—A mer. Unalashka and Canada, southward to Virginia and California, 
Asia : N. Ind. (Him.), Sikkim, scattered, not plentiful. China—Manchuria. Japan, 
Both Clarke and Beddome give Garhwal as the Western limit of this species 
in India, but it will be seen above that it was long ago obtained in Chamba, and 
perhaps in Kashmir, by Hillis and Baden-Powell ; and more lately Macleod 
and Duthie have found it in the West of Kashmir. Macleod says -—‘ Only 
on northern slopes of dividing ridge between Kishenganga and Jhelam valleys» 
7-10,000'; not uncommon; grows to great perfection.” It was on this 
ridge and in the adjacent valleys that McLeod collected in 1891. Quite 
lately it has been, found in the west of the Hazara District by Mr, Duthie’s 
collector, Inayat, Seeing much of these ferns exhibited at shows in London, 
I once asked an exhibitor, Mr, Birkenhead, whence he got his supplies, and 
he said from N. America, never from India. 
Genus 12—CHEILANTHES Sw. 
Sub-genus—ADIANTOPSIS, Fee. 
1. GC. Duthiei, Baker, in Ann. Bot. Vol. V. No, XVIII; Bedd. 
Suppt. H. B. 20. 
“ Stipes densely tufted, castaneous, glabrous, 1—13in. long, with a few pale 
towards the base. Frond oblong-deltoid, membranous, glabrous, 2 in. long. 
ereen on both surfaces. Penne oblong-deltoid, sessile, lowest the longest, 
produced on the lower side. Pinnules oblong, 4 — } in. broad, Sor? placed 
all around the edge of the pinnules, usually orbicular, rarely confluent. 
Indusium grey, glabrous, orbicular-reniform, persistent. British Garhwal, 
Duthie, 5,144. Cutting of C. subvillosa, but indusium of this subgenus.” 
N.-W. P.: Brit. Garh., near Kuari Pass, 12-13,000’, Duthie 5144, 8-9.85; rocks 
east of Dhakwani, 11-12,000', Duthie 5196, 11-9-85. 
The name of this fern, and the above notes of hahitat, were entered in the 
Catalogue of the Ferns in the Saharanpur Herbarium), published in 1890, in 
advance of publication by Mr. Baker,—I having seen it, and the entry in 
Mr. Baker’s MS. list of new Ferns at Kew, im 1888. It is one of the rarest of 
Indian Ferns. The stipes reach 34 inches in length, 
Sub-genus—HUCHEILANTHES, Sw. 
2. G. fragrans, Webb. and Berth. (non Sw.) ; Syn. Fil. 134. C. fra- 
grans (Swartz, Syn. Fil.) Webb. and Berth., Phyt. Canar. m., 452; C. R. 
454. (C. fragrans, Sw., Bedd. H. B. 88. 
 AFGHAN.: Landikhana—Griffith ; Kabul, (Clarke in Rev.). 
TPRANS-IND. STATES : Chitral—F. H. Younghusband, 1894; Baraul 45005 (6 
stations) Harriss 4-5000', Gatacre. 
PuNJAB: Cherat 4000’, Collett 8-92: Hazara—Black Mt. 6000’, Oertel, 1891 ; 
between Murree and Kohala 4000’, Lev., 1875; Dhamtaur Hill, and hill opposite to 
it 4,000’! and upwards, Oertel, 1890-91, Trotter, 1890-92, ‘“ Punjab—Turki,” Common 
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