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small, very coriaceous fronds, very dark-green above, whitish and densely scaly 
beneath, remain expanded or curled up through the winter and succeeding hot 
dry weather,—uncurling when the rainy season sets in. Then, much larger, 
herbaceous, fronds spring up, the cutting and colour of which is at first very 
beautiful ; and in the Autumn very large fronds are found, with a coarser 
cutting, which wither light-brown or yellow, and seem to have a greater 
proportion of lamina, and are almost membranous in texture. Fronds quite 
similar to these last, though smaller, are found in C. rufa. Ido not know when 
the small coriaceous persistent fronds (described above) found remaining the 
next season spring up. I have never seen powder approaching to yellow on this 
fern, but always pure white, though not very dense. Fronds, especially the late, 
large, ones, are often found without powder ; but Mr. Baker is wrong in de- 
scribing the fern as ‘‘ denuded,” —if he means denuded of white powder. 
Of this species Blanford says—“ very abundant in and around Simla, cover- 
ing the roadside banks and old stone retaining walls. Range from 4800‘ 
(my lowest) up to 8500/, above which it is replaced by C. Dalhousiw. The 
following is a description of C. albo-marginata, which is well represented in the 
figure, Plate 52, of Clarke’s Review, except that the scaliness of the coste and 
veins is not fully shown. 
“Stipes 4 to 10 ins. long, generally shorter than the frond, bearing 
throughout dark linear lanceolate scales with pale translucent margins, 
Similar scales extend to the primary and secondary rhachises and costee. 
Fronds up to 11 inches long, acute deltoid, under-surface naked, or in 
the young state and in the small fronds that persist through the dry 
season, thinly coated with yellowish-white powder. Lowest pair of 
pinnee generally the longest. Segments oblong. Lines of sori scarcely 
interrupted at the sinus. Margins of involucres highly lacerate, 
*« Tt is always readily distinguishable from the other allied forms by the 
presence of scales on the veins and coste, and by the highly lacerate 
involucres,”’ 
6. C. dubia, nu. sp—Plate H. (see Part IT, p. 528.) 
Sub-genus—PHysaPreris, Presi. 
7. OC. Szovitzii, Fisch. and Meyer ; Syn. Fil, 189; C. R. 454: Bedd, 
Jal, Ibe, SS 
AFGHAN. : Kabul (Clarke ia “ Rev.”). 
TRANS-IND, STATES: Chitral—4500', Harriss ; ‘‘ near Baraul, 5500’, Griffith.” 
KASHMIR: Baltisthan—5-7000', frequent ; Gilgit Dist.—7000', Col. Tanner, 
1880 ; Kishtwar, 5000’, Clarke, 31,336, 17-9-°76 ; Shagartang Valley 9-10,000', Duthie, 
1892; Srinagar—5-6000', Levinge, 1875 ; Martand Ruins, Levinge, 1875, McDonell, 
1891 ; Takht-i-Suliman Hill, near Srinagar, 63-6500’, Trotter, 1888, Gammie, 1891. 
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