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THE FERNS OF NORTH-WESTERN INDIA. 
Including AFGHANISTAN, the TRANSs-INDUS PROTECTED STATES, and Kasumir: 
arranged and named on the basis of Hooker and Baker's Synopsis Filicum, and 
other works, with New Species added. 
By C. W. Hops. 
(Continued from Vol. XIII, page 251.) 
Parr IIL—THE GENERAL LIST.—(continued.) 
Ord. FILICES. 
Sub-Ord. I1].—Potypop1act#.—(continued.) 
Genus 13.—-ONYCHIUM, Kauif. 
1. O. auratum, Kaulf, ; Syn. Fil, 145; C. R. 458 ; Bedd. H. B. 96. 
PungaB: Simla Reg.; in Herb. Brit. Mus. a sheet marked—‘‘ Simla, Griffith,” 
& pair of fronds, barren and fertile, without stipes : no ticket. 
N.-W. P.: D. D, Dist. —Jaunsar—near Road from Jumna R. to Chakrata, Mrs. J. 
Sladen 1880; “The Attic Farm” 1500? Mackinnons 1878 ; near bridge over Tons 
R. 1800? Mackinnons; Rajpur—above Tollbar 8400’, V. A. Mackinnon 1886, 
Hope 1887; Rajpur below 3000’, Gamble, V. A Mackinnon, Hope; Kwmaun—Griffith, 
jide Sir W. J. Hooker’s writing on sheet in Herb. Hort. Kew: there is also a small 
ticket with the single word ““Kumaon™ in ink and ‘?” in pencil: one plant, 
all infertile ; Gorakhpur Dist., in a well in forest, Angus Campbell 1887. 
DisTRIB.—Asia: N. Ind. (Him.), Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim and, Bhotan; Assam 
“common”; H. Bengal 0-4000', sometimes far from the hills, Chittagong; Burma ; 
_ Malay Penins. and Isles; N. Guinea, Pitzgerald 1895; Formosa, Henry; China 
Ytinnan, Hancock 1893. 
The Gorakhpur Station seems to be the only known one between the Dehra 
Dun and East Nepal or Sikkim, unless Griffith got the plant in Kumaun. A 
plant named O. auratum, in the Calcutta Herbarium, got in Kumaun by 
Mr. A. O. Hume, is O. japonicum, Kze. In the Dun O. auratum grows of 
various sizes, depending upon situation. The situation above Rajpur was dry, 
shaly rock exposed to the sun ; and a plant I gathered there has perfect tripin- 
nate, fertile fronds, though the whole plant is only 23” % 33”. Mr. Mackinnon 
afterwards found larger plants near that station, but in soil. Mrs. Sladen’s 
Jaunsar specimens also are small. 
2. O. japonicum, Kze. ; Syn. Fil. 148 ; C. R. 459 ; Bedd. H, B. 96. 
PUNJAB: Chamba—near Dalhousie, McDonell, Bianf.; between Chamba town and 
Kajidr 6000’, “ abundant on a bank,” Trotter ; Mandi State 5-7800', Trotter; Kullu 
5-T000', Trotter ; Simla Reg.—Simla; the Glen, Bliss 1890 “very rare”: “ It has 
been found near Mashobra, at about 6000” (Blanf. in List), 
N.-W. P.: D. D. Dist.—Mussooree and Landour, 5-6000’, not common, Mackinnons, 
Duthie, Hope, J. R. Reid ; * Garkwal,” T. T. 1845; 7. Garh.—Thadiadr 3000’, Gamble, 
Kumaun—Phurka and Karim 6300’, S.and W.; Davidson, A. O. Hume, near Ackot 
4-5000' Duthie, near Pithoragarh 5000’, Trotter, Ramganga Valley 5-9000’, Mcleod : 
“ crows in dense grassy undergrowth.” 
