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clay bands” (embankments), MacLeod 1891; Martand Ruins 5500’, McDonell 1891 
Sind Valley 6-8000', T. T. (very large) ; Sind Valley—Kangan 6000’, Gammie 1891 : 
one sorus diplazoid ; ** Kashmir’, W. Gollan, No, 9126 Herb, Saharanpur, 
PUNJAB : Hazara—4—6500', Trotter 1886 and 1890; Murree 7000’, Lev. 1875 ; 
Black Mt.—Panj Gali, Duthie 1888 ; Kagdn and Siran Valleys 4—5000’, Duthie’s 
collr. 1896-97. Chamba—" Dalhousie and Chamba 4-6000', CCl, in Rev.) ; Dalhousie, 
Colonel Dyas ; McDonel! Gin List) ; ‘* Chamba 5-6000’”’ J. Marten 1897, from Herb: 
Sahar, ; Kullu, Edgew. in Herb. Hort. Cale. ; Simla Reg., Bates. 
N-W. P.: £ Garh.—Dr. Bacon ; Herschel 1878; Ganges Valley -Gumgtim Gadh 
8-9000’, Duthie 1883 ; Lambatach 7000’, Gamble 1891. 
DisTRIB.—Zur.: United Kingdom; Nerway and Denmark, through Holland, 
Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Mediterranean 
Region, Greece, Turkey.—Asia : Armenia, Syria, Arabia, Persia ; Siberia ; Java. 
Afr. : Azores, Canaries, Madeira (very common, ascending to 4000’), Cape Verde Isles. 
Kamerun Mts, ; St. Helena ; Algeria ; Abyssinia ; Natal ; Cape Cclony ; Mase. Isles. 
In the Kew Herbarium is a specimen marked “ Mussooree, Dr. Bacon.” 
This, anda specimen in the Saharanpur Herbarium, “ Mussooree, Herschel,” 
I have entered under T. Garhwal, as I do not think the plant grows in 
Mussoorie, or very near it. Mr. Gollan’s fronds from Kashmir are the largest 
I have ever seen, and even larger fronds must have preceded them, judging by 
the old stipes lefi on the caudex. 
13. A. fontanum, Bernh. ; Syn. Fil. 216, excluding vars, ; CO. R. £84 ; 
Bedd. H. B. 158, excluding var. exiguum. Plate XIX. 
A¥FGHAN.: Kurum Valley 11,000, Aitch. 1879; Peiwar Kotal 8000’, Collett ; Malana, 
Harsukh (Duthie’s Collector) 1894. 
TRANS-IND. STATES : Barani—Mirga 8000’, General Gatacre 1895. 
KasHMin: Gilgit: Tanner, Giles; Baltistax 10-11,000’, Duthie 1892 ; elsewhere 
in numerous localities 45-12,000 : Winterbottom 1847, Lev. 1875, Trotter, Gammie, 
Duthie, MacLeod, McDonell. 
PunJAB : Hazdra—Black Mt., Duthie, 1888, Kagan Valley 5300’, Trotter, 1889, 
45-6090’, Inayat (Duthie’s Collr.) 1396-97. Chamba—10,000', Baden-Powell; over 
8000’, McDonell; Stila Keg.—Bisahir : Jangi Forest 9200’, Lace, 
N.-W. P.: V. Garh.—Ganges Valley, 8-9000', Duthie ; Kumaun—Niti Valley 
10,000’, Mackinnons 1882; Byans—Kali Valley 11,000’, Kutti-Yangti Valley 
10-11,000’, Duthie 1884 and 1856. 
W. NEPAL: Kutti Valley 10-11,000’, J. R. Reid. 
DisTRIB.—Zur.: England? Scandinavia? Belgium, France, Switzerland, Ger- 
many, Hungary, Italy, and Greece. Asia : Lycia, Ural Mts. 
I have not gathered A. fontanum ; but I possess numerous specimens collected 
by Trotter, Levinge, McDonell, Duthie, and MacLeod, in Hazara, Kashmir, 
Chamba, Tehri Garhwal and Kumaun, and others from Afghanistan to West 
Nepal, and have seen many more collected by them, and, except as to size, I gan 
say that the specimens are very uniform. Mature plants vary from 22 to 12 
inches in height, including root-stock, The longest I have scen ate Major 
