286 TAKEDA—ASIATIC POLYPODIUMS. 
CHINA: Fukien: Amoy (Swinhoe); Foochow (Swinhoe) ; 
Sansha Bay (no name of the collector) ; without locality (Hance, 
n. 6786 *); Chekiang: Ningpo (Hancock, Oct. 1877); Hang- 
chow (Macarthy, Aug. 1870); Hupeh: Changyang (Wilson, 
n. 436); Ichang (Henry, n. 2230, 3135); Nant’o (Henry, n 
1994); also Henry, n. 7842; Kiangsi: Kiukiang (Shearer, 
1873) ; Szechwan: Mt. Omei (Wilson, n. 5319); Henry, n 
97247, part.; Yunnan: (Henry, n. 9780 f) ; Long-ki (Delavay, 
1894) ; Mengtsz, limestone rocks (Hancock, n. 47) ; mts., 5000 ft. 
(Henry, n. 9780, 13,363, part., 13,634) ; Kwangsi: Lungchow 
(H. B. Morse, n. 77). Other specimens from China: Poo-too- 
san Island (Fortune, n. 18 ft); ht. Chelsea (Moore, 1856) ; § 
ht. Wentworth.§ 
S. Arrica. Natal (M‘Ken, n. 6; Sanderson, n. 2500|)) ; 
Kaffraria (Rawson |)). 
MapaGascar. Pool, Apr. 1876 {; Baron, n. 3681, 5310. 
16. P. normale, Don. 
As Clarke remarks,** the present species can easily be dis- 
tinguished from its congeners by the very peculiar ramenta on the 
rhizome, which bear on their back a tuft of long reddish-brown 
bristles. 
Hooker distinguishes three varieties of this species: a, 
normalis, 8, latifrons, and y, sparsisora.t+ However, there is no 
distinguishing character whatever between the first and the last, 
and these have to be regarded as the type form. The var. 
latifrons is to be distinguished by the uni- or semi-bi-seriate sori 
on each side of the midrib. This varietal name is, however, 
very inappropriate, since there occurs a very narrow form of 
this variety. 
P. normale a occurs in various parts of India, including 
Nepal, Khasia, Assam, and Bhotan. Hooker mentions only 
Malacca and Moulmein for the localities of var. latifrons tj; it is, 
however, found also in Khasia and Bhotan. The references 
given by Hooker to China and Formosa as to the habitat of this 
variety are due to the mistake of P. Fortuni, Lowe for the 
present fern.f{{ Outside India the same variety is distributed 
* Referred to P. normale in Hook. Sp. _ Vv, p- 79. 
+ The type specimen of P. Henryi, 
t The type specimens of P. Chinense, Mou and coe Fortunt, Moore. 
§ The type specimens of Drynaria Fortuni, M 
|| The type dense of P. Pappei, Mett., pags elecsed to P. normale in Hook. 
and Bak. Syn. Fil. P- 3 
"| The type pate = P. normale var. madagascarensis, Bak. 
** Ferns of N. India, p. 558 (1880). 
a Spec. Fil. v, p. 70. His remarks upon these varieties are, however, rather 
$f Thid., also see under P. Fortuni, Lowe, in the present paper. 
