Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



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extending to west frontier of Kashmir, and eastward to Sikkim, 

 where it is rare. 



Fronds pinnate 



(Also in Abyssinia.) 



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4. ASPLENIUM VIRIDE. 



(Hudson.) Stipes densely 

 tufted ; often brown or 

 blackish, 2-4 inches long, 

 naked ; fronds 4-6 inches 

 long, I inch broad with 12- 

 20 sub-sessile pinnae on 

 each side, which are ovate 

 or elliptic, the upper edge 

 narrowed suddenly at the 

 base, the lower obliquely 

 truncate, the outer part 

 deeply crenated ; texture 

 herbaceous ; rachis naked 

 green ; veins sub-flabellate ; 

 sori copious linear-oblong 

 oblique. Huds. Fl. Ang. 

 453. Hook. Syn. Fil. 195. 

 Bedd. F. B. I. 64. 



Kashmir, 12,000- 



13,000 feet; Gulmurg, 

 Tilail, Kumaon. 



(Also in Europe, Asia, 

 and N. America in Arctic 

 and Alpine regions.) N ' ' ' . 



' ASPLENIUM ALTERNANS. {Wall.) 



5. ASPLENIUM Trichomanes. (Linn.) Stipes densely tufted, 

 1-4 inches long, naked glossy brown or black ; fronds 6-12 inches 

 long, about i- inch broad, with 15-30 opposite pairs of sessile 

 horizontal pinnaj, which are |-| inch broad, ii-2 lines dec]), the 

 edge slightly crenate, the two sides unequal, the upper one the 



