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2. Leucostegia membraxulosa. Near Darjeeling, 6,000 feet 

 alt. {Levinge.) 



3. Leucostegia multidentata. Kohima, 6,000 feet alt. 

 {Watt) 



4. Leucostegia assamica. Kohima, 4,500 feet alt. ; N. 

 Munipore, 5,500 feet alt. {Clarke.) 



The Kohima specimens are more finely cut, and the segments 

 closer than in the type. 



5. Leucostegia immersa. Chamba {McDonell) • Simla 

 {Cuttell) ; N. Munipore, 6,000 feet {Watt). 



6. Leucostegia Hookeri. Yunan. {Delavay.) 



7. Leucostegia pulchra. Chumba ; Kullu ; Simla ; 

 Kashmir, up to 10,000 feet alt. Perak. 



Var. |3 Delavayi. Ultimate segments very finely cut, 

 being narrower than the sori, and of more rigid texture. Clarke, 

 Jour. Linn. Soc. xxiv. 410. 



Khasia, at Maophlang, 5,600 feet alt., and at the Vale of 

 Rocks, 5,000 feet alt. {Clarke.) 



(Also in Yunan.) 



9. Leucostegia hymenophylloides. Perak, 3,000 feet alt. 

 {Day, Scortechini.) 



11. Li-xtostegia nodosa. Perak. {Scortechini.) 



12. Leucos'iegta vaklaensis. (n. sp.) Stipe 1 foot or more 

 long, furnished with large lanceolate acuminate membraneous 

 scales, more copious towards the base ; fronds deltoid lanceolate 

 1^-2 feet long quadripinnate ; pinnae erecto-patent, lanceolate, 

 attenuated towards the apex and base, 6-12 inches long, 3 \- 8 



