312 H. F. Blanford— yl List of the Ferns of Simla. [No. 4, 



Above 7,500 ft. the fronds grow to 3 and 4 feet in length broadly lan- 

 ceolate and with close-set pinnae 2 inches broad ; the pinnee cut down 

 square to a winged rhachis ; segments deeply pinnatifid. Some speci- 

 mens of these latter have a creeping rhizome. 



76. PoLYPODiuM (Phegopteris) dryopteris, L. 



I have not met with this myself, but Dr. Watt collected it at Baghi 

 at 9,000 ft. 



77. POLYPODIUM (GONIOPTERIS) MULTILINEATUM, Wall. 



Not uncommon in the Glen and some other wooded ravines below 

 6,000 ft. The pinnae are narrow. It ranges nearly 1,000 ft. higher 

 than Mr. Clarke's assigned upper limit (5,000 ft.). 



78. PoLYPODiuM (Goniophlebium) amcenum. Wall. 



Common in damp shady places on rocks and rocky banks^ generally 

 near streams ; at all levels between 5,500 and 8,500 ft. 



79. PoLYPODiuM (Goniophlebium) lachnopus, Wall. 



Not very common. Found on trees and rocks in shady ravines 

 below 6,000 ft. 



80. POLYPODIUM (Goniophlebium) microrhizoma, C. B. Clarke. 



Very common in the rains on rocks and trees from 5,500 ft. up to 

 8,500 ft., which is about the limit of its range in the neighbourhood of 

 Simla. 



81. POLYPODIUM (NiPHOBOLUs) FissuM, Hk. and Bk. 

 Rare and found only at levels below 5,500 ft. 



82. POLYPODIUM (Drynaria^ rivale, Nutt. 



Locally abundant on the oaks on Jako at about 7,800 ft. Also 

 on similar trees between Theog and Matiana at about 8,000 ft. Not 

 common. 



83. Polypodium (Phymatodes) line are, Thunb. 

 Plate XIX. 

 This is a fern of comparatively the lower levels. It is common in 

 the Glen at about 6,000 ft., and I have found stragglers up to about 



