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> ALSOPHILA. 
À LSOPHILA A NDERSONII. (J. Scott.) Arborescent, stipes muricato-asperous ebeneous, rather densely clothed below - 
sparingly upwards with lanceolate-subulate deciduous scales, main rachis slightly scabrous below, and as well as the partial rachis E 
tawny villous above, fronds bipiunate ovato-lanceolate herbaceo-membranaceous pilose, primary pinnæ oblongo-lanceolate, acuminate, . 
pinnules oblongo-lanceolate, pinnatifid nearly down to the pilose rachis, with an attenuate serrated apex, segments broad-oblong slightly —Ñ 
falcate gradually attenuated towards the apex, sharply serrated, veinlets simple or once forked, 10-12 pair to each segment, all except a 
the upper 2-3 with a single sorus a little below the middle, veins copiously and veinlets sparingly furnished with long weak hairs. —< 
The specimen figured is from Sikkim (Dr. Anderson), where it has lately been discovered in the tropical valleys about the : 
Government Cinchona Gardens, at an elevation of 1,000 to 2,500 feet. It has been introduced into the ee Gardens in Calcutta, — 
and was named by Mr. J. Scott. It is called “ Pulai nock” by the Lepchas. e 
PLATE No, CCCX. 
