ASPIDIEiE. 



POLYSTICHUM LACHENENSE (Hook.) Caudex short oblique stout scaly above, stipites very densely tufted numerous 

 and compact stout marcescent 24 inches long, S ub-fiexuose glossy black or dark brown scaly, fronds 4-8 inches long, linear-lanceolate 

 coriaceous pinnate 3 pinna, the largest less than \ an inch long, patent rather distant sessile deltoideo-ovate snb-pxnnatxfido-crenate 

 rather obtuse sub-pinnuloso-serrate or unarmed, sori in two rows on each pinnule, rachis stramineous setaceo-paleaceous with whitish 

 oppressed scales. — Hook Sp. Fil. iv. 8. 



The figure is taken from Sir W. Hooker's "Species Filicum." 

 Hab, Sikkim, Himalaya, Lachen, 



PLATE No, XXXII. 



