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POLYSTICHUM. (See "Ferns of Southern India/' p. 41.) 



POLYSTICHUM AURICULATUM. (VAR,) SUBBIPINNATUM. (Hook.) Pinnse subcoriaceous, variously and deeply 

 lobed and toothed, below frequently again pinnated, the lobes and pinnules spinulose (thus bordering on aculeatum var. lobatum.)— Hook. 

 &p. Filiv.p. 11; Aspidium ocellatum,— Wall Cat n. 98; — A. lentum, Don. Syn. Nep. p. i. 



The specimen figured is from the Khasya Hills, (Dr. Thomson) though differing considerably from the normal state of P. 

 auriculatum (PL CXX. of the Ferns of Southern India) Sir W. Hooker only considered it a variety of that species. 



Hab, Nepaul, Kumaon (elevation 2,600 feet,) Khasya, Harabagh. 



PLATE No, CXXXVI. 



