Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 143 
extending to west frontier of Kashmir, and eastward to Sikkim, 
where it is rare. 
(Also in Abyssinia.) 
■5f * -Jf Fronds pinnate. 
4. ASPLENIUM VIRIDE. 
{Hudson) Stipes densely 
tufted ; often brown or 
blackish, 2-4 inches long, 
naked ; fronds 4-6 inches 
long, \ inch broad with 1 2- 
20 sub-sessile pinnae on 
each side, which are ovate 
or elliptic, the upper edge 
narrowed suddenly at the 
base, the lower obliquely 
truncate, the outer part 
deeply crenated ; texture 
herbaceous ; rachis naked 
green ; veins sub-flabellate ; 
sori copious Unear-oblong 
oblique. Huds. Fl. Ang. 
453. Hook. Syn. Fil. 195. 
Bedd F. B. I. 64. 
Kashmir, 12,000- 
13,000 feet; Gulmurg, 
Tilail, Kumaon. 
(Also in Europe, Asia, 
and N. America in Arctic 
and Alpine regions.) 
N972. 
ASPLENIUM ALTERNANS. {Wall.) 
5. AsPLENiUM Trichomanes. {Linn.) Stipes densely tufted, 
1-4 inches long, naked glossy brown or black; fronds 6-12 inches 
long, about ^ inch broad, with 15-30 opposite pairs of sessile 
horizontal pinnae, which are |-f inch broad, 1^-2 lines deep, the 
edge slightly crenate, the two sides unequal, the upper one the 
