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specimens — 34J— 3(J in. ]., 15 in. br., truncate at base — lowest pinnae being 
almost as long as any, pinnatifid ; .pinn. 13—21 pairs with a large pinnatifid 
and slightly toothed terminal pinna, sessile, up to 9i in. 1., f- -1| in. (nearly) 
hr., linear, acuminate, curving upwards, lowest 2—3 pairs which are patent or 
deflexed, cut down half-way into numerous (35—45) narrow curved falcate 
entire, or slightly crenate, segments of irregular length with a terminal tooth — 
rhe superior basal segment generally much longer, and the inferior much 
shorter, than those above : tenure papyraceous but not membranous, whole 
plant perfectly glabrous, except for a slight pubescence on upper side of sec. rh.; 
colour of lamina brown-green ; of stipes and prim, rh, pale brown tinged with 
pink, cf sec. rh., perhaps pinker ; ven. obscure on upper side ; on under side 
distinct, costae of segments coloured like sec, rh., veins very slender, 8 — 13 
pairs, according to size of frond ; sometimes 15 pairs in superior basal segment 
and only 5 pairs in corresponding inferior segments, lowest pair uniting at an 
obtuse angle with the lowest veins of the contiguous segments, whence an 
excurrent venule arises, sometimes free, or, if ascending to the sinus, joined by 
1 — 2 more pairs of veins curving upward^ from the adjacent segments ; son 
non seen. (Plate XIII). 
N.-W. P. ' Tehri Garhwal (?) Found by me, in 1890, in the Mackinnons > 
collection, without tickets : 2 large and 2 small fronds. 
The Mackinnons could give no account of this fem, and it may have been 
gathered by their collector when apart from them— probably fifteen years 
before I saw the specimens. None of the fronds were fertile ; there was no 
caudex dr rhizome, and the stipes of the larger fronds were not complete ; but 1 
have no uoudu one genus is Nephr odium. This must be a striking looking fern, 
standing at least 6 ft. high, with a stipes as long as the frond. 
Genus 26— POLYPODIUM, L . 
Subgems— Phegopteris, Fee. 
5. Polypoamm late-repens n. sp.— Trotter MS.— “ RUz. widely 
creeping and branching, dark purple, furniU ea with numerous fibrous rootlets 
and acute light brown scales. St. A — 2 ft. long, scattered, dark purple and 
curved at the base, becoming light brown or straw-coloured above ; stipe and 
rhachis more or less scaly, glossy, furrowed when dry. Fr. lanceolate, 20—30 
in. U 8 — 12 in. br. at widest pare, subbipinnate. Finn. 20—30 pairs, distant 
clow, but approximate towards apex of frond, lowest pair often reduced, 
cssile, 4 — 6 in. 1., I— 1£ in. br. at base, tapering to a point, patent to erect, 
cut down nearly or quite to the midrib into decurrent, oblong, blunt pinnules 
