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W. Ghats of Madras Presidency. Burma. Ceylon. Malay Penins. Java. N;* Zealand. 
Afr.\ W. Trop.; Masc. Isles. 
Genus 3. TRICHOMANES, Smith. 
1. T. Filicula, Bory ; Syn. Fil. '81. T. bipimctatwn, Poir., C. R. 440 ; 
Bedd. H. B. 41. 
Punjab: Simla Reg. — 55-6000', Edgew., Hope, Gamble, Blanf., Trotter. 
N.-W. P. : D. D. Zb'sf.— -Mussooree 55-6000', frequent, Duthie, Mackinnons, Hope 
Kumaun. 
Distkib. — Asia : N. ind. (Him.) — Nepal, Sikkim, Bhotan 5000' and upwards 
common eastward. Assam — Khasi Hills 2-5000' and upwards, common ; Manipu 
Watt. S. Ind.— -All the W. forests of Madras and Bombay Presidencies up to 8000 
Burma. Nicobar Isles. Ceylon. Malay Penins. Tonkin. Java. Borneo. Formosa. 
Japan. China. Polynesia. Afr. : Fernando Po, Natal, Cape Colony, and Masc- 
Isles. 
This fern, in N.-W. India at least, is often slightly white-powdered, when 
dried, and generally highly aromatic, the scent being like that of some 
umbelliferous plant. My specimens, collected at Simla in 1871, are still 
fragrant. It grows in sheets or sods on rocks and tree tranks, just as 
Hymenophyllum Tunbridyense does in Europe, the creeping rhizomes and 
the roots being matted together. Specimens collected by Mr. G. Mann in 
the Khasi Hills of Assam, at 5000', are large and stiff, up to 5 inches long. 
2. T. pyxidiferum L. ; Syn. Fil. 81 ; C. R. 140 ; Bedd. H. B. 42. 
N.-W. P. : T Garh. — Bok. Mt. 9-10000', Duthie ; Kumaun— Pindar 8000', 
Stracbey 1856, in Herb. Hx>rt. Calcutta. 
Distrib. — Amer,: From Mexico and W. Ind. southward to Brazil and Peru. Asia: 
N. Ind. (Him.) — Sikkim. Assam— Khasi Hills and Cachar. E. Bengal — Chittagong 
0-1500', common. S. Ind. Forests (Bedd.y Burma. Nicobar Isles. Malay Penins, 
(6 in. 1.) Borneo. New Caledonia. Afr.: Angola, Cape Colony, and Masc. Isles. 
Mr. Clarke says there is no Himalayan example of this at Kew, except a 
scrap from Levinge, said to be from Darjiling. I possess a specimen 
collected and given to me by Levinge in 1871. There is a specimen, from 
the Victoria Fal]s, Darjiling, G500', collected by Levinge, and presented 
by me, I think, in the Saharanpur Herbarium ; and in Mr. Gamble’s 
herbarium I find a sheet from the Tisba Valley, Darjiling district, 1000', 
No. 5052, collected by him in Septr. 1873 ; another, sheet, collected 
by him Darjiling 7500., No. 7216, Octr. 1879; and a third, No. 8084, 
Darjiiing, May 1880. There is, therefore, no doubt that this species is 
found in the Himalaya, and that it extends to the westward of the Ganges, 
for the plant got by Mr. Duthie in Tehri Garhwai has the distinctive 
broadly winged or bell-mouthed tube enclosing the fruit. Some specimens 
from Eastern India are much larger and stiffer than those just mentioned. 
