THE FERNS OF NOR TH- WES TERN INDIA. 
99 
C. farinom , Kaulf., var. grisea , Blanford in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Vol. 
LXVII, Pfc. II, No. 4, 1888 ; C. far in osa 9 forma minor , Cl. and Bale, in Journ. 
Linn. Soc., Vol. XX V T , p, 411 ; Bedd. Suppl. H. B. 21. 
iS Stipes slender, 2-3 ins. long, light-brown, naked, or bearing a few thin 
brown and translucent lanceolate scales (not white-margined) near the 
base. Fronds dimorphous : — one form narrow lanceolate 4-5 ins. long 
1-2-2 ins. broad, thin papyraceous : lower 3-4 pairs of pinnae 
subeqnal distant : under surface thickly coated, upper surface sprinkled 
with white powder : segments narrow oblong. The other form 
ovate-lanceolate : pinnae close, triangular ; lower two pairs equal. 
Both forms fertile. Involucres as in typical variety.” 
Punjab : Chamba ; Rdvi Valley, 8500', McDonell. Simla Reg.— Gt. Thibet Rd. 
from Nagkanda to Bagi, and Hattu Mfc., S3-940J', Blanf., Trotter, Bliss ; Simla -The 
Waterfalls, Blisa. 
N.-W. P. : D. D. Dist. — Museoorie, about C^jQO', Hope, 1881; Brit. Garh. — 
Dombitia Hade, 9-10,000', Duthie ; Kvmaun — above Sosa, 9-10,000' ; Byans— >Kali 
Valley, above Ch&lek, 11-12,000', Duthie. 
Distrib. — Asia : N. Inch (Him.) Sikkim — Darjiling, Sinchal, 8,000', Gamble. 
Assam— Khasia Hills, Nunklow 2500', Clarke No. 45686. 
McDonell’s plant from Chamba is very elegant ; stipe twice as long as the 
frond, which is very white beneath ; involucres light-brown. Bliss’s speci- 
men from Bagi, No. 243, is similar but smaller, and stipe not so long ; and 
mine from Mussoorie is the same, but with numerous sharp-pointed scales 
extending half-way up the stipe : it, as well as Trotter’s from the Simla Region, 
has a little of the white powder on the upper surface, but in such cases the 
“ powder” may have fallen from the under surface of other fronds. Blan- 
ford ’s and Bliss’s specimen from the low elevation, as well as Duthie’s from 
B. Garhwal, have yellow-brown involucres. The powder in all cases is white. 
(To be continued.) 
