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S. lad. — The Deccan and Western parts of Madras Presy. up to 6000', not common. 
Ceylon. N. Burma and Andaman Islands, Kurz. t Malay. Penins> and Isles. 
Tonkin. S. China. Australia. 
Baker, Clarke, and Beddome all say this species differs from P. quadriawrita 
only in the venation ; but I must maintain that, apart from the difference in 
venation, the two species are abundantly unlike, and that no one knowing 
the two in growth, in N.-W. India at least, could ever mistake the one for the 
other. The form P. namoraiis , Wiild., or a form which has both free and 
inarched venation on the same frond, is got in the Dehra Dun ; and I have 
one small plant, less than 18 inches in height, altogether without inarched 
venation, but with forked veins, springing from the rhachis between the seg- 
ments, which sometimes unite with the lowest costal veins. A large plant from 
the Dun has stipes 26 in., and frond 84 in. in length These are 14| pairs of 
pinnae, of which the lowest- pair is over 12 in. 1. by almost 3 in. br, : these 
are bipartite, the secondary pinnae being 10 in. 1. The terminal pinna is 
nearly 9 in. by in. The lowest pinnae of P. Uaurila are, I should say, 
always bipartite ; but I have never seen more than one descending pinnule or 
ear on each side : Clarke says there are sometimes two or three. 
From Selim, below Darjiling, at altitudes of 1,200 and 1,500 feet, respective- 
ly, Gamble has two very different- looking plants, both of which he names 
P. liaurita , and both of which are Cmnpteria : one has dark-coloured rhachises, 
8-10 pairs of pinnte, and broad, blunt, approximate segments : the other is 
much paler in colour, with straw-coloured rhachises, 8-15 pairs of pinnae, with 
long narrow far-apart segments. This latter is what is supposed to be P. nemo- 
rcdis , Wiild., as the veins of contiguous segments often miss connection below 
the sinus ; but it is quite different in cutting, colour, and appearance from my 
Dehra Dun specimens above described : the venation only is similar. 
10. P. Walliciliana, Agardh ; Syn. Fil. 65 ; C. B. 469. Campteria 
Waliiclmna , Agardh, Bedd., H. B. 118. 
Punjab: Cham'bu — Clarke, McDonell ; Kangra Vy. Dist, — Dharmsala, Edgw., 
Clarke ; Kullu 6-8000', Trotter, Coventry ; Mandi State 5-6000', Trotter. 
N.-W. P. : “ Garhwal T. T. ; T. Garh ., 5-7000', Mackinnons, Ganges Vy. 5-6000', 
Dutbie ; Kumaun — Wallicb, K. Blink. ( Pt . w mbrosa. Wall.), S. and W. Ql’t, umbrosa ) 
Davidson, Trotter. 
Distbib. — Asia : N. Ind. (Him.) Sikkim, Bhotan 3-8000'; Assam — Khasi Hills 
8-6000', common ; Manipur, Clarke. Java. Japan. Philippines. Samoa. 
Sub-genus Doryopteris, J. Smith . 
11, P. ludens, Wall. ; Syn. Fil. 166 ; C. B. 470. Doryopteris ludens. 
Wall., Bedd., H. B. 120. 
Trans-Tnd. States: Ra'ranl — Ziarat Valley 5000' and 8000', General W. Gatacre, 
June l895t 
