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N.-W. P. : Kumaun.~R amganga Vy., 2500', S 9 and W.; Gori Valley, near Askofc 
8-4000', Duthie^ collector ; Gori Valley 2-3000', on trees, Duthie. 
Distrib.— Asia : N. Ind. (Him.)— Nepal, Sikkim; Assam, and through the plains of 
Bengal to the southward of Calcutta, and to Chittagong. ^lalabaria. tl Typical Nidus 
has not yet been found in the Madras Presidency 11 (Beddome in Handbook.) Burma 
Rangoon. Ceylon, Penang. Tonkin. Borneo. China — Row Loon, Chusan. Japan— Bonin 
Islands, Formosa. Polynesia— Samoa, Society Islands, New Caledonia. Australia : — 
Norfolk Island, Lord Howe's Island, Queensland. Afr.\ Mascaren and Seyohelle Isles. 
A frond in the Kew Herbarium, got by Hooker fil. in Sikkim, is Remark- 
able by having a lobe projecting 2^ inches beyond the margin of the frond, 
towards the apex, with a midrib of its own, 4 inches long from the main 
rhachis, with veins and sori normal to it. There is a similar frond in the 
British Museum, marked “Khasya (?). II. and T.” 
Sub-genus Euasplenium. 
2. A. ensiforme, Wall.;* Syn. Fil. 191 ; 0. R. 476 ; Bedd., H.B. 141, 
Punjab : Simla Reg. — Simla 6000', Edgew,, Col. Cruikshank, Bliss ; Hatu Mt. 
Dr. Cuttell 1875, Bagi 9200', Bliss 1891 ; Bisahir 5000', Lace 1891. Karnal District 
(in the plains) below 1000', Drummond ( fide Trotter). 
N.-W. P . l D. D. Diet.— Jaunsar 5500', C. G. Rogers ; MuBSOoree, Mackinnons, Hope, 
T. Garh. Vicary 1832, No. II, in Herb, fiort. Saharanpur ; Kedar K&nta Mt. 7-8000, 
Herschel ; Brit. Garh. 7-8000' Duthie ; Kumaun 6-8000' ; apparently not uncommon. 
Bistrib. — Asia i N. Ind. (Him.)— Nepal, Wallich, J. Scully ; Sikkim and Bhotan, 
1-9000', common. Assam — Griffith , Mann . Burma — Tenasserim. S. Ind— W. Forests of 
Madras Presidency. Ceylon. Afr.: Madagascar, Mrs. F. Gregory , in Herb. Hort. Kew. 
J. Smith noted on a sheet of Wallich ’s from Nepal— 1 “ Stains paper pink in 
drying,” and Clarke and Beddome have noted this property of the plant ; but it 
does not always do so. I imagine this depends on the age of the fronds, which 
remain on the plant, I think, for at least two years. The dye penetrates through 
several sheets of thick paper, and does so for years after the plant has been dried. 
Gymnogramme elliptica 9 Baker, from the Dehra Dun District at least, also has 
tins property. Blanford says A . ensiforme is very rare in the Simla Region. 
3. A. alternans, Wall.; Syn. Fil. 194 ; C. R. 476 ; Bedd., H. B. 142. 
Afghan. : -“ARpcre,^ Griffith in Herb. Kew. 
Trans-Ind. States ; Chitral \ Baraul 5500', Harris; Swat 4000', Gatacre. 
Kashmir : Jacquem., Winterbottom ; 7500-8000', Trotter, 7000' Gammie ; “common 
below 4Q00V* MacLeod. 
Punjab ; Salt Range ; Mt. Tilla, Aitchison, “ profuse 11 ; Hasdra — Black Mt., 
Duthie, Oertel 5000', near Kalapani 7000', Trotter, Murree, Dr. Fleming. Chamba , 
T. Thomson, McDonell (in List) ; Dalhousie — Dyas (fide Clarke) ; Jalandhar (in the 
plains ?) in a well with Adiantum Capillus-Veneris and Nephrodium molle, Aiteh. 
1876 ; Kangra Vy. Dist. 3-8000', Trotter ; Mandi State 5000', Trotter ; Kullu 5-6000', 
Trotter, Coventry; Simla Reg.—“ very common from 4-5000' up to about 8000' 11 
(Blatif. in List), Sirmur State, Jacquem. 
N.-W. P. : D. D. Dist. — In the Dun 2-3000', and probably lower, common ; Mus- 
sooree 5-6500' common ; Jaunsar— Gamble ; “ Garhwalf 1 Jacquemopt ; T. Garh. 
4-5000'; Kumaun 2-700U'. 
