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Distrib.— N. Amer. : Sub-arctic Greenland, Canada, and westward to Rocky Mts., 
Brit. Columbia ; United States; Bermuda, and southward to Panama; W.Ind. Islands. 
S. Amer. from Guiana and Venezuela to Bolivia. Europe : Brit. Isles ; continent of 
Europe “ throughout its length and breadth, from Iceland and Lapland to the 
Rock of Gibraltar ; throughout the Mediterranean Region ; and from the extreme west 
of Ireland to the extreme East of Europe ” (Britten's European Ferns;. Asia : 
Trans-Caucasus, Persia, Siberia, N. Ind. (Him.), Sikkim (?), Bhotan. S. Ind.— Kulhatty 
on the Nilgiris Bedd . Java. Japan. Australasia : Australia, Tasmania, N. Zeal. 
Afr : Azores and Macaronesian Isles ; Algeria ; Morocco ; Abyssinia ; Semali Land, 
Mrs. Lort Phillips. Cent. Afr. — Ruwenzori Mt., Scott Elliot. Cape of Good Hope. 
6. A. septentrionale, Hoffm., Syn. Fil. 198 ; C. R. 478. A. septen - 
tnonale , Linn, (under Acrostichwn) Bedd. H. B. 145. 
Afghan ; Kurram Valley , 9-11,000, Aitch. 1877 and 1879, “ profuse on rocks ” j 
above Pei war Kotal 7000', Collett 1879. 
Trans-Ind. States : Baraul 72-9500', Hariss, Gatacre, 1895. 
Kashmir ; T. T. ; Gilgit Dist.— Dr. Giles; Lev. 1872; W. S. Atkinson 1874 ; 
Clark 9500' 1876 ; Aitch. 12,000, 1877 ; Nagmarg, Trotter 1888 ; Kishenganga Valley 
5-12,000', MacLeod 1891 ; Sonamarg 8000', Gammie 1891 ; Nittar Valley, the Kajn&j 
Range, and Astor Dist., Liddar Valley 7-11,000', Duthie 1892-93. 
Punjab ; Chamha — Upper Chenab Valley (perhaps in Kashmir), 8-10,000', Baden- 
Powell 1879 ; Pangi 8500', McDonell ; Lahaul , Capt. Hay 1856 ; Chandra Valley 
10-11,000', Rohtang Pass 12,000', Lahaul 13,000', Trotter ; Simla Reg *— Kunawar 
Jacquem. Vicary 1833 ; Bisahir — Parbani Forest 9000', Lace. 
N.-W. P. : Garhivdl , Jacquem. ; T. Garh. 7-10,000', Duthie ; Brit. Garh . 11,000 S. 
and W., 14,000', P. VV. Mackinnon 1881 ; Ku maun— Vicary 1831 ; in Herb. Hort. Sahar- 
anpur ; Milam Valley and Tola 11,500' S. and W. ; 10-12,000' — 14 localities, Duthie. 
Distrib. — N. Amer. : Rocky Mts. and New Mexico. Europe : Norway, Sweden, 
Russia, Brit. Isles to Spain, Italy and Sicily, Caucasus. Asia : Caucasian, Ural, and 
Altai Regions, Siberia ; Thibet, T. T. 1857. 
My specimens from the Lahaul Hill State, collected by Mr. Trotter, are 
ticketed 10- 12,000' altitude ; but in a letter, written while on his tour in those 
parts, my friend mentioned that he had got the fern at 13,000'. In his 
privately printed list of Punjab Ferns, Mr. Trotter says that the Rev. 
Mr. Heyde, the Moravian Missionary, long located in Lahaul, assured him that 
A. septentrionale was found quite up to the snow line, nearly 19,000' above the 
sea level. Mr. Trotter further Says — ■“ I have collected it in several places from 
7^500' to 9,500' alt., and it has once been found (fide Miss Farrant) as low 
down as the Baramula Pass (Kashmir), 6000'. I have never gathered this 
species except on “ Arthur Seat ”, Edinburgh, at an elevation of about 300 feet 
above the sea,— more than forty years ago. 
7 . A. unilaterale, Lam., Ency. II. 305 (1786), the oldest name ; 
C. R. 481 ; Bedd. H. B. 152. A. resectum t Smith ; Syn. Fil. 210. A. unila- 
terale , Lam., Baker in “ Summary of New Ferns”, 1891. 
