132 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIII. 
clay hands ” (embankments), MacLeod 1891 ; Martand Ruins 5500', Me Don ell 1801 
Sind Valley 6-8000', T. T. (very large) ; Sind Valley— Kangan 6000', Gammie 1801 : 
one sorus diplazoid ; “ Kashmir ”, W. Gollan, No. 0126 Herb, Saharanpur. 
Punjab : Hazara— 4— 65C0', Trotter 1886 and 1890 ; Mnrree 7000', Lev. 1875 ; 
Black Mt.— -Panj Gali, Duthie 1888 ; Kagan and Siran Valleys 4 — 5000', Luthie’s 
collr. 1896-97. Chamba— u Dalhousie and Chamba 4-6000', (Cl,- in Rev.) ; DalhouBie, 
Colonel Dyas ; McDonell (in List) ; “ Chamba 5-6000' ” J. Marten 1897, from Herb* 
Sahar. ; Kullv , EdgeW. in Herb. Horfc. Calc. ; Simla, Reg,, Bates. 
N.-W. P. : T. Garh.— Dr. Bacon ; Herschel 18T8 . Ganges Valley -Gumgum Gadh 
8-9000', Duthie 1883 ; Lambatach 7000', Gamble 1891 
Distrib. — Eur . : United Kingdom ; Norway and Denmark, through Holland, 
Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Mediterranean 
Region, Greece, Turkey .— -Asih i Armenia, Syria, Arabia, Persia ; Siberia ; Java. 
Afr. : Azores, Canaries, Madeira (very common, ascending to 4000'), Cape Verde Isles. 
Kamerun Mts. ; St. Helena ; Algeria ; Abyssinia ; Natal ; Cape Colony ; Masc. Isles. 
Iii the Kew Herbarium is a specimen marked “ Mussooree, Dr. Bacon. ” 
This, and a specimen in the Saharanpur Herbarium, “ Mussooree, Herschel,” 
I have entered under T. Garhwal, as I do not think the plant grows in 
Mussoorie, or very near it. Mr. Gollan ? s fronds from Kashmir are the largest 
I have ever seen, and even larger fronds must have preceded them, judging by 
the old stipes left on the caudex. 
13. A. fontanum, Bernh. ; Syn. Fil. 216, excluding vars. ; C. R. 484 ; 
Bedd. H. B. 158, excluding var. exiguum. Plate XIX. 
Afghan. : Kurum Valley 11,000,' Aitch. 1879; Peiwar Kotal 8000', Collett ; Mal&nr., 
Harsnkh (Duthie’s Collector) 1894. 
Tbans-Ind. States : Baravl— Mirga 8000', General Gatacre 1895. 
Kashmir : Gilgit : Tanner, Giles ; Baltistan 10-11,000', Duthie 1892 ; elsewhere 
in numerous localities 45-12,000 : Winterbottom 1817, Lev. 1875, Trotter, Gamraie, 
Dm hie, MacLeod, McDonell. 
Punjab : Hazara— Black Mt., Duthie, 1888, Kagan Valley 5300', Trotter, 1889, 
45-6090', Inayat (Duthie’s Collr.) 1896-97. Chamba — 10,000', Baden-Powell ; over 
8000', McDonell ; Simla Reg.— Bis&hir i Jangi Forest 9500', Lace. 
N W. P. i T . Garh.— Ganges Valley, 8-9000', Duthie j Kumau%— Niti Valley 
10,000 , Mackinnons 1882 ; Byans— Kali Valley 11,000', Kutti-Yangti Valley 
10-11,000', Duthie 1884 and 1886. 
W. Nepal ; Kutti Valley 10-11,000, J. R. Reid. 
Distrib.— -Eur. ; England ? Scandinavia l Belgium, France, Switzerland, Ger- 
many, Hungary, Italy, and Greece. Asia % Lycia, Ural Mts. 
I have not gathered A. fontanum ; but I possess numerous specimens collected 
by Trotter, Levinge, McDonell, Duthie, and MacLeod, in Hazara, Kashmir, 
Chamba, Tehri Garhwal and Kumaun, and others from Afghanistan to West 
Nepal, and have seen many more collected by them, and, except as to size, I can 
say that the specimens are very uniform. Mature plants vary from 2* to 12 
inches in height, including root-stock. The longest I have seen arc Major 
