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rather obscure : the superior veinlets, which alone are usually soriferous, often 
appear not to extend beyond the sori, but sometimes reappear near the margin 
and run out to a small tooth near the sinus where there is a trace of a lobe. 
In large pinnae the auricle has a pinnate costa and double row of sori. A 
distinguishing character of the plant, though shared with A. marginatum , is 
its sub-dimorphism. The fertile fronds are generally much shorter than the 
sterile ones, which ia contrary to the general habit of dimorphous ferns. 
Sometimes this may be only apparent, and be due to the smaller fronds of the 
previous year being persistent after new sterile fronds have sprung up ; but I 
have short young sterile fronds also. Occasionally, in large plants at least, 
young fertile fronds are seen as long as the sterile ones, which are generally in 
the majority. Whether the dimorphism be real or only apparent and not 
invariable, it is a character of the plant. 
7. A. ilicifolilixn, Don., Prod. FI. Nep., p. 3 ; *‘Fronde pinnata-lanceo- 
lata \ pinnis alternis ovato-oblongis coriaceis rigidis xnucronatis nitidis 
brevissime stipitatis bi-v-tricuspidatis spinulosis subtus lepidotis at latus superius 
lobo lata auriculatis, stipite rhachique semi-terefcibus squamosis. Hab. in 
Nepal ia 3 Wailich. 
“ Fro ns sesquipedalis, Pinnae pollicem v. sesquipolhcem longses, semi- 
nuciam latte. Sori magni, superiores biseriati, inferiores imordinate 
associate. ” 
A. ilicifolium , Don, Syn. Fil. 251 ; Cl. Rev, 508. Polystichum ilicifolium, 
Don, Bedd. H. B. 206. F. B. I. t. 31. 
Punjab : Chamha — R&vi Valley : Sao Nala 3,000', HcDonell ; Kangra Vy. 
List,— Dharasala 10,000', C. B. Clarke ; Kullu — Outer Seor&j 7,000', Trotter ; 
Simla Beg.— ridge E. of Simla; Theog to Baghi 5-10, 0C0', common: Edgew., 
Bates,. Falconer (“N.-W. I. v ), Gamble, Collett, Blanford, Hope, Trotter, Bliss, 
Lace. 
N.-W. P. : D. D. T)Ut.— Jaunsar ; Soshol 8.500', C. G. Rogers; Garhival— Pabar Vy, 
Jacquem., Nos. 722 and 2258 ; T. Ga'rh. — Nag Tiba Mt., Mackinnons 1878, W. Gollan 
1881; Kidar K&nta Mt., J.0-11,000', and Bok Mt., Duthie 1878; Jamnotri 9-10,000', 
Duthie 1883 ; Rikishin 9,000', C. G. Rogers 1891 ; Gangar 7,500', Gamble 1893 ; Brit. 
Garh\oal—Jxdimt\ 8-9,000', Duthie 1885 ; Kumav>n— R. Blink. (Aspidium pungens, 
Wall, in Herb. 1823); Madhari Pass 9,000', S W. ; Pinsara, Davidson 1875 ; Kali 
Vy. 84,000', and above Sosa 8-10,000', Duthie 1884-88 ; Gori Ganga Vy. 9,000', MacLeod 
1893. 
DISTRIB.— Asia : N. Ind. (Him.), Sikkim 7-10,000' ; Nepal, Wailich. 
I have quoted Don’s description as showing that the plant he described as 
A. ilicifolium,— which is Wallich’s A. pungens , Cat. 368,— had short pinnae 
merely lobed and auricied. I cannot admit that the pinnae are ever again 
pinnate as Beddome says t hey are, though the auricle is sometimes quite free ; 
indeed, I think Beddome would now put his more compound plants under his 
