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The following are extracts from Kunze’s description * 
“ 761, b — fronde lanceolate, coriacea, pinnato- prof unde pinnatifi da, 
pinnis alternis approximate, horizontalibus, oblongis acuminatis ; acumine inciso- 
serrato, laciniis imbricatis, oblongis, truncatis subparallelogrammis, margin- 
atis, apice falcato irregulariter argute dentath ; soris inter costulam et 
marginem meJiis ; costulis costisque subtus laxe ; rhachique stipitique 
salcatis utrinque dense fusco-grandi-paleaceis. ” 
“ E regao Mexicano miserunt Hegewiscb et de a Kawinski ( Herb. Leucae 
annm). 
“ Ad Preslii Lastreas $ 2. Thelypteris pertinet, et A. filici-mari Sw. prope 
accedit. Hiffert vero : fronde coriacea, pinnis approximatis, laciniis 
imbricatis truncate apice argute dentatis, soris cosiulae minus approximatis, 
paleis frequentibus, elongatis, indusiisque fuscis. Aspidium paientissimwn 
Wallich : fronde coriacea, pinnis approximate, rhachique paleacea conveniens, 
differt laciniis majis elongatis, basi latioribus, apice distantibus. Laciniis 
basris abrupte majoribus, iuceeve, et forme laciniarum differunt. ” 
a . Forma hhasiana. 
N. Filix-mas, Rich., var. n Khasiana, Clarke in ‘ Review/ 519, t. 69, fig. 1. 
“ Stipe and main rhachis with many linear blackeh scares ; frond oblong- 
lanceolate, very little narrowed at base ; pinnse approximate, patent, the lowest 
equal-sided, cut down to the midrib ; secondary pinnae narrowly oblong, very 
close and regular, glabrous beneath, rounded, finely serrulate at the apex ; 
sori not large.” 
Punjab : Chamba— 9000', McDonell ; Simla Region— ridge east of Simla 8500 
Blanford. 
N.-W. P. : D. D. Diet. — Jaunsdr, Mandali 8000', Gamble 1895 ; T. Garh. — Nag 
Tiba Mt. Mackinnons 1878-79 ; B. Garh — Mrs. Fisher above Dhak&ra, Duthie’s collr 
1879, Herschel 1879, and Gollan 1880. 
Distbtb. — Asia: N. Ind. — Assam: Khasia, alt 4-6000', common, Clarke j 
Kohima, alt. 6,000', Clarke . 
Clarke’s type specimens of his var . hhasiana in the Kew Herbarium seem very 
distinct from N. patentmimu/n, Wall.; but in the Journ. Linn. Soc., H89, p. 94, 
referring to the specimen from Kohima cited above, he says : — “ This is very 
large, and not distinguishable from some of var . patentissima (sp. Wall.) from 
the Central Himalaya. The Khasi examples of var. patentissima have a soft, 
thick stipe with pale yellow-brown scales.” One of the Mackinnons’ specimens 
from Tehri Garhwal also is longer than most ; frond 25 in. 1., by 9| in. br 
near the base ; lowest pair of pinnae almost 1| in. br. ; and another is but 16 
in. 1., by 8i in. br. at base. Mr. Gamble’s specimen is 19£" X 8|" ; but 
Mr. Blanford’s is only 15 in. 1., by 4|" br., and it may not be Mr. Clarke’s 
plant. 
