226 JOURNAL, iBOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIV. 
In the * 4 Review ” Mr. Clarke remarks “This is the fern described by 
Milde, Fii. Europ. 12 2, lines 3—6 from the bottom of page. It is, as Milde states 
m 1 j wmxh . • . s ^aaoido.aijdHfijxtp cpd oraa gimsdl • TT1 
allied to var. patentissima : but, on the other hand, very near N. eiongatum , Hk, 
and Or. Ic. Fil, t. 234; Aspidium eiongatum, Milde, Fil. Europ., 124.” 
But khasiaaa , and eiongatum , Hk. and Gr., seem to me distinct enough. 
Though the frond of both is truncate at the base, the scales, both on stipes and 
frond, differ altogether,” Forma khasiana seems to have a comparatively 
long (sometimes nearly as long as the frond) and slender stipes, and more 
/ fJffjQjp 
numerous veins in a segment : segments finely toothed and not so squarely, 
, , ,, ' c i b .tornft ihsiqvtedT , ■ ^ssn^ '■■■ ' ?> 
ended as those of f. patentissima. 
r uf , 9{m • ■ ■ 900fi 
e>. Forma patentissima. 
N. Filix-mas , Rich., Mr. 4 patentissima , C. R. 520. Aspidium pateniissimiim 
(sp.), Wall. Cat. 340. 44 Stipe shaggy, with linear yellowish pales often §— | 
in. long ; frond 4—^ 6 feet, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, widest near the middle 
,, , nuiiu lain 9oxqfi .endnhiftal ism .aitenoB eirem bi . , 
suddenly narrowed near the base, pinnae patent, very coriaceous, cut down 
nearly or quite to the midrib ; segments oblong, obtuse, subentire or minutely 
serrulate, glabrous beneath,' - 4 tM‘ ' much incurved when dry".... 
* Aspidium jiMacilffi a Don, 
Spreng. Syst. IV., 104 and Suppt. 320. 1 Bh6tln^6‘ :l Simla, alt. 6-9000', 
common. Khasia, alt. 5000'. bswoT,M W 
•ti.-w. P. ! D. D. MOWl&Mj T.- Oath.' 8-12,0)00', 
Maiekinnohs, 7-80G0V thie Mist'. -Fishs* ; 
Kumaun — Griffith ; Kalimundi and near Milam 8-11,600', S. & 
Davidson* Ddthj^ ; M^^eod«;;>^ 
• Distbib. — Amer. : W. Ind., Jamaica 7830', Dr. D. Morris ; Mexico, G^t^ala, 
Ecuador,; Iferu, New Grenada, atfdcBrazil (near s.ufftpM p£ -Qrgan Mts;}. 4<tji:^.^nd. 
(Him.), Nepll, Sikkim, and Bhotan* > 
S. Ind. — Nilgiris : common about Ootacamund;(2?®d40<oO hn.n IenostoH 07 Si 
This seems to be a larger form M^MiparaRdogrummum^ than either % above, 
or c 9 which follows, and 4 shaggy * is not a bad epithet to apply to it^ The 
pinnae are : very patent, becoming deflexed towards" 1 the base dfhthe frt)fid. ; The 
fronds are sometimes as lanceolate as a frond call be whose ^ihtote do -hot 
dwindle down to auricles at the base and I Think Clarkr mdant 44 Midenly 
ceasing nt thei base, instead of; 44 suddenly as 4ee$>uts 
it. Tehri Garhwil specimens S^’fee^lifi^pfe^ 1- TbfeT broiid, 
and perhaps longer, tapering gradually downwards to -if. iiiyi br., below* which 
’theiWalS So aurEiei 2 hnorl ; dgom nsd^ isgnoi ex oebs IhwffrflO hrisT moil 
Milde, Fil . Europ r, gives synohym of Ms 
var. 6 XifMFMkdj : p&WMffi$ y Md6fe#naitl%rM^ird mentions! a fqrin Ifrom 
Khasia (vffii kbksitiria, fide Clate). ^ His vn^eti^ nf ar &d^p^gmiinnih 
Milde ; (2) crenatum Milde ; (3) deorso-lobatum y Moore; (4) incisum , Moore; ; 
