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Distrib. — Amer. ; Greenland and Sitka to Rocky Mts., Canada and Newfound- 
land ; U.S . : N. E. States to Virginia, and westward to Oregon and Alaska. Europe, : 
Widely distributed, from the extreme north to Italy and south of Spain. Asia : 
Seberia and Kamaehatka. China — Peking Mts. 5000', Hancock : a ve^y rare 11 ; 
Mukden— >Kirin, James. 
I have marked some of the specimens enumerated above P. Dryopieris, and 
others P. Robertianum , but there are others I am not sure about. I think the 
difference between the two plants is not so great as it is in Great Britain. 
I agree with Mr. Clarke that if P. Robertianum is distinct it grows in the 
N.-W. Himalaya. 
7. P. ornatum, Wall. Cat. 327 ; C. R. 545. Phegopteris ornata , Wall, 
(under Poly podium), Bedd. F. S. I., t. 171, H. B. 294. 
N.-W. P. Kumaun ; fide Clarke in ‘ Review. 1 
Distrib.-- Asia : N. Ind. (Him.), Sikkim and Bhotan, in tropical valleys 0-2000', 
common ; Bengal— Chittagong Hills 500', S. Ind. — Carcoor Ghats, Malabar, and else- 
where along the Western Ghats, but not common — de Beddome. Ceylon. Malaya. 
N. Australia. Polynesia. 
I enter this species on Mr. Clarke’s authority, but I do not think it can be 
common in Kumaun, as he seems to say, for none of my correspondents seem 
to have found it there. I have not myself collected in the low-lying valleys of 
Kumaun, except in that of the Gola, from about 2000' upwards, and I did not 
see it there. 
8. P. punctatum. Thunb. ; Syn. Fil. 312. P. rugosulum, Labill., 
C. R. 546. Phegopteris punctata Thunb. (under Polypodium) > Bedd. H. B. 295. 
Punjab : Chamba, MoDonell, J. Marten j Knllu — Trotter, in List ; Simla Reg.; 
Asan Valley, Edgeworth 1340 ; seen, freshly gathered, by Hope, 1886 — said to be from 
Rifle Range, E, of Jako Mt. 6-7000' : not in Blanford’s List and not got by Bliss. 
N.-W. P. : D, D. Diet. — Jaunsar,. Lakhwa 8-4000', Gammie ; Chatra 6000', Gam- 
ble ; T. Garh. 4-5000', Herschei, Mackinnons Hope, Duthie ; Kumaun T. T. 1845, 
S. and W.. 5-7000', Duthie, Trotter, MacLeod, 
Distrib.— Amer. : Columbia to Chili. Asia : N. Ind (Him.), Nepal Wallich ; 
Sikkim and Bhotan; Assam— Mishmi Griffith , Khasia T. Lobb. Bengal— Chittagong, 
alt, 1000' — 5000'. S, Ind., common on W. Mts. at high alts. Ceylon, Malay Penins. 
Tonkin. Java. Philippines. Japan. Saudxyich Isles. N. Caledonia. Moluccas. Australia, 
N.. Zealand. Van Dieman’s Land. Afr. : Fernando Po 7000'. Tristan da Cunha 
S^. Helena. Bourbon. Madagascar. 
Subgenus Goniopteris, Presl. 
9. P. urophyllum, Wall. Cat. 299 ; Syn. Fil. 314; C. R. 547 
Nephroiium urophyllum , Wall, (under Polypodium ), Bedd. H. B. 274 and 
Sappt. 72, 
N- W. P. : Garhxcal and Kumaun, fide Clarke in ‘.Review. 1 
Distrib.— Asia : N. Ind. (Him.), Sikkim and Bhotan ; Assam— Khasia ; Bengal— 
Chittagong. Burma. Ceylon. Malaya. New Hebrides— An ei ten m. China : Chusan 
Polynesia. N. Australia. Quoenslanci. 
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