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about 3/8 to 7/16 in. apart, rarely i- in. or over, and the segments suddenly taper 
at about two-thirds of their length. The fronds of lachnopus ■ are much weaker 
and thinner than those of amcenum, and they hang perpendicularly from the 
trees they grow on. I. have' rarely seen P. lachnopus on rocks. P. amcenum 
generally, I think, grows on rocks, or in soil on rocky slopes, sometimes stand- 
ing upright ; but in Mussooree I have seen it on trees. When in a young state 
the fronds are very pubescent, and always there are numerous small chaffy 
scales on and near the rhachis on the under side. The fronds of P . lachnopus 
are all but naked. 
15. P e lachnopus, Wall.; Syn. Fil. 342 ; C. R. 551. Goniophlelium 
lachnopus , Wall., Bedd. H. B. 319. 
Kashmir : fide Clarke, in ‘ Review.’’ 
Punjab : Kullu 5-7000', Trotter in printed List ; Simla Region— Simla, Edgeworth 
5- 5500', Gamble, Blanford, Trotter, “not very common ” ; Masbobra, Bliss. 
N.-W. P. : j D. D. Dist.— in the Dun : Nalota Kbala 2600', Hope ; Mussooree 55- 
6500', in many places, on trees, Duthie, Mackinnons, Hope ; T. Jumna V y. 
6- 7000', Duthie, Sahlra Vy. 6000', Gamble; Kumaun— R. BI. ; Mohargiri 6500', 
S. and W. 1848 ; Hawalbagh ; Naini Till, S. and W., Hope, Davidson ; near Askct 
4-5000', Duthie ; Nalena Yy. 47-5000', on rocks, Hope ; Sarju Vy., Bansi 5500' 
Trotter ; Goriganga Vy. 8500', Kala Muni Ridge 8500', MacLeod. 
Distrib. — As-ia : N. E. Ind. (Him.) Nepal ; Wallich 1821 ; Sikkim and Bhot£n; 
Assam— Khasia Dist. 8-5000', “very common,” Clarke ; N. Manipur 5500', Clarke. 
See my remarks under P. amcenum , Wall., No. 14, above. Occasionally, when 
growing in an exposed dry situation I suppose, this fern, is very small and wiry : 
Duthie’s example from the Jumna Yalley has fronds only A!' X 1 1' 1 1. including 
stipes. MacLeod’s, from the Kala Muni Ridge, Kumaun, is from 6 to 11 in. 
including stipes. I watched this fern at Mussooree for a number of years, and 
I believed it was spreading there. It is a striking object, hanging from the 
large oak trees in the forest, on the north side of the ridge, up to 6500' alt., and 
I could easily distinguish it from P. microrhizoma , Clarke (which is much more 
common) at some distance. The elevation — “ up to 1 1,000' ’’—given in the 
Synopsis , seems much too high, and Clarke’s higher limit, 6000', is too low ; 
blit Beddome has cut that down to 3000', on what authority I know not. 
Blanford says — “ Not very common at Simla. Found on trees and rocks in 
shady ravines below 6000'.” 
16. P. microrrMzoma, 0. B. Clarke, in Trans. Linn. Soc. 9 2d. Ser. Bot., 
Yol. I, 1880, p. 551 (C. R.) ; Syn. Fil., 2d. Ed., 511. Goniophlebium micror- 
rlimma, Clarke, Bedd. H. Ik 322. 
Kashmir .— fide Clarke ; Trotter in Lists. 
Punjab: Chamba — McDonell in List ; J. Marten 5-7000', 1897 ; Mandi State 
5000', Trotter \ Kangra Vy} Dist. Dalhousie, Clarke ; Kullu T-9001)', Trotter; Simla 
Reg. — Simla, and eastward along ridge to Mati&na 6-9000' : il very common on 
rocks and trees from 5500' to 8500' v (Blanford in List). 
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