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DlSTRlB .— Asia % N. Ind., Assam Griffith ; Khasia 3-5000', common, Clarke . 
S. Ind. — very common on west side, at highest elevations, Beddome. Ceylon. Sumatra 
and Java. Japan. China Korea. Afr. ; Macaronesia ; Guinea Coast ; Fernando 
Po, .\nd Kamerun Mts., G. Mann. Abyssinia. Cape Colony. Comoro Islands. 
2. G. Levingii, Baker, m Aanal. Bot., Vol. V., No. XVIII., 216. 0 . 
uurita , var % Levingii , C. R. 568. Leptogramme aurita , var. Levingii , Clarke, 
Bedd. H. B. 379 ; Leptogramme Levingii , Redd. Suppt. H. R. 99.— Plate 
XXXV. 
The following is Mr. Baker’s description of the Plant :■ — 
“ Rhizome slender, wide-oreeping ; palese lanceolate, membranaceous. Stipe 
slender, naked 6—8 in. long, stramineous, with a brown base. Frond lanceo- 
late, or oblong-lanGeolate, bipinnate, membranous, pubescent, 1-— H ft. long, 
3 — -4 in. br. at the middle, narrowed to the base. Pinnae lanceolate, sessile, 
| in. broad, cut down to the rhachis into continuous erecto-patent, linear- 
oblong pinnules. Veinlets ereoto : patent : upper simple, lower forked. Sori 
oblong or globose, placed nearer the margin than the midrib. West Himalayas ; 
Jhelum Valley, alt. 4000' ; Levinge, I follow Mr. C. W. Hope in treating 
this as a species.” 
Mr. Clarke, in giving this fern as a variety of G. aurita , Hook., said — “ It has 
the texture and hairiness of G. Totta , but the rhizome and venation of G. 
aurita ; while the cutting is deeper than that of G. Totta , less auriculate than 
that of G. aurita.” 
I will not attempt to check the various descriptions of the plant, for it 
might end in writing another, and there are already enough ; but I figure it, 
as that has not yet been done. 
Kashmir : Palga.m 0000', C. B. Clarke. • Gilgit Diet. — Dashkin 7500', Dr. Giles; 
Jhelum and Chitapani Vys. 4-7000', Levinge 1875 , Gulmarg 75-8000', Sind Vy. 7000', 
Trotter; Pir Punjal — Hirpur 7000', Sind Vy., Gund, 6000', Gammie ; Farikand 
Nala 6-7000', MacLeod — “ on the edge of the stream, not under shade. Does not 
grow away from water. 11 
Punjab : Haz&rd Diet .— Kagan Vy., Inayat (Sahar, Herb, eollr.) 1899 ; Cliamba * — 
above Alw&s, and Sach Vy. 8000', McDonell ; “ Chamba, 11 J. Marten 1898, Pangi 8500', 
Harsukh (Sarhar. Herb, collr.) 1899 ; Kullu, Trotter in List ; Simla Hist . — eastward 
from Simla a ridge, near Theog 8000', KamalUori and Hattu Mts. 85-9400', Hope, 
Blanford, Bliss, Dr. Watt. Knnawar, T. T. 1847. 
N.-W. P. : D. D. List .— Jaunsar Cor T. Garh 0 ! Collected on march from Mu-ssooree 
to Chakrata, Mrs, J. Sladen, 1880 ; T. Garh.-— Nag Tiba Mt., Mackinnons 1879; 
Ganges Vy., below Harsil and Derali 8-9000', Duthie 1881 ; Mandraoli 10—11000',. 
Duthie 1883 ; Kumaun — between G ini and Munshiari 7-8000', Dhauli Vy. 9-10000', 
Duthie Kumauni 11 J. K. Reid 1886. 
Thfs fern varies a good deal in shape and cutting of frond. I had a frond 
10 in. L, but only 2-| in. br., and another (Hattu Mt., Bliss) Svhich is 18| in, 
1. by 7 1 in. br. The greatest width Baker gives is 4 inches, and Beddome— 
