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Genus 30. V ITT ARIA, Em. 
Sub-genus Tasniopsis, J. Sm. 
1* V. lineata, Sw. ; Syn. ELL 896. V. Jiexuosa, Fee, C. R. 574. V. 
lineata , Sw., Bedd. H. B. 407. 
Punjab : Kangra Vy. Dist ., Mr. D. Macdougall, fide Trotter in printed List. 
N.-W. P. : D. D. Diet— Vieary, in Herb. Hort. Sahar. ; T. or B. Garkveal 4-5000', 
P. W. Mackinnon 1881 ; B , Garh. 7-8000', Duthie 1885 ; Kumaun — Sarju Yy. 4800', 
S. & W., above Gini 6-7000', near Sosa 9-10,000', in forest, on Abies dumosa , Duthie 
1884 ; near Khati 7500', and above Loharkhet 8-8500', Trotter 1891 i above Girgaon 
9500', <l common trees ,' 11 MacLeod 1898. 
Disteib.— Amer. : W. Indies and Florida to Peru and Brazil ; Brit. Guiana— 
Roraima. Asia : N. Ind. (Him.), Sikkim and Bbotan : “2-12,000', very common , 11 
Clarke ; Assam— Khasia Dist. 1-6000', very common ; Kachar 5 Manipur, Watt. S. 
Ind. — on the Western Mts. 2-6000', S. Andaman Island, Kurz. Ceylon, C. P,, common. 
Malay Penins. and Islands. Tonkin— Balansa. China— Yunnan, Henry , Hancock ; 
Fokien Carter. Japan, Philippines, YJorneo. New Guinea, Afr. : Kameruns. Guinea 
Coast, Ashanti, Centr. Afr. — Ruenzori, Zambesi Land, Natal, Cape Colony, 
Mascaran Islands, Sechelles 
Tribe B. ACROSTICHELffl. 
Genus 60, ACROSTICHUM, L. 
Sub-Genus Gymnopteris, Bernh . 
1. A. (Gym.) virens, Hook. ; Syn. Fil. 420 s A , crispatulum , Wall. Cat 
24, Clarke’s Rev.; p. 580, PL lxxxiv, fig. 2, b, d.--“ Barren pinnae numer- 
ous, often 20 or more, 4 by J in., slightly serrate, the midrib often reddish 
when dry, a series of costal arches, without included veins in any of the 
areolse ; fertile pinnae 4 by | to } in. 
“ Round Bengal from Kumaun to Bhotan and Chittagong in the lower hills, 
alt. 0-8000', common. 
“ The only very common species of the group called A. virens by Mr. Baker. 
Very constant in character, and easily recognised by the absence of free veins,” 
N.-W. P. : Brit. Garh. t up to about 3000'; Bhainskil, near Parewa, Kotah Range, 
coll. Inayat Khan (native collr. of Sahar. Herb.) 6-1902 ; Kumaun : R. Bl e , 2 sheets 
in Herb. Hort. Kew. 
This species is the only Acroslichum that has hitherto been found in N.-W. Ind. 
Sub-Ord, III. OSMUND ACEiE. 
Genus 31. OSMUND A, L. 
1. o. Oleytoniana, L. ; Syn. Fil. 426 ; C. R. 582 ; Bedd. H. B. 449. 
Kashmir : Gulmarg 95 — 10,000', C. B. Clarke 1875, Levinge 1875, Trotter; 8-9000 
Duthie ; Sarpat Peak over 10,000' : “ grows in regular fields, coming up through the 
melting snow . 11 MacLeod. 
Punjab: Ckaniba, 8000' McDonell ; Kullu, 6-11,000' Trotter ; Simla Reg.— Bisa- 
hir,- Chini, Yieary 18.31, in Herb, Hort. Sahar. ; Bari 8000' Lace; Hattu Mt. 10,000', 
Bates, Blanford, Hope, Bliss ; Sirmur Territory 9-10,000'. 
