0 w ) 
Loc. Kumaon. Ghumba. Himal. of Thibet, 9 — 10,000 ft. 
(more delicate in text, than Crypt, crispa). Bedd. F. B. I., 73. 
2. Fr. deltoid, 3 principal pinnae. Tamburi. 
Loc. Tambur Valley, East Nepal. 
// Text, coriaceous • veins indistinct . 
f Invol. broad, conspicuous. (Allosorus.) 
3. Fr. 2 — 3 pinfid. nitidula. 
Loc. rock to 6,000 fit Simla. Kumaon. Karli. Pund- 
hester. Kulu. Bedd. F. B. I., 222. 
f f Invol. narrow , sori hidden. (Platyloma.) 
4. Both surfaces glaucous green. calovielanos. 
Loc. exposed rocky banks, to 6,000 ft. Simla. Kumaon. 
Karli. Bedd. F. . B. I., 22. 
31. Pteris. 
f Veins free, 1 — 12. 
| Stems coespitose, invol. single, to I’ll 
* Lower pinnce linear, entire. 
1. Fr. obi. lane. longifolia. 
Loc. to 4,000 ft., common, Himal. and plains. Masauri, 
Camptie falls, Murray’s falls. Simla, Prospect Hill S. Road 
sides above Kalka*. 
* * Lower pihnce forked, with a long lin. entire point. 
2. St. polished, bar. pin. edge serrated, fert. narrower ; invol 
pale. Cretica. 
B var. stenophylla, pin. 3 — 5, clustered at apex, edge entire, 
all same breadth, and mostly fert. 
Loc. Himal. to 9,000 ft., common, B. dry banks, Masauri. 
Bedd. F. S. I., 39. 
3. Lowest pinnae only occasionally forked, both surfaces 
bright green glossy. pellucida . 
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