{ 33 ) 
Loc. Simla. Jumna valley. Hattoo. Kumaon. Nepal. Sikkim, 
Ohangtam, Tambur R. 9,000 ft. (Doubtfully distinct from some 
forms of auriculatum and aculeatum.) Bedd F. B. I., 31. 
*ff St. tufted. 
4. St. scaly, fr. 12 — 18 in 1. pin. subsesile, ov. rhomb, falcate, 
prominently auricled above, truncate. auriculatum. 
a. Marginatum Wall. pin. lobed upper edge. 
(radicans Roxb.) 
b. Obliquum Don ; fr. less than 6 in 1., pinnate, pin. shorter 
and broader, and more blunt (ccespitosum Wall). 
e. Lentum Don, pin. cut into obl-mucronate lobes half-way to 
rachis. 
Loc. Simla, Masauri Mossy falls 6,000 ft. Kumaon 2,600 ft. 
Nepal. Bhotan 9,000 ft. Sikkim. Iihasia. Harabagh. Bedd F. B. 
I., 33. 
5. St. fibrillose, slender, pin fr. 4 — 8 in 1. ov. delt, lobed half- 
way down with sharp mucronate teeth. Thomsoni. 
Loc. Simla, Hattoo. Kumaon. Sikkim 7 — 13,000 ft. Bedd F. 
B. I. 126. 
6. St. stram. fr. 2—3 in L throughout pinnate, sori on upper 
half of pin. Atkinsoni. 
Loc. Sikkim, high level. Bedd. F. B. I. 362. 
Intermediate between 2 and 3. 
** Lower pinna once pinnate. 
7 . Fr. flaccid narrow, finely cut : pin. cut down to rach. into 
obi. rhomb pinnl. with aristate teeth. Prescottianum. 
Loc. 10 — 12,000 ft. Simla, Narkunda; to Bhotan. Bedd F. 
B. I. 34. 
8. St. tufted scaly, fr. ov. lane. Aculeatum. 
Of this generally distributed sp. there are var : — 
(a) , lobatum, text coriaceous, pinnl. confluent at base, 
( b ) . aculeatum Sw. text, less rigid, pinnl. sessile, 
lowest free. 
(c) . angulare Willd. less rigid, lower pinnl. stalked 
sometimes deeply pinnatifid. 
