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ANALYSIS OF SPECIES OF NORTHERN 
INDIAN FERNS. 
Sub-order I.— G-leicheniaceee. 
Genera 2. — Gleichenia (/ Mertensia). 
No. 1. Stipes (stem) forked, branched, bipinnate, (bullata 
Moore, gigantea Wall), longissima, 
Locality — Assam to Nepal. Bedd., F.B.I. 30. 
2. Stipes zigzag, repeatedly dichotomous. dichotoma. 
Locality — moist banks. Assam to Simla. Chadwick Falls, 
Simla. 
Sub-order II— Polypodiaceae. 
Tribe I. Cyathea. — Gen. 4 Cyathea (Tree Fernt), 
1. Fr. and main rach. strongly aculeated. spinulosa. 
Loc. Continent generally. . 
5. Hemitelia ( Tree Ferns). 
1. Fr. 3 pinnate, pin. obi. lane., pinnl. subsessile. decipiens. 
Loc. Sikkim. Bedd., F.B.I. , 311. 
6. Alsophilla (Tree Ferns), 
f Frond 3 pinnatifid. 
1. St. and rach. paleaceous at base, purplish brown, glossy, 
prickles short, tipped with gland ; surfaces galbrous, glaucous 
beneath : text, coriaceous ; veins once or twice forked. 
(Brunoniana Wall). contaminans. 
Loc. Assam to Naga Hills, Khasia, Mishmi, Cachar, Sylhet. 
Bedd., F.B.I., 85-6, 
