XIX 
j^olypodiodes as Aspl. (dipl.) polypodioides ; phlegopteris 
punctatum, Polypodium,' or 1\ (phi eg.) punctatum. 
27. The locality of the species is mainly taken 
from Mrs. Lyell’s useful Handbook, where will be found a 
ready reference to neighbouring groups, Mascarene east- 
ward, Southern Indian to Cingalese and Malayan south- 
ward ; partly from private sources, and where possible a 
particular spot has been indicated from personal observa- 
tion. Should this compilation prove useful, the Compiler 
would gladly avail himself of any special information as 
to localities which may be placed at his service, there 
being reason to suppose that this list of Himalayan species 
is by no means exhaustive. Private collections are often 
indiscriminately mingled, and not a safe guide ; even in a 
eollection of Bojer’s a foreign species added by accident 
was thus for a long time sought for, of course in vain, as a 
local Mascarene plant. But in Bargi forest, near Nar- 
kunda, several southerly ferns are reported to have been 
collected. 
28. So many names have been given by different 
collectors to widely distributed species as to present a 
difficulty at times. Where such synonyms are likely 
to be locally useful, they are given. 
Local names for species are too few to be of service 
in the Analysis. Roxburgh gives the following : — 
Adiantum Cap. Yen. Sh&rajjinn. 
Adiantum lanulatum. Kallk’ha. Hind „ 
