( 50 ) 
16. St. tufted, naked or furfuraceous ; fr. 24 in 1 . or more 
12-18 inbr. Subdigitatum 
Coniifolium Wall. 
(Tubers in axils of pin., fr. larger than last; probably a 
Leucostegia. 
Loc. 7—8000 ft. Nepal. Sikkim. Bedd. F. B. I. 229. 
f f Veins forming regular ample areolae, each with a dis- 
tinct free included veinlet, sori terminal on latter. (Gouioplde- 
bium.) 
f Under surface not at all, or slightly, scaty. 
Fr. pinnatifid. 
17. Iihiz. fibrillose ; lowest pin. deflexed. Amcenum. 
Loc. 6 to 10,000 ft. Dalhousie. Simla to Kumaon. Nepal. 
Khasia. Bhotan. Common, on trees and rocky banks. Bedd. F. B. 
I., 5. 
Frond pinnate. Sori and areohe uniserial. 
18. Fr. flaccid ; pin. close dilated and casually confluent at 
base, slightly toothed, spreading ; text, papyr. herb, rach polished ; 
rhiz. densely (black bristly) scaly. lachnopus. 
Loc. 4 — 6000, ft. Khasia. 9 — 11,000 ft. Sikkim. Nepal. 
Kumaon to Simla; generally cn rock. 
Sori near midrib. 
19. Fr. obi. delt. caudate; pin. obscurely repand, blunt, 
adnate, lowest narrowed at base ; text, subcoriaceous ; rach. pilose 
below; veins raised, distinct to edge; rhiz. thick glaucous. 
crythrocarpum. 
Loc. Sikkim. 8 — 11,000 ft. Bedd F. B. I. 382. 
20. Fr. lane. pin. patent, incisocrenate, lowest slightly nar- 
rowed at base: text, membr.; sori crowded, rhiz. very slender 
Hevdcrsoni. 
Loc. Sikkim. 10—11,000 ft. Bedd F. B. I. 383. 
21 . Fr. lane : pin. lane, patent acute, and, except lowest, dila- 
ted at base: text. mod. firm : rhiz. thick firm : st. lower side cast- 
aneous. microrhizoma. 
Loc. Sikkim, temp, region, Bedd F. B. I. 383. 
