Some Aspects of the Vegetation of Nepal

In this article the author simply catalogues the number of species of ferns collected by him after giving a short description of the geographical position and the climatic conditions of Nepal and the Kathmandu valley. The collections were made from the latter region only during class and private excursions. Some of these important places are Kakani, Sheopuri, Nagarkot, Sundarijal, Pharping, Godavari, Gokama, Gauchar, Chapagaon, Balaju, Nagaijun, Thankot, Chandragiri etc. Although these collections are mainly from the Kathmandu valley alone yet on comparison with the previous collections made by the earlier workers from the various parts of the country reveal that out of the sixty species of ferns collected by the present author thirty six have not so far been recorded.