Contents: Foreword. Authors Foreword. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Phytogeography of Nepalese pteridophytes. 3. Pteridophyte collections from Nepal. 4. Classification used. 5. The present work. 6. Format of the taxonomic list. 7. List of Nepalese pteridophyte species. 8. Taxonomic accounts. 9. Fern-allies. 10. Eurosporangiates (Ophioglossaceae. Marattiaceae). 11. Leptosporangiates: (i) Osmundaceae. (ii) Plagiogyraceae. (iii) Lygodiaceae. (iv) Marsileaceae. (v) Salviniaceae. (vi) Gleicheniaceae. (vii) Dipteridaceae. (viii) Hymenophyllaceae. (ix) Cyatheaceae. (x) Dennstaedtiaceae. (xi) Lindsaeaceae. (xii) Pterdiaceae. (xiii) Vittariaceae. List of plates. Appendix: Athyrium setiferum. Index.