BOTANY OF THE CEYLON PATANAS. 861 
subcoriaceous. Common in sheltered localities below 4000 
ft. (781, 3800 ft.) 
ASPLENIUM NORMALE, D. Don. Baker, 197. 
Rhizome short; roots very numerous and fibrous; petiole 
and rhachis black, glossy, and wiry. (407, 2200 ft.) 
A. FALCATUM, Lam. Baker, 208. 
Rhizome superficial and stout; roots numerous, fibrous ; 
the more superficial ones covered with a dense brown pubes- 
cence; petiole and rhachis densely villous; pinne rigidly 
coriaceous, glabrous above, pubescent beneath. Common 
on rocks above 5000 ft. (268, 5800 ft.) 
NEPHRODIUM Beppomet, Baker. Baker, 267. 
Rhizome slender and superficial. Thicker parts of the 
roots densely pubescent, with short brown hairs. On rocks 
above 5000 ft. (226, 5800 ft.) 
NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA, Schott. Baker, 301. 
Rhizome woody and superficial. (406, 2200 ft.) 
PoLYPODIUM OBLIQUATUM, Blume. Baker, 328. 
Rhizome superficial; roots dense and wide-spreading. 
(618, 5600 ft.) 
P. REPANDULUM, Mett. Baker, 328. 
(890, 5600 ft.) 
P. Gardneri, Mett. Baker, 352. 
Rhizome superficial, covered by closely-set pales; leaves 
simple, thick, coriaceous, glabrous above, densely tomentose 
beneath, with strongly recurved margins. Common on rocks 
on the patanas at low elevations. (404, 2300 ft.) 
P. LINEARE, Thunb. Baker, 351. 
Rhizome superficial; leaves simple, glabrous, coriaceous 
with recurved margins. Common on rocks above 5000 ft. 
(228, 5800 ft.) 
P. rriripum, D. Don. Baker, 363. 
Rhizome superficial densely clothed with light brown 
pales; the superficial roots pubescent with short brown 
hairs. Common on rocks above 5000 ft. (272, 5800 ft.) 
P. NIGRESCENS, Blume. Baker, 364. 
Rhizome superficial, densely clothed with brown Dale: 
leaves subcoriaceous. (271, 5600 ft.) 
ANTROPHYUM PLANTAGINEUM, Kaulf. Baker, 393. 
Rhizome superficial; roots densely pubescent with short 
brown hairs; leaves simple. (620, 5600 ft.) 
