■Filices.'] CEYLON plants, 381 



f. Gymno])teris, 



10. A. decurrens, Hook. Fil. Exot. t. 94; Hook. Sp. FiL 1. c. v- 



ined. ; Benth. 1. c. p. 443, 

 ^ormd. fronde simplice.— c.p. 1316, 1317 (1157, 1135). 



~Fovxn.difro7ide piiinatifida. — c.p, 1318. 



Hab. Very abundant in damp forests. 



11. A. quercifolium, Eetz. (Willd. L c. p. 112, cum syn. ; Hook. 1. c. 

 V. ined.) — Gymnopieris quereifoUaf Bentli. ; Hook. Ic. PL x. t. 905, cum 

 syn.— c.p. 1319 (1170). 



Hab. Shady banks in the warmer parts of the island. 



g. Ht/menol epis , 



12. A. spicatum, Linn. f. (Hook. 1. c. v. ined.)— HT/menolepis sptcafa, 

 Presl. H, ophioqlossoides, Kaulf. Lomaria spicata, Willd. 1. c. p. 289. 



c.p. 1303 (1135). 



Hab. Forests of the Central Province, not uncommon. 



12. DHYMOGLOSSUM, Presl. 



1. D. piloseUoides, Presl, Tent. 227. t. 10, ff. 5, 6 ; Hook. 1. c. v 

 ined. ; Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 343, cum syn.— c.p. 3076 (1156). 

 Hab. Common on the trunks of trees. 



13. VITTARIA, Sm. 



1. V. scolopendrina, Schk.— F^"«ar^a Zeylanica, Fee, and Hook. 

 Sp. Fil. V. ined. Tmniopsis scolopendrina, J. Sm. in Hook. Journ. of Bot. 

 iv. (1842) p. 67. Pteris scolopendrina, Sw.; Bory ; Willd. Sp. PI. v. 

 p. 356.— c.p. 1304 (1231). 



Hab, Forests of the Central Province. 



2. V. lineata, Sw. (Willd. 1. c. p. 404 ; Hook. 1. c. V. ined.)— Ife-Kj- 

 opsis lineata, J. Sm. 1. c. — c.p. 281 (1136). 



Hab. Common in the Central Province. 



14, LOMABIA, WUld. 



1. L. elon^ata, Blume (Hook. Sp. Fil.iii. p. 3, cum syn.)— c.p. 1333 

 (1158). 

 Hab. More elevated parts of the Central Provmce. 



15. BLECHNUM, Linn. 



1. B. orientale, Linn. (Hook. Sp. Fil. iii. p. 52, cum syn.)— c.p. 977 

 (1085). 

 Hab. Very common on moist banks. 



16. VAGINULARIA, Fee. 



Monogramme, Hook. Sp. Fil. v. p. 123, 



t. 288. B.— c.p. 1281.' 

 Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 to 5000 feet, not very 



common. 



