Filices.'] CEYLON PLANTS. 385 



F 



24. A. aspidioides, Sclilcclit. (Hook. 1. c. p. 223, cum syu.)— c.P. 1346 



(1065). 

 Hab. Newera Ellia. Maturatte, etc. 



^ymn o ^ a mm oi de s 



c.v. 



1344, 1345 (1066-9). 

 Hab. Higher forests of tlie Central Province. 



Some forms of tliis plant approach ver}^ nearly J. aspidioides, 



26. A. australe. Brack. (Hook. I.e. p. 232, cum syn.)— c.p. 1347. 

 Hab. Damp shady forests in the Central Province. 



The more deltoid and flaccid fronds and their smaller ultimate divisions distinguish 

 this species from the preceding one. 



d. Biplazium, 



27. A. lanceum, Tlnmb. (Hook. 1. c. p. 335, cum syu.)— c.p. 1335. 

 Hab. Forests of the Central Province. 



28. A. Zeylanicum, Hook. 1. c. p. 237 ; 2nd Century of Ferns, 1. 16. 



—c.p. 3101 (1249). ,. ^. . ^ 



Hab. Forests of the Amliagamowa and Kotmahe Districts. 



A good species, and Ly uo means the young state of a more compound form. 



29. A. sylvaticum, Pr. (Hook. 1. c. p. 248, cum syn.)— .4. elatiim, 

 Mett. ; Hook. 1. c. p. 249. Dlplaziiun sylvaticum, Sw. ; Moore, 1. c. 



p. 339, cum syn. — c.p. 1349. ,0,1 -r. • 



Hab. Common in the forests of the Central and Southern Provmces. 



30. A. Tliwaitesii, A. Br. (Hook. I. c. p. 250, cum syn. ; 2nd Cen- 

 tury of Ferns, t. 45.) — c.p. 1343. 



Hab. Forests of the Central Province. 



31. A. Schkuhrii, Mett. (Hook. 1. c. p. 251, cum sjnj--l>lplaz!um 

 Schkuhni, L. Sra. ; Moore, 1. c. p. 337.— c.p. 3100 (1063, 1247). 



Hab. Ambagamowa and Saffragam Districts. 



In large specimens the lower pinnx are pinnated with their pinnules piunatifid. 



32. A. polypodioides, Mett. (Hook. 1. c. 257, cum syn.)-D>pl<^zmm 

 polypodioides, Blume ; Moore, 1. c. p. 334, cum syn.-c.p. 135^ l6oi, 



^Tai^^?;pS;-. mai?is acuminatis, ramo infenore venarum prima- 

 riarum a costa parum Si^i^utQ.-Biplazium dilatatam, vai . ^. mmm . 

 Moore, 1. c. p. 327.-C.P. 3332 (1245). An species distmcta? 

 Hab. Very abundant in damp forests ; var. ^, Ambagamowa. 



33. A. dilatatum, Hook. I.e. p. 258, cum syn.-c.P. 1350 (1060). 

 Hab. Very common in damp forests. 



e. Anisogonhtm 



CaUlptcris 



amUgua, Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 216, cum syn ,,.,^^, 



Hab. Commo^ on the shady banks of rivers and stieam.s. 



22. ALLANTODIA, Wall. 



1. A. Brunoniana, Wall. (Plant. As. ]?ar. p. 44, t. 52 ; Hook. Sp. Fil 



lii. p. 275, cum syu.)— c.p. 2543 (1057). ^ ^ 



