'390 ENTTMEEATION OF IFiUcCS. 



Hab. Common in tlie forests of the Central Province. 



2. A. aculeatum^ Sw. (Hook. 1. c. p. 18, cum syn.) — c.p. 1367, 3503 

 (1100, IlOl), 



Hab. More elevated parts of the Central Province. 



3. A. biaristatum, Blume. (Hoot. L c. p. 29.)— c.p. 3275 (1102). 

 Hab, Maturatte, with A. aculeatum, of wh-icli I suspect it "will prove 



to be merely a variety, 



4. A. amabile, Blume. (Hook. 1. c. p. 25, t. 225, cum syn.) — c.t. 3287. 

 Hab. More elevated parts of the Central Province. ^ 



Ar 



" c.p. 



3286, formam Fohjpod. Wall-erce, Hook.) — c.p. 3501. 



Hab. Horton Plains and Happootelle, at an elevation of 5000 to 6000 

 feet. 



6. A. aristatum, Sw.^ (Hook. 1. c. p. 27.)— c.p. 1373, 3384 (1098). 

 Hab. Very common in the Central Province. 



b. Euaspidkim, 



7. A. pteropus, Kze. (Hook, I.e. p. 47, cum syn.)— c.p. 1355 (1088). 

 Hab. Common in damp forests. 



8. A. cicutarimn, Sw. (Hook. 1. c. p. 48, cum syn.)— C.P. 1356. 

 Var. ^ ; frondibtcs firmioribus, siccitate nitidis, venulis margini frondis 



non vel rarius attingentibus.— c.p. 3331. An species distlncta ? 



Hab. Central Province, not imcommon. Yar. )3 near Badulla, Mr. 

 OndaatcJd; near Galle. 



9. A. giganteum Blume (Hook. I.e. p. 50, cum syn.)— c.p. 1357 

 (1111), ^ - ^ ' ^ ^ 



Var. /3? miiwr, Hook. 1, c— c.p. 1358. An species distincta? 

 Hab. Very abundant in the Central Province. Var. ^ ? in the Doom- 

 bera district, at no great elevation. 



The fronds of var. jS ? are much smaller, more deeply loLed, and of much more 

 delicate texture than those of the ordinary form. 



•10. A. membranifoUum,Mett.Aspid.p,113.— iV^ep7/?'0C?mm (Lastrea) 

 membramfolium, Pr. ; Hook. 1. c, p. 131, t. 261, cum syn. An A. 

 Gardnerianum, Mett. ?— c.p. 30G1, 3096 (1258). 



Hab. Common in forests of the Central Province. 



There would seem to be little, except the difference in the venation, to distinguish 

 the present species from J. gi^anieum. When growing together, the two plants 

 look precisely alike, when seen from some little distance. 



11. A. subtriphyllum, Hook. I.e. p. 52, cum svn.— C.P. 1300. 

 Hab. Forests of All " " "" " " - - . 



12. A. polsrmorphum^ Wall. (Hook. 1, c. p. 54, cnm syn.)— c.p. 1354 

 (1096). ^ k; y J f 



Hab, Common in the Central Province. 



c. Pleocnemia^ 



13. A. Otaria, Xze. (Mett. Asp. p. di.)—Nej)hrodium (Pleocnemia) 

 aristatiwi, Hook. 1. c. p. 62, t. 238, cum syn. Anisocampium Cumingi' 



anum, Pr. Epim. Bot. p. 58.— c.p. 1299. 



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