392 ENUMERATION OF J_FiUc€S. 



(fide specim. ex Herb. Ind. Orient. Hook. f. et Thorns.). — c.p. 1361 

 (1108). 

 Hab. Newera Ellia, and otter more elevated parts of the Central 



Province. 



Son prope costulam siti. 



26. A. ocbthodes, Kze. 1. c. p. 282. — NepJirodium (Lasirea) och- 

 thodesy Hook. 1. c. p. 109 partim. A. glanduliferum^ Wall. Cat. n. 347. 

 —c.p. 975 (1362). ^ . 



Has. Not uncommon in forests of the Central Province. 



Very like A, tylodes, from which it is at once distinguished by the sori ^eing 

 situated nearer to the margin than to the costule of the pinna-lobes. 



* - 



27. A. spectabile, Blume, 1. c, p. 158. — NepJirodium (Lastrea) spec- 

 tahile, Hook. 1. c. p. 115, cum syn. — c.p. 3274. 



Hab. Higher forests of the Central Province. 



28. A. hirtipes, Blume, 1. c. p. 148. — NepJirodium (Lastrea) Jiirtipes, 

 Hook. I.e. p. 115, cum syn. Aspidmrn atratiim, Wall. Cat. n. 380. — 

 C.P. 1291 (1091). 



Hab. Common in the upper forests of the Central Province. 



29. A. Pilix-mas, Sw. (Willd. Sp. PI. v. p. 259.) — Nephr odium 



(Lastrea) Filix-mas, Eich. Var. /3, Hook. I. c. p. 116, cum syn. — c.p. 

 1364 (1092). . 



Hab. Newera Ellia and other of the most elevated parts of the Cen- 

 tral Province. 



30. A. concinnum, Thw.; catidice brevi ;y7'o??<:?/&M5lanceo]atis%^el tri- 

 angulari-lanceolatis, teneris, glabris, nitidis, cum stipite stramineo basi 

 paleaceo sequilonge bipedalibus ; pinnis lanceolatis, acuminatis ; pinnu- 

 ?;> trapezoideo-Ianceolatis, crenato-lobatis, lohis parce denticulatis, vents 

 paucis pauIo intra marginem terminantibus et ad apices soriferis; soris 

 parvis ; indusio glabro, rotundato. — c.p. 3798. 



Hab. Singhe-rajah Porest. 



^ Very similar in general appearance to some forms of Jspidhm sparsitm, Don, but 

 distinguished by its smaller sori, and these being much nearer to the margin of the 

 pinnule than in that species. [A. sparstim, Sp. ; A, purpurascens, BL, is very vari- 

 able, and some of my specimens have the sori very neai* the margins. — Hook.] 



31. A. Bparsum, Spr. Syst. iv. p. \0Q.— A. purpura scens, Blume, 

 I.e. p. 169. Nephrodium sparsum, Don, Proa. Fl. !Nep. p. 6. N* 

 (Lastrea) purpttrascens,^ Hook. I.e. p. 132, t. 262, cum syn. — c.p. 1375. 



Var. ^ \frondium pagina superiore nitida, pinnulis brevioribus, magis 

 deltoideis, soris margine propioribus ; indusio siccitate plicato. — Las- 

 trea sparsa, var. lata, Moore, MSS.— c.p. 1368, 1369? 1370, 3383. An 

 species distincta? 



Hab. Ycry abundant in the forests of the Central Province. 



An extremely variable species. 



32. A. divisnm, Wall. Cat. n. 293,— NepJirodium (Lastrea) divisum, 

 Hook. 1. c. p. 133, cum syn.— c.p. 3097. 



Hab. Forests at Eaxawa and Happootelle, in the Central Province, 



33. A. Bluxnei. — NepJirodium (Lastrea) Slumei, Hook. 1. c, p. 135, 

 cum syn.— c.p. 3059 (1280). 



Var. ? frondibus firmioribus, siccitate nigrescentibus, subtus minute 

 glanduloso-pilosis, nee paleaceis. — c.p. 3142. An species distincta? 



