Fdices.'] CEYLOiV plants. :3G5 



syn.)— P. loi^forme. Wall. ; Hook. I.e. v, p. 57. Pleopeltis nuda. Hook. 

 Ex. FL t. 63.— c.p. 1295 (1139). 

 Hab. Common in forests of the Central Province. 



13. P- tridactylon, Wall. (Hook, and Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 209 ; Hook. 

 Sp. Fil. 1. c. V. p. 75 ; Beuth. 1. c.)— c.p. 1301. 



Hab. Muruta, Gardner; Ambagamowa District, at no great eleva- 

 tion. 



14. P- tnembranaceum^ Don, Prod. Fl. Nep. p. 2 ; Hook. 1. c. v. 



p. 1^.~ Pleopeltis, Moore.— c.p. 1298 (1145). 



Hab. Common on the trunks of trees, etc., in damp forests of the 

 Central Province- 



15. P- nigrescens, Blume, En. Fil. Jav, p. 120 ; Hook, Fil. Exot. 

 t. 22; Hook. I.e. v. p. 81. — Phymatodes saccata, J. Sm. Cat. Cult. 

 Ferns, p. 9.— c.p. 1296 (1144). 



Hab. Common in forests of the Central Province. 



16. P. Phymatodes, Linn. (Willd. ; Hook. 1. c. v. p. 82 ; Blume, 1. c. 

 p. 125).— c.p. 1297. 



Hab. Common in the warmer parts of the island. 



17. P- oxylobum, Wall. Cat. ; Hook. 1. c. v. p. 77. — Pliymatodes 

 hastata, Moore ; P. longipes, J. Sm. 1. c. — An Polypod. Jtastatum, 

 Thunb. (P. Cyrtoloma, Wall Cat.) forma?.— c.p. 3291 (1143). 



Hab. More elevated parts of the Central Province. 



18. P. irioides, Poir. (Spreng. Syst. iv- p. 48 ; Hook. 1. e. v. p. 67- 

 c.p. 3799. 



Hab. Ettangwelle and Halgodde Pass, Matelle East. 



d, Drynaria, 



19. P. quercifolium, Linn. (Hook. 1. c. v. p. 96). — Drynaria qitercU 



folia, Bory. Phymatodes quercJfoUa, Pr.— c.p. 3265 (1142)- 



Hab. Very abundant upon old trees in the warmer parts of the 

 island. 



e. Nip/foboins, 



20. P. Gardnerf, Mett. Polyp, p. 129; (Hook. I. c. v. p. 51.) 

 c.p. 988 (1154). ^i F V 



Hab. Not uncommon. 



R/dzoma, cum stlpitiiin Lasi, paleid firmis erectis laoceolatis fusco-nigris marginc 

 iiuvis tectum. 



21. P. porosnm, Wall. Cat. n. 260 ; Hook. 1. c. v. p. ^iS.—NipJiobolus 

 po)^sits, Pr.--c.p. 3104 (1226). 



Hab. Forests of the Central Province, at no great elevation, not 

 common. 



22. P. Lingua, Sw. (Willd. Sp. PL v. p. 162 ; Hook. 1. c. v. p. 49.) 

 ^crosticJium Lingua, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 330, t. 33.— c.p. 1294. 



Hab. Not uncommon in the warmer parts of the island, and up to an 

 elevation of 3000 feet. 



-3. P. aduasceus, Sw. ; Willd. 1. c. p. 1 45 ; Hook. 1. c. v. p. 47 ; 



■oenth. Fl. Hongk. p. 458, cum syn. — P.pertusum, Koxb. ; Hook. Ex. 



