396 



ENUMEEATION OF [FllfCeS. 



ri t.l62. Niphobolus adnescens.Kanlt N. camosus, Bl. N.pertusus, 



Spr.— c.p. 993, 3293 (1153). 



Hab. Very common upon tlie trunks of treea- 



[N.B, P. acrosfichoides, Svv. Hook. 1. c. v. p .44, is considered a native of Ceylon, 

 on the authority of a specimen from Gardner^ 



34. DIACALPE, Blume. 

 1. D. aspidioides, Blume. (Hook. Sp. Fil. i. p. 59, cum syii.)— CP 



0909 



""Hab. "Elack Pool " in Newera Ellia, Dp. E. Bradford. 



35, CYATHEA, Svr. 



1. C. sinnata, Hook, et Grey. le. Fll. t. 2 ; Hook. Sp. Fil. i. p. 15 ; 



Gard. Ferns, t. 21.— c.p. 3052. 



Hab. Forests in tbe Kokoole and Hinidoon Corles, at no great ele- 

 vation ; most abundant in the Singhe-rajah Forest. 



2. C. Hookeri, Thw. ; caudice elongato ; stipUlhus basi parce muri- 

 catis et paleis rigidiusculis setoso-acuminatis ri\^xmi\^\frondibus anguste 

 lanceolatis, acuminatis, pinnatis, apjce pinnatifidis ; pinnis VdwceoVaii^ 

 subintegris vel crenato-Iobatis, basi latiorlbus truncatisque, brevipe- 

 tiolatisj superioribus sossilibuSj inferioribus gradatim minoribus, subtu3 

 ad costam paroe paleaceisj ve7iis simplice pinnatis, ramis inferioribus 

 supra sinum terminantibus, prope basin soriferis ; indusio globoso, ir- 

 regulariter fisso. — c.p. 3722. 



Hab. Singbe-rajah Forest. 



Caudex circiter \\ poll, in diara., basibus nigris frondium delapsarum tectus. 

 Frondes 3-pedales vel ultra, circiter 6 poll, latse. [A small, for an arborescent 

 Fern, but a very distinct species, now happily in cultivation at Kew, — Hook.J 



3. C. Walkerae, Hook.*l. c. p. 24 ; Hook. Ic. Plant, vii. t. 617.— c.p. 

 1398, 1399 (1054, 1400).— Forma indusiis majoribus, subregularibus.— 



Hab. Common in the Central Province, up to an elevation of 6000 

 feet. 



Varies greatly in the more or less coriaceous texture of its fronds, and lu tie 

 amount of development of the indusium, which is sometimes hardly to be detected. 

 This species seems to be very closely alhed indeed to C, spintdosa^ Wall. 



36. ALSOPHILA, E. Br. 



Wall. (Hook. Sd. FiL i. p. I 



c.p. 



1403. , 



Hab. Not uncommon in the Central and Southern Provinces, tip to 



an elevation of 4000 feet. 



2. A. crinita, Hook. I.e. p. 54; Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 671.— c.p. 1401. 

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

 tral Province. 



