14 FERNS OF CEYLON. 



ASPLENIUM (Diplazium) SCHKUHRII, Thw. 



Formerly included nnder Japonicum. Woods of the Central 

 Province. Not common .-^Thwaites. Peculiar to Ceylon. 

 



A. (Anisog.) SMITHIANUM, Baker (p. 245). 



In the forests of Oodawella and East Matale, at an altitude 

 of 3,000 feet. Terraneous. 4> Only found in Ceylon, and is rare 

 there. It is only distinguished from A. latifolium by its vena- 

 tion." Thwaites. 



A. (Diplazium) SYLVATICUM, Presl. (p. 232). 



In damp forests, at no great elevation. Thwaites. Terraneous. 



A TENERUM, Forst. (p. 201) A. elongatum, Sw. 

 East Matale, Oodawella; on rocks. Not common. 



A. TENUIFOLIDM, Don. (p. 220) A. coucinnum, Wall. 

 On rocks, in the beds of streams, at Newera Ellia. Rare. 

 Dies off during the southwest monsoon. 



A. (Diplazium) THWAITESII, A. Br. (p. 235). 

 In the forests about Newera Ellia. Terraneous. "Woods, 

 2,000 feet and upwards." Thwaites. 



A. VARIANS, Hk. and Or. (p. 216). 



Abundant under rocks and large stones, Mattoorattoo, Amba- 

 wella, Rambodde, at an altitude of from 3,000 to 5,000 feet. 



A. VULCANICUM, Bl. (p. 201) A. heterodon, 

 Forests of the Central Province, above an altitude of 2,000 

 feet. Not common. 



A. WIGHTIANUM, Wall (p. 199) A. longipes, Fee. 

 Forests of the Central Province, above an altitude of 2,000 

 feet. Not common. 



A. ZENKERIANUM, Kze. (p. 484). 



Common, on rocks, about Newera Ellia, and in the forests, 

 above an altitude of 5,000 feet. In former catalogues, A. persici- 

 folium, /. Sm. 



