16 FERNS OF CEYLON. 



CHEILANTHES THWAITESII, Kulin.,Hett.\ (p. 475). 

 Kuruuagalla and Kallupahane. 



CYATHEA. 



C. HOOKERI, Thwaites (p. 16). 



Small tree fern, from five to seven feet high. Forests of the 

 Southern Province. Of this peculiar species, Dr. Thwaites says: 

 "Low country forests, very rare, and scarcely ever found in fruit. 

 I only found it once, a single tree with barren fronds only." 



C. SINUATA, Hk. and Gr. (p. 16). 



Small tree fern, from three to five feet high. Forests of the 

 Southern Province. Rare. Peculiar to Ceylon. An elegant 

 and graceful plant, with simple fronds. 



DAVALLIA. 



D. (Leucostegia) AFFINIS, Hook. (p. 92) D. hymenophyt- 

 loides, HI. 



On rocks and trees, in the forests of the Central and Southern 

 Provinces. Common at an elevation of from 8,000 to 4,000 feet. 

 Common in mountain forests. Thwaites, 



D. BDLLATA, Wall. (p. 97). 



On trees, at Dooroomadella and Matale West, at an elevation 

 of from 2,000 to 3,000 feet. 



D. CH^ROPHYLLA, Wall (p. 92) D. pulchra, Don. 

 Rocky forests ; rare and local. Thwaites. At an elevation 

 of from 3,000 to 5,000 feel ; on rocks. 



D. (Prosaptia) CONTTGUA, Sw. (p. 94) D. Preslii, Hook. 

 Common on rocks and trees, in the forests of the Central 

 Province, above an altitude of 5,000 feet. 



D. ELEGANS, Sw. (p. 95) D. vogelii, Hk.', D.elata, Sw. 

 On rocks, at Vicarton and East Matale, at an altitdude of 

 from 2,000 to 3,000 feet. 



