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LINDSAYA (Schizoloma) LANCEOLATA, Lab. (p;112) L. ensi- 

 folia, Swtz. \ L. agatii, Brack.; L. Griffithianum, Rk.-L. penta- 

 phyllum, Hk. 



At low elevations, in the Central and Southern Provinces. 

 Common ; terraneous. 



L. (Synaphlebium) LOBATA, Poir. (p. Ill) L. recurvata, 

 Wall. ; L. propinqua, and obtusa, Hook.; L. nitens, Bl. 



Common in the forests of the Central Province, above an 

 elevation of 2,000 feet. Terraneous Damp gullies in the hills. 

 Thvvaites. 



L. TRAPEZIFORMIS, Dry. (p. 107). 



Has a number of synonyms. Common in the woods. 

 Thwaites. Very abundant in some forests of the Southern Prov- 

 ince; also on the Peacock. Terraneous. 



L. (Isoloma) Walker*. Ilk. (p. 109). 



In swamps in the Hinidoon Corle; also on the Island of 

 Banca, east of Sumatra. 



LOMARIA. 



L. PATERSONI, Spr. (p. 174) L. elongsita, Bl, L. Colensoi, Hk. 

 Common in the forests of the Central Province. Terraneous. 



LYGODIUM. 



L. DICHOTOMUM, Sw. (p. 437) L. circinatumand pedatum, Sw. 



Not uncommon. Climbing on trees, in the forests and chevas 

 of the Western, Central and Southern Provinces, up to an eleva- 

 tion of 2,000 feet. 



L. JAPONICUM, /Sw. (p. 439). 



"A Catalogue of the Ferns Indigenous to Ceylon" places this 

 as a synonym of L. pinnatifidum. 



L. FINN. \TIFIDUM, Sic. (p. 438) L. flexuosum, Sw. 

 Common about Colombo, scrambling over hedges and low 

 shrubs. 



