22 FERNS OF CEYLON. 



LYGODIUM SCAJSTDENS, Sw. (p. 437). 



Very common in all *he low country, scrambling over low 

 shrubs. 



MARATTIA. 



M. FRAXINEA, 8m. (p. 440) M. sorbifolia, Bory.\ M. elegans, 

 Endl 



Not uncommon in the forests of the Central Province, above 

 an elevation of 5,000 feet, in the beds of streams. 



MENISCIUM. 



M. THWAITESII, Hk. (p. 391). 



Forests of Mat-ale, at an elevation of about 3,000 feet. Ter- 

 raneous. Peculiar to Ceylon. 



M. TRIPHYLLUM, &W. (p. 391). 



Forests of Matale and Suifragam, at an elevation of from 

 2,000 10 3,000 feet. Terraneous. 



MONOGRAMME. 



M. JUNGHUHNII, Hk. (p. 375) Diclidopteris angustissima, 

 Brack. ; Pleurogramme paradoxa, Fee. 



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

 Provinces, at an elevation of about 3,000 feet. 



NEPHRODIUM. 



N. AMBOINENSE, Presl. (p. 292). 



Small form, at Kitool Galla, Ambagamoa; large form, Amba- 

 wella and Oodapusselawa, at an elevation of about 5,000 feet. 

 Terraneous. 



N. ARBUSCULA, Desv. (p. 292) A. Hookeri, Wall. 

 Common in hill forests of the Central Province, at an eleva- 

 tion of from 3,000 to 5,000 feet. Terraneous. 



L. (Lastrea) BEDDOMEI, Baker (p. 267) Aspidium graciles- 

 cens, Thwaites. 



Very common, in swampy places, about Newera Ellia. 



