FERNS OF CEYLON. 



NEPHRODIUM (Lastrea) BORYANUM, Baker (p. 284) N. divi- 

 sum, Hk. 



Forests of the Central Province, at an elevation of from 4,000 

 to 5,000 feet. Terraneous. 



N. (Lastrea) CALCARATUM, Hk. (p. 264) N. falcilobum,ZT&. 

 Very common, at all elevations up to 6,000 feet, iu the Cen- 

 tral, Southern and Western Provinces. Terraneous. 



N. (Sagenia) CICUTARIUM, Baker (p. 299) Aspidium lati- 

 folium, Presl. ; A. dilaceratum, Kze. 



Forests about Rambodde. Dies off during northeast mon- 

 soon. Terraneous. 



F. CUCULLATUM, Baker (p. 290) N. unitum,^&.; N. canes- 

 cens, Presl. 



Very common, on banks, roadsides and cultivated grounds, 

 in the Central Province and Ouvah, up. to an elevation of 5,000 feet. 



N. (Sagenia) DECURRENS, Baker (p. 299) Aspidium pteropus, 

 Kze. 



Damp places. A low-country fern, and up to about 2,000 

 feet. Thwaites. Terraneous. Dies off during the northeast 

 monsoon. Var. minor var. Thwaiiesii, of Kew Gardens, at 

 Peradeuiya Garden, is peculiar to Ceylon. 



A. (Lastrea) DEPARIOIDES, Hk. (p. 277). 



Low country forests; not common. Thwaites. Up to an 

 elevation of 1,000 feet. Terraneous. 



N. (Lastrea) DISSECTUM, Desv. (p. 282) N. membranifolium, 

 Presl. 



Hill forests. This plant is only distinguished foom N". 

 (Pleocnemia) giganteum by its venation. Thwaites. Not un- 

 common in the forests of the Central and Southern Provinces, at 

 an elevation of from 4.000 to 5,000 feet. Terraneous. 



N. EXTENSUM, Hook. (p. 289) Aspidium eonioneuron, Mett. 

 Forests Central Province; not common. Thwaites. Ter- 

 raneous. 



