FERNS OF CEYLON. 05 



NEPHRODIUM POLYMOKPHUM, Baker (p. 297) Aspidium 

 grand i folium, Men. 



Not uncommon in the forests of the Central and Southern 

 Provinces, at an elevation of from 2,000 to 5,000 feet, among rocks. 



N. (Lastrea) PROLIXUM, Baker (p. 268) !N. ochthades, Hk. ; 

 N". appendiculatum, Hk. 



Common in the higher forests of the Central Province. Ter- 

 raneous. 



N. PTEROIDES, J. Sm. (p. 289) N". terminals, Hook. 

 Common in the low country. Thwaites. In the forests of 

 the Central Province, below an elevation. of 3,000 feet. Terraneous. 



N. (Lastrea) RECEDENS, Hk. (p. 281). 



Central Province; common in the woods. Thwaites. At 

 an elevation of from 2,000 to 5,000 feet. Terraneous. 



N. (Lastrea) SETIGERUM, Baker (p. 284) N. tenericaule, Hk.; 

 Aspidium uliginosum, Kze. 



Common in the Central Province, in shady places, at an 

 elevation of from 1,500 to 3,000 feet. Terraneous. " 



N. (Sagenia) SIMULANS, Baker (p. 300) Sagenia Thwaitesii 

 Bedd. 



Forests about Galle, Southern Province. Terraneous. Peculiar 

 to Ceylon. 



N. (Lastrea) SPARSUM, Don. (p. 276 and 498) N. purpuras- 

 cens, Hk. 



Abundant in the forests of the Central and Southern Prov- 

 inces, above an elevation of 3,000 feet. 



"K SPARSUM, var. obtusissima, Hk. 



The commonest form in the higher forests." Thwaites. 



N. (Sagenia) SUBTRIPHYLLUM, Baker. 



Forests of the Central Province; not common. Thwaites. 

 At low elevations about Kurunugalla and Rattotta. Terraneous. 



