30 FERNS OF CEYLON. 



POLYPODIUM (Goniop^eris) PROLIFEKUM, Presl.\(p. 315). 

 Minnery, Eastern Province. Not common. 



P. (Phymatodes) PTEROPUS, Bl (p. 362) P.tridactylou, Wall 

 Mooroota, Ambegamoa. Grows in water. 



P. (Phegopteris) PUNCTATUM, Thunb. (p. 312) P. rugulosum, 

 Labill. 



Common about Newera Ellia, in the forests and shady places. 



Terraneous. 



P. (Drynaria) QUERCIFOLIUM, Linn. (p. 367). 

 Extremely abundant, on rocks and trees, in the Western, 

 Central and Southern Provinces, at all elevations up to 3,000 feet. 



P. REPANDULUM. Mett. (p. 328) P. obliquatum, Hook. 

 ID the forests about Rambodde, and in the Mooroowa Coole, 

 on trees. Not common; peculiar to Ceylon. 



P. (Phegopteris) RTJFESCENS, Blume. (p. 309). 

 Sot uncommon in the forests of the Central Province, at an 

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



P. TIIWAITESII, Bedd. (p. 508). 



" Forests about Dick ova, on trees. Not common. Peculiar to 

 Ceylon. Smells like rhubarb when dried. 



P. (Phymatodes) TRIFIDUM, Don. (p. 363) P. oxylobum, Wall. 



Common, on rocks and trees, in the forests about Newera 



Ellia and Oodapusselava. Dies off during northeast monsoon. 



P. (Goniopteris) UROPHYLLUM, Wall. (p. 314) P. Kennedyi, 

 F. Muell. 



Oodawella forest; terraneous; uncommon. "At Oodawella, 

 near Kandy, and that was being cleared for planting coffee; the 

 species is probably now extinct in Ceylon." Thwaites. 



P. ZEYLA^ICUM, Mett. (p. 321). 



Common in the forests about Newera Ellia, on rocks and 

 trees. Peculiar to Ceylon. 



