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ASPIDIUM ERIOCARPUM, Dec. (p. 280). Nephrodium odor- 

 atum, Bkr. 



A. MEMBRANACEUM, Hk. (p. 259). A. giganteum, var. 

 minor, Hook. ; A. divexum, Kze. 



Common in the Matale District, at about an altitude of from 

 1,000 to 1,500 feet. Terraneous. 



ASPLENIUM. 



A. AFFINE, Sw. (p. 215). A. spathulinum, J. Sm. 

 Common. 



A. (Atliyrium) ASPIDIOTDES, Schl. (p. 228) A. pectinatum, 

 Wall.; A. multisectum, Brack.; A. laxum, P. and R. 



About Newera Ellia, in forests, up to an altitude of 7,000 

 feet. Terraneous. In boggy places, at high elevations. Thwaites- 



A. (Diplazium) ASSI"MILE, EndL (p. 489; 229) A. umbfosum, 

 J ' . Sm., var, 



In the forests about Pittawella, Matale, at an altitude of about 

 2'000 feet. Terraneous. 



A. CAUDATUM, Forst. (p. 209) A. falcatum, Lam. (?). 

 Newera Ellia, and higher forests of the Central Province. 



A. ENSEFORME, Wall (p. 191) A. stenophyilum, Bed. (?). 

 About Newera Ellia, and Wattakelly Hill, above an altitude 

 of 5,000 feet; on rocks and trees. 



A. ERECTDM, Bory. (p. 202) A. lunulatum, Sw. 



Not uncommon in the higher forests of the Central Province. 



A. (Anisogonum) ESCULENTUM, Presl. (p. 244). 



Common in the Western and Central Provinces, up to an 

 altitude of 3,000 feel. Terraneous. Very common in the low 

 country, by riversides, and in cultivated ground. Thwaites. 



