FERNS OF CEYLON, 



The page numbers, after the names of the speci-es, refer to 

 latest edition of Hooker & Baker's Synopsis Filicum. 



ACROSTICHUM. r 



A. (Egenolfa) APPENDICULATUM, Willd. (p. 415). 

 Very common among stones, in th : e beds of Streams, in the 

 forests of the Central Province, up to an altitude of 5,000 feet- 



A. (Chrysodium) AURE ? UM, L. (p. 423). 



Very abundant in swamps about Galle and Columbo. 

 Widely distributed throughout the tropics. 



A. (Elaphoglossum) CONFORMS, tiw. (p. 401). 



Common in the forests of the Central Province, above an altr 

 tude of 4,000 feet, on rocks and trees. Widely distributed, and 

 has a long list of synonyms. 



A. (Chrysodium) LANCEOLATUM, 7/ofe&.;(p. 420). 



At Ramboclde and below Pittawella, on rocks, in river-beds, ; 



A. (Gymnopteris) QUERCIFOLIUM, Retz. (p. 418.) 

 Commoii in the Western Province, about Columbo, on road- 

 side banks. n 



A. (Steriochlsena) SCANDENS, /. 8m. (p. 412). 



Very common, climbing on trees, in the Western, Central 

 and Southern Provinces, up to an altitude of 2.500 feet; fruits 

 from August to October. 



