Southern India, including Concan, etc. 33 



3. SOUTHERN INDIA (INCLUDING CONCAN, DEC- 

 CAN, ORISSA, UP TO THE 20° OF N. LAT. 

 CETLON). 



Gleicbenia. 



G. dichotoma, IVilld. Hab. : Malabar coast, with rigid fronds. 

 NUgbiris, Concan, Canara ; very common from the sea^level on the 

 ■western coast to the tops of the highest mountains ; ravines on the 

 North Arcot hills. Beddome. 

 Cyatbea. 



0. sinuata, Hooh. 8^ Or. Hab. : wooded mountains, Ceylon ; 

 forests in the Kokooles and Hinidoon Corles, at no great elevation ; 

 most abundant in the Singbe-rajah forest ; a native only of Ceylon. 

 Hook. Sf Gr. Ic. Fil. t. 106 ; Hooh. Gard. Ferns, t. 21. $. 



C. Hookeri, Thw. Hab. : forest of Singhe-rajah, Ceylon. $. 



C. spinulosa, Wall. Hab. : Madras, Shevaghiri hills. 

 Hemltella. 



H. (Amphiooamia) "Walkerae, Hook. Hab. : Ceylon ; common 

 in the Central Province, Adam's Peak, to an alt. of 6,000 feet. $. 

 Ailsoptaila. 



A. crinita. Hook. Hab. : Nilghiris, a ravine on the road from 

 Ootaeamund to the Davie Shola; Sisparab ghat, common; higher 

 ranges of Animalayas (Malabar) ; Ceylon, Newera Ellia, and other 

 of the more elevated parts of the Central Province. 



A. glabra, Honk. (A gigantea, Wall.). Hab. ; Ceylon ; not un- 

 common in the Central and Southern Provinces, up to an elevation 

 of 4,000 feet. — Thwaites. Malabar, Wynad, Animalayas ; Kurg, up 

 to 4,000 feet elevation. Beddome. 



A. latebrosa. Hook. Hab. ; Nilghiris, Pulneys, Animalayas, 

 Kurg, Shiwaris. The common Tree-Fern. Beddome. 

 Slacalpe. 



D. aspidioides, Bl. Hab. : Ceylon. Black Pool in Newera Ellia. 

 Thioaites. 



Spbseropterls. 



S. barbata. Wall. Hab. : western ghats of the Nilghiris ; rare. 

 Slcksonla. 



D. scabra, Wall. (D. deltoidea, Hook.). Hab.: Ceylon, most 

 elevated parts of the Central Province. 

 Hymenopbyllum. 



H. corticola. Hook. Hab. : Ceylon, on trees ; Ambagamowa dis- 

 drict. $. 



H. exsertum. Wall. Hab. : Ceylon ; very common in the upper 

 forests of the Central Province. — Thioaites. In Malabar, common on 

 trees and moist rocks on the higher ranges of the Nilghiris, Anima- 

 layas and Pulneys. Beddome. 



H. polyanthos, Swartz. Hab. : Ceylon ; upper forests of ^ the 

 Central Province. Thwaites. 



H. Javanicum, Spreng. (H. crispatum. Watt.). Hab. : Ceylon ; 

 very abundant in the forests of the Central and Southern Provinces.— 



