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DavaUia — continued. 



D.(Micro.) strigoaa, 8wz. (D. Khasyana, Hook.). Hab. : Ceylon, 

 common in the forests of the Central Province. — Tliivaites. Cho- 

 kampatty hills (Tinnavelly district), at an elevation of 5,000 feet. 

 Beddome. 



D. (Micro.) platyphylla, Don. (D. lonchitidea, Wall.). Hab. : 

 Madras, Ceylon ; Rambodde, in the Central Province. Thwaites ; 

 Hook. Fil. Exot. t. 19. 



D. TMicro.^ Thwaitesii, Baker. Hab. : Ceylon. $. 



D. (Micro.) insequalis, Kunze. Hab. ; Ceylon. TTiwaite.s. 



D. (Micro.) hirta, Kaulf. Hab. : Ceylon ; forests of the Central 

 Province, common. 



D. (Micro.) Speluncse, 5a/cer (D. polypodioides, JJbo/i;.). Hab.: 

 Ceylon ; very abundant in the Southern and Central Provinces. 

 ■ — Thwaites. Madras; Nilghiris, common; Davie Shola, and in 

 ravines on Dodabett, Coonoor, ravines on the Ghat, Animalayas, 

 Pulneys, Travancore hills. Beddome. 



D. (Stenoloma) tenuifolia, Swz. Hab. : Ceylon ; very abundant. 

 Madras; Coonoor, very common ; Coimbatore hills, at an elevatiou 

 of 3,000 feet only. Animalayas, Kurg. Beddome. 



Xilndsaya. 



L. cultrata, Swz. Hab. : Nilghiris, very common on the banks 

 of streams. Ceylon, abundant in the more elevated parts of the 

 Central Province. Hooh. &,• Or. Ic. Fil. t. 144; Fil. Exot. 67. 



L. flabellulata. Dry. Hab. : Ceylon, forests of the Central Pro- 

 vince. — Thwaites, (L. tenera, Dry.) Travancore hills, a rare fern. 

 Beddome. 



L. trapeziformis, Di-y. (L. caudata, B[ook.). Hab. : Ceylon ; 

 Adam's Peak, forests of the Central Province, not imcommon. 

 Thwaites ; Hook. Cent. Ferns, t. 58. 



L. WalkersE, Hook. Hab. : Ceylon ; svrampy grassy places in 

 the SafFragam district. Thwaites. 



L. nitens, B. (L. recurvata. Watt.). Hab. : Nilghiris. Ceylon, 

 up to 5,000 feet ; very common in the forests of the Central Pro- 

 vmces. Bolampatty valley, Coimbatore hills. Beddome. 



L. ensifolia, Sivz. Hab. : Ceylon, common in the vrarmer parts 

 of the island. — Thwaites. Foot of the Sisparah and Carcoor ghats 

 in Malabar. Beddome; Hook. Oard. Ferns, t. Q'i . 



L. heterophylla. Dry. Hab. : Ceylon. A'ilghiris, Bolampatty 

 valley; Coimbatore hUls, rare. Shiwari hills ; ravines on the green 

 hills. Beddome. 



Adlantam. 



A. lunulatum, Burm. Hab. : very common throughout the 

 Madras Presidency ; low mountainous tracts on the eastern side, 

 and from the sea-level up to about 4,000 feet on the western side. 

 — Beddome. Ceylon, hotter parts of the island. Thwaites. 



A. caudatum, Linn. Hab. : Malabar, Nilghiris, Ceylon ; very 

 abundant in the warmer parts of the island. Oova and Doombera 

 districts. Tliwaites. 



A. Capillus-veneris, Linn. Hab. : Ceylon. Oova and Doombera 

 districts.— =2%roai)!cs. Nilghiris, rare. Coimbatore plains, banks of 

 a river. Beddome. 



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