Southern India, including Concan, etc. 37 



Pteris — continued. 



Pt. longipinnula, Wall. Hab. : Madras, forests on the Travancore 

 hills. 



Pt. pellucens, Agardh. Hab. : Animalayas, 2,500 to 4,000 feet ; 

 Coimbatore hills ; Carcoor ghat, by no means common. Beddome. 



Pt. aquilina, Linn. Hab. : Mahabaleshwar, Concan, Nilghiris ; 

 all over the hilly portions of the west. 



Pt. biaurita, Linn. Hab. ; Concan, Nilghiris ; Ceylon, very 

 common in the Central Province. 



Pt. patens. Hook. Hab. : Ceylon ; forests of the Central Pro- 

 vince, not very uncommon. — Thwaites. New Carcoor ghat (Wynad), 

 abundant. Beddome. 



Pt. palmata, Willd. (Pt. pedata, Linn.). Hab. : Dindigal moun- 

 tains, Nilghiris. Hook. Fil. Exot. t. 34. 



Pt.incisa, Thunb. (Pt. aurita, BL). Hab.: Ceylon, not uncom- 

 mon in the Central Province. 



Pt. tripartita, Sioartz. Hab. . Ceylon, forests of the Central 

 Province ; not very common. Thioaites. 



Ceratopterls. 



0. thalictroides, Brogn. Hab. -. Ceylon, not uncommon on the 

 borders of streams and of paddy fields. — Thwaites. Common in 

 swampy places in the plains and subalpine jungles. 

 Komarla. 



L. Patersoni, Spreng. (L. elongata, Blume.). Hab. : Ceylon and 

 the Nilghiris ; very abundant on the Koondah mountains. Sisparah 

 ghat, all the ravines, above 4,000 feet elevation ; Animalayas. Bed- 

 dome. 

 Blectanum. 



B. orientale, Linn. Hab. : Ceylon, Madras ; common on the 

 Nilghiris, Animalayas, Pulneys, and Coimbatore hills; Beypore and 

 Calicut (Malabar plains). Beddome. 

 Doodla. 



D. dives, Kunze. Hab. : Ceylon, wood of the Central Province. 

 $. 

 Asplenlum. 



A. Nidus, i«»«. Hab. : Ceylon, very common. — Thwaites. J'oist 

 woods on the Animalayas, 3-4,000 feet elevation, very abundant. 

 Beddome, 



A. ensiforme. Wall. Hab. : Ceylon ; Eambodda, in the Central 

 Province. — Thwaites. Animalayas ; banks of the Toracadu river, 

 4,500 feet elevation, rare. Hook. ^ Or. Ic. Fil. t. 71. 



A. Trichomanes, Linn. Hab. : Kalhutty, on the Nilghiris, be- 

 tween 5-6,000 feet elevation. Beddome. 



A. normale, Don. (A. multijugum, Wall.). Hab. . Ceylon, 

 heights of Peradenia ; Nilghiris, and Animalayas, common on the 

 higher elevations. 



A. Wightianum, Wall. Hab. : Ceylon, common in the forests of 

 the Central Province ; Animalayas; Bolamputty valley, in the 

 Coimbatore hills ; Pulney mountains, on rocks and trees in moist 

 forests ; on the banks of rivers, 2-4000 feet elevation. Bed- 

 dome. 



