Southern India, including Concan, etc. 43 



Polypodium — continued. 



P. Zeylanicum, Mett. Hab. : Ceylon, common in the more 

 elevated parts of the Central Province. Thwaites. $. 



P. cucullatum, Nees. Hab. : Rhamboda, Ceylon ; higher forests of 

 the Central Province, not common. Thwaites. 



P. paiTulum, Bury. Hab. : Ceylon ; common on the trunks of 

 trees in the higher parts of the Central Province. — Thwaites. Ani- 

 malayas, on rocks ; banks of the Toracadu river, 4,500 feet elevation ; 

 Nilghiris, near Coonoor. Beddome. 



P. glandulosum, ^00/v. Hab.; Ceylon; Eambodde, in the Cen- 

 tral Province. Thwaites, 



P. obliquatum, Blume. Hab. : Ceylon ; very abundant on the 

 trunks of trees in the more elevated parts of the Central Province. 

 Shevagiri mountains, Malabar. 



P. repandulum, Mett. Hab. : Ceylon, Central Province. $. 



P. mmutum, Blume. Hab. : Ceylon. 



P. subfalcatum, Blume. Hab. : Ceylon, Animalaya hills. Bed- 

 dome. 



P. fuscatum, Bluiiie. Hab. : Ceylon. 



P. decorum. Brack. Hab. : Ceylon, Singhe-rajah forest, and in 

 the Hinidoon Pattoo. Thiuaites. 



P. (Niphobolus) adnascens, Sioz. Hab. : Ceylon, upon the 

 trunks of trees. — Thwaites. Madras, common in all the western 

 coast forests from the plains up to 5,000 feet. Concan. Hook. 

 Gard. Ferns, t. 19. 



P. (Niph.) acrostichoides, Forst. Hab. -. Cej'lon. 



P. (Niph.) Lingua, 6'«'s. Hab. : Ceylon ; not uncommon in the 

 warmer parts of the island, and up to an elevation of 3,000 feet.. 

 Thwaites. 



P. (Niph.) nummularisefolium, Mett. Hab. : Nilghiris ; common 

 in the lower forests of the Animalayas, Wynad, Kurg, &c. ; para- 

 sitic on trees. Beddome. 



P. (Niph.) fissum, -Ba/cer (P. porosum. Wall). Hab.: Ceylon; 

 forests of the Central Province, at no great elevation, not common. 

 — Thioaites. Nilghiris, abundant ; on all mountainous tracts on the 

 western side, from 1-8,000 feet. Beddome. 



P. (Niph.) Gardneri, Mett. Hab. : Ceylon, not uncommon. 

 Sook. Fil. Exot. t. 68. $. 



P. (Phymatodes) lineare, Thunh. (P. Wightianum, Wall. ; P. 

 loriforme. Wall.). Hab. : Ceylon, common in forests of the Central 

 Province. Common in the hiUy regions of the Madras Presidency. 

 Hook. Oard. Fe>-ns, t. 14. 



P. (Phym.) lanceolatum, Linn. (P. lepidotum, Willd.). Hab. : 

 Nilghiris, common in woods about Utacamund. Beddome. 



P. (Phym ) angustatum, Sicz. Hab. : Tranquebar ; Nilghiris, 

 very rare. Hook. Oard. Ferns, t. 20. 



P. (Phym.) membranaceum, Don. Hab. : Ceylon ; common on 

 the trunks of trees, &c., in damp forests of the Central Province. 

 — Thwaites. Nilghiris; on trees near Neddiwattan, Animalayas, 

 from 2,000 feet upwards. Wynad, Curg, South Canara ghats. 

 Beddome. 



P. (Phym.) heterocarpum, Blume. (non Mett.). Hab. : Ceylon. 



