44 Geographical Handbook of F.rns. 



Polypodium — continued. 



P. (Phym.) irioides, Lam. Hab. : Ceylon, Ettangwelle and 

 Halgodde Pasa, Matelle East. — TJnvaites. Nilghiris, Animalayaa; 

 Coimbatore hills, on trees in moist woods. Beddome. 



P. (Phym.) hemionitideum, Wall. Hab.: Nilghiris; Sampajee 

 ^hat (Kurg), four miles down from Mercara, in ravines, gTowing 

 on rocks. Beddome. 



P. (Phym.) pteropus, Blmne. (P. tridactylon, Wall). Hab. : 

 Ceylon, Muruta ; Ambagamowa district, at no great elevation. 

 — Thwaites. Animalayas, growing on rocks under water; very 

 abundant in rivers ; Nilghiris. 



P. (Phym.) trifidum, Don. (P.oxylobum, Wall). Hab.: Ceylon, 

 more elevated parts of the Central Province. Nilghiris ; on trees 

 about Neddiwattan. Animalayas, 4,000 feet and upwards. 



P. (Phym.) phymatodes, Linn. Hab. : Ceylon, common in the 

 warmer parts of the island. Malabar, at no great elevation. 



P. (Phym.) nigrescens, Blume. Hab. : Ceylon, common in 

 forests of the Central Province. Thwaites ; Hook. Fil. Exot. t. 22. 



P. (Phym.) longissimum, Blume. Hab. ; Nilghiris ; Bolam- 

 putty valley, in the Coimbatore hills ; banks of the Pambar. Foot 

 of Carcoor ghat. Wynad. Beddome. 



P. (Drynaria) quercifolium, Linn. Hab. : Ceylon, verv abun- 

 dant upon old trees in the warmer parts of the island. — Thwaites. 

 Very common on the western side of the Madras Presidency, from 

 the plains up to 4,000 feet, growing on trees and rocks. Beddome. 



P. (Dry.) Linnffii, i?or</. Hab.: Ceylon. 



P. (Phym.) leiorhizon, Wall. Hab. : Animalayas, on the Kooch 

 Mallay, 4,300 feet elevation. Beddome. 



Ittonogramme. 



M. .Junghuhnii, Hook. Hab. : Ceylon, Central Province, at an 

 elevation of 3-5,000 feet ; not very common. Thwaites. 



Gymnogramme. 



G. (Leptogramme) Totta, Schlecht. (G. Lowei, Hook. 8f Or. Ic. 

 Fil. t. 89). Hab. : Ceylon ; common in the more elevated parts of 

 the Central Province. Nilghiris ; very common about Utacamund. 

 Pulney hills. 



G. (Stegnogramme) aspidioides, Hook, (non Kaulf.). Hab. : 

 Ceylon. 



G. Javanica, Blume. (G. serrulata, Blume.). Hab. : Ceylon, Hor- 

 ton Plains, and Maturatte district, at an elevation of 4-5,000 feet. 

 Thwaites. 



G. leptophylla, -Des«. Hab.; Nilghiris, on rocks between Utaca- 

 mund and Kotaghire ; Mahabaleshwar hills, Sattara Fort walls, 

 Bombay. Beddome. 



G. (Selliguea) lanceolata. Hook. Hab. : Ceylon; Pedro talagalla, 

 at an elevation of 7,000 feet. — Thwaites. N ilghiris ; Neddiwattan, on 

 trees. Beddome. 



G. (Sell.) involuta, Don. Hab. : Ceylon ; Horton Plains, alt. 8,000 

 feet ; common upon the trunks of trees in the Central Province. 

 — Thwaites. Nilghiris, very abundant on the higher ranges, on 

 rocks and trees. 



