Southa-n India, including Concan, etc. 47 



An^iopterls. 



A. evecta, Hoffm. Hab. : Ceylon, common up to an elevation 

 of 5,000 feet.— Thwaites. Very common in most subalpine jungles 

 on the western side of the Madras Presidency up to 4,000 or 5,000 

 feet. Beddome ; Hook. Fil. Exot. t. 75. 

 Marattia. 



M. fraxinea. Smith (M. sorbifolia, <S'7('z.). Hab. : Ceylon, more 

 elevated parts of the Central Province. — Thwaites. Sisparah ghat, 

 Bolamputty valley, Coimbatore hills. Beddome. 

 Opblogrlossum. 



O. nudicaule, L. (fil-). Hab.: Animalayas ; in wet grassy 

 places, 2,500 feet elevation. Beddome. 



O. reticulatum, Linn. Hab. : Animalayas, teak forests, Nil- 

 ghiris. Beddome. 



0. vulgatum, iwm. (0. ovatum, Willd.'). Hab.: Ceylon, more 

 elevated parts of the Central Province. — Thwaites. Animalayas, 

 in swampy places, 2,500 feet elevation. Thwaites. 



O. (Ophioderma) pendulum, Linn. Hab. : Ceylon, common 

 upon the trunks of trees in the Central Province. Thwaites ; Llook. 

 Oard. Ferns, t. 33. 

 Helmintbostacbys. 



H. zeylanica, -ffoo/v. Hab.: Ceylon, south of the island, on the bor- 

 ders of paddy fields, &c. ; not uncommon. — Thwaites. Animalayas; 

 moist bamboo clumps in the teak forests, 2-3,000 feet elevation. 

 Malabar plains, foot of the Carcoorpass ; very abundant. — Beddome. 

 Cochin. Hook. Oard. Ferns, t. 28 ; Secmid Cent. Ferns, t. 94. 

 Botrycbium. 



B. daucifolium, Wall. Hab. : Nilghiris, Animalayas; Bolamputty 

 valley, 3,000 feet elevation ; Ceylon, forests of the Central Pro- 

 vince, up to an elevation of 4,000 feet. Thioaites. 



B. virginianum, Swz. Hab. : Ceylon ; Newera EUia, on the turf 

 under the shade of trees. — Thwaites. On most mountainous tracts 

 of the western side of the Madras Presidency. Beddome ; Hook. 

 Gard. Ferns, t. 29. 



