SYSTEMATIC LIST OF THE PLANTS OF BARKUDA. 



By V. Narayanswami, M.A., Botanical Survey of India, 



Enlarged by 



H. G. Carter, M.B., Ch.B., Botanical Survey. 



[Published by permission of the Director, Botanical Survey of India.] 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



Bak. Fern. All. — Baker's Fern Allies. 



Bedd. F.B.I.C. — Beddome's Handbook of Ferns in British India and Ceylon. 



Eng. and Prantl Pflanz. — Pllanzenfamilien by Engler and Prantl. 



F.B.I. — Flora of British India by Sir Joseph Hooker. 



Prain. Beng. PI. — Bengal Plants by Sir David Prain. 



Roxb. Fl. Ind. — Flora Indica by Dr. W. Roxburgh. 



Syn. Fil. — Synopsis Filicum by Hooker and Baker. 



CLASSIFIED LIST. 



EMBRYOPHYTA ASIPHONOGAMA. 



BRYOPHYTA. 

 I. RICCIACEAE. 



I. Riccia Linn. 



1. R. crispatula Mitt.' 

 Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1304. 



" Common on stones in damp, shady places, also found on walls, etc. In more 

 exposed situations becoming hard and black when the air is dry and immediately 

 green again as soon rain falls." 



Distrib. — Hitherto known from Ceylon. 



PTERIDOPHYTA. 



II. FILICALES. 



2. Hemionites Linn. 



2. H. arifolia Burm. Bedd. F.B.I.C. 413. 

 H. cordata Roxb. Hk. and B. Syn. Fil. 398. 

 Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1201. 



" Grows in the shade of bushes on stony ground in the interior of the island. 

 Not uncommon in the rainy season." 



1 Identified by Professor S. R. Kashyap. 



