290 V. NARAYANSWAMI AND H. G. CARTER 



Distrib. — Common in South India both in plains and on hills, Ceylon, East 

 Bengal, Burma and the Philippines. 



3- Adiantum Linn. 



3- A. caudatum Linn. Hk. and B. Syn. Fil. 1x5 ; Bedd. F.B.I.C. 83. 



Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1274. 



"A fern on rocks at the edge of the pond, also found with preceding species in 

 thickets. Most plants die down in dry season but a few green fronds can be found 

 as late as the end of April." 



Distrib. — Throughout India, Ceylon and Malay Islands, Mauritius and Cape 

 Verde Islands. 



4. Cheilanthes Swartz. 



4. C. tenuifolia Swartz. Hk. and B. Syn. Fil. 138; Bedd. F.B.I.C. 92. 

 Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1306. 



" Found on the wall at the edge of the pond, but scarce on the island. It grows 

 also on rocks at the base of Euphorbia antiquorum." 



Distrib. — Subtropical Himalayas from Sikkim to Assam and Chittagong, Madras 

 Ceylon, and the Pacific region. 



LYCOPODIALES. 



III. SELAGINBLLACEAE. 



5. Selaginella Spring. 



5. S. tenera Spring. Mon. ii, 241; Bak. Fern Allies 118. 

 Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1321. 



"On soil among stones in thick jungle ; only in the rainy season." 

 Distrib. — Hills in South India and Ceylon. 



EMBRYOPHYTA SIPHONOGAMA. 



ANGIOSPERMEAE. 



MONOCOTYEEDONEAE. 



IV. POTAMOGETONACEAE. 



6. Potamogeton Linn. 



6. P. pectinatus Linn. F.B.I, vi, 567; Prain, Beng. PI. ii, 1123. 

 Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1387. 



"In the lake close to the shore of the island." See Annandale Proc. i\s. Soc. 

 Bengal. 



Distrib. — Throughout India and Ceylon. Found in most regions. 



V. GRAMINACEAE. 

 7. Panicum Linn. 

 7- P. trypheron Schult. Var ? F.B.I, vii, 47; Prain, Beng. PI. ii, 1179. 

 P. tenellum Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 306. 

 Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1236. 



