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Tribe 12 Grammitidece. * 
187. Monogramme Juugbuhnii, Hk. 
Bed. 1. t. 210. C. P. 1281. This is a very singular grass-like tern, with 
a creeping hairy rhizome, and linear filiform fronds, from 1 to 3 inches long, 
and about 2 lines broad. Found sparingly in the Central Province at eleva- 
tions of 3,000 to 5000 feet. The Peacock mountain not far from the Trig. Sta- 
I tion is one of its habitats. It is altogether so like a grass that the collector 
■has to keep a sharp look out to find it. It is found in Java, Phillipine, 
and Polynesian Islands. 
188. Gymnogramme (Leptogramme) Totta, Schlecht. 
Bed. 1. t. 49. C. P. 1292. Mr. Thwaites states that this fern is common 
in the more elevated parts of the Central Province, but in all my wander- 
ings I never found it. In p. 383 of En. PI. Zeyl. under the section steno- 
j gramme. Sir Wm. Hooker states that he has the Gymnogramme (Stenogramme) 
aspidioides, Hk. Bed. 11. 149 from Ceylon on the authority of specimens from 
i the late Dr. Gardner bearing the same No. (1292) as the C. P. one above, 
I and that the two ferns are in Ceylon ; the Syn. Fil. also gives Ceylon as a 
i habitat for both, but no one as yet has found G. (S.) aspidioides in Ceylon. 
189. Gymnogramme Javauica, Bl. 
Bed. 1. t. 232 and 11. t. 57. This fern was found bj T Mr. Thwaites in 
the Horton Plains and Maturata District at an elevation of 5,000 to 4,000 
feet. Major Hutchinson collected it below Hackgalla in company with some 
other rare ferns including the next species. 
190. Gymnogramme lepto’phylla, Desv. 
Bed. 1. t. 270. This remarkable little fern has been found in Ceylon since 
the publication of En. PI. Zeyl. and is the C. P. 3934. Major Hutchinson 
gives the top of the Hackgalla rock as a habitat for it. Beddome says that 
it only appears during the rainy season. The Ceylon specimen is 
large, thin, and flaccid compared with a specimen lately received from Dr. 
Dickie of Aberdeen. This latter is a very tiny stiff plant, and very like 
dwarfed leaves of parsley ; the specimen is from the Island of Jersey. Though 
a minute species, this fern is widely scattered over the globe ; it is plenti- 
ful in many parts of the South of Europe, and is found in, “Jersey and 
ihores of the Mediterranean, Barbary States, Azores, Maderia, Canaries, Abys- 
snia, Cape Colony, Persia, Neilgherries, New South Wales, Van Dieman’s 
land, New Zealand, Andes of Mexico and Ecuador.” Baker. 
191 Gymnogramme (Seiliguea) lanceolata, Hk. 
Bed. 1. t. 51. This is evidently a rare fern compared with the next 
one. Thwaites gives Pedrotalagala at 7,000 feet as its habital. I got one 
or two specimens on the Wattakellie hill. In our Ceylon plants lines of 
sori run much closer to each other, and more in a line with the midrib than 
shown in Beddome’s figure. 
192. Gymnogramme (Seiliguea) involute, Don. 
I Bed. 1. t. 50. This is not an uncommon plant on the trunks of trees 
and on rocks in the Central Province. It is a very thick leathery fern and 
requires a good deal of care and pressure to dry it well. The sori on several 
of our Ceylon specimens are much further down on the frond than shown on 
Beddome’s figure. It D not unlike 74, Asplenium ensiforme, in many respects, 
but its texture, is more leathery. 
193. Meniscium tripbyllum, Sw. 
Bed. 1. t. 56. Said not to be uncommon in the Central and Southern 
Provinces. It is found in abundance a few miles from Agalawatte on the 
path from this place to Hewissa, and also near this latter place, but it seems 
to be rarely in fruit. 
