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Mr. Baker in the first part of the 26th vol. of the Trans. Lin. Society, 
neither H. emersum. nor H. tenellum get a place, so that I do not know 
whether Mr. Baker still considers it a distinct species or not. Lady Barkly’s 
specimen differs considerably from Beddome’s figure above quoted, but agrees 
well with the description of H. emersum in add enda, p. 451 of Syn. Fil. 
10 a. Hymenophyllum polyanthos, Sw. 
Bed. 2 t. 280 and 306. In my list I left out this name under the impres- 
sion that we have no Ceylon fern to represent it distinct from No. 
10, for whiffih Beddome quotes C. P. 1279 and 1395, thus adding to the con- 
fusion, as the first number ought to be C. P. 3 279 and the other (C. P. 1395) 
is for No. 13, H. Javanicum. I have not seen the C. P. 3279, but insert this 
name at the suggestion of Major Hutchison, who has looked over my list. I fear 
that it is not distinct from H. Emersum, and that if the latter name was drop- 
ped, and this one was substituted it would be a better arrangement. 
11. Hymenophyllum exsertum, Wall. 
Bed. 1. t. 9. This is one of the most common and most abundant 
of the film Ferns, covering the trunks of trees, and damp rocks in Kallibokka, 
the Knuckles, and indeed all the damp forests of the Kandyan country. It 
is not likely to be confounded with any of the other film Ferns growing in 
the island. Like most of them, it turns a dark brown colour when dry. 
The collector of these Ferns should bje prepared with paper and boards for 
putting them into, fi;esh from their places of growth, and great pains should 
be taken in the selection of specimens, and in the drying of them as they 
a re liable to rot if left any time in damp papers. 
12. Hymenophyllum Blumeanum, Spr. 
Bed 1 t. 266. This fern is included as a synonym of H. polyanthos in 
the Syn. Fil. but as represented by C. P. 1391, it is quite distinct. I found it 
in great abundance on the trunks of trees and on rocks in forests and streams 
near Hewissa. It is a very handsome fern and can scarcely be confounded with 
any other Ceylo n fern. 
13. Hymenophyllum Javanicum, Spr. 
Bed. 1. t. 207. This is also a very abundan t Fern, growing on 
large stones and trunks of trees, in the da mp forests of the interior. The 
larger well-grown fronds put in paper fresh, make very beautiful specimens, 
but when collected in masses and not well p ressed, they curl up into a dark 
coloured mass. Wallich’s name, H. crispatum, is a very good one for this 
crisp fronded Fern. 
14, Hymenophyllum Tunbridgense, Smith 
Bed. I. t. 265. This one, as its name implies, is a native of Tunbridge 
in England, and is, like H. exsertum, a very abundant Fern on the trunks of 
trees in the damp forests of the interior. It can be distinguished from any 
other of our Ceylon Film Ferns by the serrated edges of its fronds and their 
divisions. Major Hutchison told me that it was suspected that our fern is H. Neesii, Ilk. 
15. Trichomanes Motleyi, Y. D. B. 
Bed. 11. f. 183 (under T. Henzaiense) and Bed. 11. t. 303 fig. F. Mr. 
Thwaites’ specimens of this Fern growing closely on the bare bark of trees, 
look exactly like so many scales of a fish. Some specimens found amongst 
an abundant supply of T. muscoides collected from stones and the trunks of 
trees in the stream running through the Labbugam Kraal got up for the 
Duke of Edinburgh, are remarkable by their broad ovate, and deeply cordate 
shape, and the fruit not exserted as shown in Beddome’s plate. This is one 
of the smallest of our Ceylon Ferns. 
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