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NOTES. 
Pteris Biaurita, L.— The Campterian character of this plant is said to be sometimes wanting. 
It is worthy of note, as distinguishing this species from P. Quadriaurita, that it is not 
subject to the very remarkable variations which characterise that species. It remains 
constant to its typical form elsewhere as well as in Ceylon. 
Pteris (Campteria) Patens, Hk.—The Campterian venation in the deeply cut specimens in 
Ceylon is only to be observed in the very top of the frond, where extremely elongated 
costal arches are to be found quite close to the main rachis. 
Asplenium Vulcanicum, Bl., seems distinct from A. Wightianum in habit, texture and colour. 
The two species do not appear to be connected by intermediate forms in the herbarium at 
Kew, nor have I seen the connecting forms mentioned by Dr. Thwaites in his ‘ Enumeration 
p. 383. About Newera Ellia some sportive forms of this species are to be found, in which 
the lobes at the points of the pinnae are prolonged fantastically to an inch or more in length 
by about a line in width. 
Asplenium Erectum, Bory.—Of this very variable plant we have only the simple typical form, 
and that known as A. Lunulatum, of Swartz, a broader fronded plant with bolder pinnae 
less deeply cut than the common plant. This latter is found in the forests of East 
Matale (Beckett). 
Asplenium Falcatum, Lam., is a very variable plant, distinguished from A. Caudatum (which it 
often closely resembles, in the form and cutting of its fronds), by its long parallel, oblique 
sori, extending often from near the midrib to near the margin of the pinnae. Several of 
our Ceylon forms of this species are indistinguishable from A. Macrophyllum as figured by 
Hooker, plate 197, Sp. Fil., and by Beddome, F., South India, plate 142. 
Asplenium Caudatum, Forst., is distinguished from the foregoing species by its two parallel rows 
of sori close to the rachis, in addition to which it has often other short oblique sori. It is 
very variable in regard to the shape and cutting of the pinnae. 
Asplenium Gardneri, Baker.—This plant has been hitherto known in Ceylon as A. Macrophyllum, 
but a careful comparison of our species with all the forms of A. Macrophyllum represented 
in the Kew Herbarium seems to prove it to be distinct. Gardner’s specimen represented 
the plant imperfectly. Better specimens since received exhibit the character of the species 
more fully. Mr. Baker calls it A. Gardneri, and the old name A. Macrophyllum, therefore, 
disappears from our Ceylon list. 
Asplenium Resectum, L., is a very variable fern, the extreme forms of which differ very widely 
from each other, but are connected by intermediate forms. The greatest divergence from 
the typical characters is in a plant found in wet places in the high forests about 
Oodapussilawa. The stipes of this plant is thick and fleshy, the frond varies from six to 
eight inches in length, and the pinnae are very large in proportion, being two inches long, 
and fully half an inch in width. 
Asplenium Macrocarpum, Bl.—The several forms of this plant are all found growing in the 
same localities about Newera Ellia, and are well connected. The amplest fronded forms 
grow in the shade of dense forest. 
