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4J:J: PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA, 



rectus rhaclii approximatus iiitegcr : marglnes anterior exteriorquc crenu- 

 lati v(^l panllo lobati, ?oris subcoiiiiiuiis in;5lructi ; venatio fiabollaia, sa^pius 

 dioliotoinn, co.sta media caronte. 



Mt. Koghi ; Foix\st ; serpentine ; 1500 ft 791, 



A large and handsome species of the alliance of L. AIcGilUvmyu 



LiNDSAYA rnoLONGATA Fourii. Ignanibi ; terrestrial in forest ; gneiss ; 

 ;55O0-1250ft. 1G07. 



I Iiiivo not soon Foiiniior's tjpe-speciniens, viz., Balansa 1602 and 

 V. MiiolL (part) ; and Rosenstock's F'lL Sov. (\d. 11 i,s [rdxiXj L. prolomjata 

 and p.irtly Jj. neocahdonka (example in llorb. Mus. Brit.). My determina- 

 tion rests on Ohrl.st's determination of a plant collected by Franc in the 

 forests of tlie Baie du Snd and distributed as Bonati G79. 



L. VlKiLLAiiDH Mett. I\rt. Panic ; abundant in bigh forest ; terrestrial ; 



gneiss; 1500 ft. Ib2'.). 



Var. SKRiiATA Oonipton, var. nov. Margo pinna_^ fertilis acute ii-regnlariter 

 serratus ubi sorns continnns est, frous tenuior et plnnjei fertiles paullo breviores 

 quani in iy\^o. 



Mt. Panic ; locally frequent in liigh forest; gneiss ; 1500 fL 17G5. 



In the type, L. Vieillanlii, tlio margin of the fertile frond is only serrate 



where there is no sorns, or where the sorus is interrupted ; iu the variety 

 scrrata the margin is serrate whether a soni.s is continuous or not. 



Bleciixum oiukxtale Linn. Paompai ; by streams in Niaouli region; 

 shales ; 1500 ft. 181b5. Tropical Asia, Australia, and Polynesia. 



LoMAKiA ATTENUATA Willil. Mt. Canala : high forest, on rocks ; schists ; 

 2000 ft. 12,'U. South Africa and islands, New South Wales, Polynesia, 

 Juan FeniandeZj ? Chile. 



Forma monstiiosa Compton, form. nov. Mt. Arago ; wet forest ; rhizome 

 climbing trunks ; 1500 ft. 1430. 



A reniarlvablo form, evidently abnormal. Baker {Syn. 70) mentions that 

 the pinna' of /.. aftcinrafa ''are occasionally obliterated and we h; 



ive an 



entire lanceolate frond like that of /.. Patersoni." My specimen has fronds 

 partially lobed and partially entire, thus forming a connectinn-link between 

 the extremes. 



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Jj. cii.iATA T. Moore. Ermitago Stream ; on rocks along the water's edo-c ; 

 ser[ientine ; 'JOO ft. Mt. C^iuala ; locally abundant in intermediate forett • 

 schists ; 2000 ft. 108, 1252, 



J I. coNTJGUA Fourn. Mt. Mou ; shortly climbing trunks in high forest • 

 2500 ft. 571. 



