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446 PLANTS FROM NKW CALEDONIA. 



as var. simplex^ witli simple linear fertile fronds resembling those oi Lomaria 

 Patersoni : I have not, lio^veverj seen Lis tjpe-specinien^ Palansa 1571* I 

 maintain tliis variety, which seems to be locally constant. In otlier respects 

 it is certainly to be related to L. VieiUarcHi^ and not to L, Patersoni^ an 

 Australian species to whlcli it bears a resemblance in the simple sterile and 

 fertile fronds. 



DooDiA CAUDATA R. Br. var. linp:akis J. Sm. (pro sp.). Mt. Dore ; 

 ytream-valley forest ; serpentine ; 800 ft- <)74, Australia, New Zealand. 



D. MEDIA R. 13i\ Mt. Mou ; hi^h forest in gully ; cretaceous ; GOO ft. 

 535. I cannot distinguish i>. KanUuana Gaudich.j under which name the 

 New Caledonian plants have often been recorded. Australia, New Zealand, 

 Polynesia. 



AsPLENiUM ADIANTOIDES C. Chr. Emiitage Stream ; streamside forest ; 

 serpentine; 300 ft. 212. Tropical Asia, Polynesia and Australia, New 

 Zealand, S- Africa. 



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Var. TRIPINNATA Comptoii, var. iiov. Varietas frondibus tripinuatis, 

 plmds utrinquo circa 25, basulibus longissimis. Petiola pinnurum basalium 

 0-7-1-0 cm., lamina 15-20 cm. long. Pinnulw obliqinc^ brcviter petiolulatfc 

 maxima) 8x2 cm., longe attenuatse, basi ad rliacluii divisas in lobos altoniatos 

 ovato-cuneatoR apice serratos. 



Mt. Mou ; forest in gully ; cretaceous ; 600 ft. 537. 



CJIosely resembling A, adianto'ides m texture, nervation, and Iwirincss; its 

 more distant pinnules are very similar to the pinnsc oE the type. 



A. ATTENUATUM \l. Br, Mt. Mou ; on steep rocks and crevices in damp 

 gully ; cretaceous j 600 ft. 538. Tbe first record from New Caledonia. 

 E. Australia. 



A. CUNEATUM Lam. Mt. Mou ; streamside forest ; cretaceous ; 600 ft. 

 Ignambi ; occasional ; gneiss ; 1500 ft. 530, 1676. Tropics. 



Var. ruoLiFERUM R. Bonaparte. Mt. Oanala ; among rocks and on trunks 

 in moist high forest ; schists ; 2500 ft. 1228. From tbe same locality as 

 the original specimens collected by Sarasin and lloux. 



A. LASERriTiiFOLiUM Lam. Mt. Koglii ; on rocks in sheltered stream- 

 valley forest; serpentine; 1000 ft. 762. Malaya, Polynesia, tropical 

 Australia. 



A. Mehtensianum Kunze. Mt. Mou ; on ground in high forest ; serpentine ; 

 1500 ft. Mt. Humboldt ; on ground in high forest ; serpentine ; 500 ft. 

 564, 1043. Western Polynesia. 



