448 



Plants from new Caledonia, 



ili'xuosum or discolor, and it Joes not agree ^vitll U 



stock's dcscri[)tion oE 



J 



¥' 



Tlio fronds of my plant seem to be 



always bipinnate, and I can find no character to separate tlicin from the 

 geographically far-removed A, nodnlosum rar. bipinnatisect^rm forma h ot 



Mettenius, I have descril)ed i 

 climbing habit, its constancy 



( 



is extreme!}' 



variabh^), the translucent slightly crispate sterile fronds, and the geographical 

 position. 



ASPLENIUM I'll.EMOKSUM Sw» Mt, 



M 



oi>en 



stony hillsides in slight 



shelter ; serpentine; 2500 ft» Mt. Humboldt ; high forest ; serpentine ; 500- 

 2500 ft. Frequently also in the 'Miests^' of A. nidus. 577, 1042. Tropics 

 and subtropics. 



This fern varies greatly according to its situation. In the exposed form 



Mt 



The forest- 



form from Mt. Humboldt has long drooping fronds of softer texture, ^vllich 

 are more deeply cut* Tliesc forms are connected by a great range o£ inter- 

 nn^diates. 



A. ti:xi{:rum Forst., var, xkoCALedonica Itosenstock. Mt. Koghi ; creep- 

 ing over dead h)gs and tree-fern trunks near stream ; 1000 ft. 76.*?, From 

 the same locality as the type-specimen, Ixosenstock 95, coll. Franc. The 

 species occurs in S. India, Ceylon, Malaya, Seychcdles, tro])ical Asia, 



Polynesia. 



A. VjKiLLAitDiT "Mctt. Tongboue Mts.; in high forest of sheltered valleys ; 

 cretaceous ; 800 It. 174. Fijb 



DirLAZiUM MAXIMUM U. Ohr. var. vSOUOkium Mett. (pro sp.). Mt Canala; 

 high forest, especially by stream-sides; schists; 1000ft* 1170. A tree- 

 fern with a trunk about four feet high and large thin sciaphilous leaves* 

 China, tropical Asia, Australia, and Polynesia. 



DjrLA/.ioPt>is Javaxioa C. Chr, Mt. Canala; abundant in the ground- 

 association of the moJstest })arfs of the high forest ; schists ; 1500 ft. 1182. 

 Slightly arl)orescent, trunk about one foot highj leaves large, tliin, and 

 scia]>hilous. Associated witli .Diplazhnn miuinwm var. sororinm^ Dicl'sonta 

 straminea^ and Leptopteris WHkesiana in a low tree-fern sub-associaiion. 



S. China, N. India, Malaya, Polynesia. 



Gymnogeamme DECiriENS Mett. Mt. Canala ; on mossy rocks in hid 



forests ; schists ; 2000 ff. Mt. Arago ; locally abundant in high forest, 



espocially near streams ; schists ; 1000 ft* Ignambi ; clayey earlh; locally 

 fVotpient in high foi'est; gneiss; 3000 ft. Tonine ; high forest; hor)d>]ende; 

 2000 ft. 1230, 1415, 1708, 1945. Wester^) Polynesia. The Tonine si)ec:i- 

 mens were frequently viviparous. 



