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H, II. COHPTON' : PTEBIDOrilYTA. 440 



Var. PAUVA 



Compton, var. nov. Minor, fronde stricte lanceolatn, aJ 

 la X 2-5 cm. rinntc quam in typo disjnnctiores, Icisales segmentibus 1 vel 2 

 niargine superlore ppcne asquo ad rliachin secta^. Son 1-3^ lonoitmlinc vix 



latitudincin du|>lo, 1-2 mm. long. 



Mt. Panic; abundunt creeping over rocks in monntain streams; gneis< ; 



1500 ft. 17 81. 



Gymxogramme marginata Mctt. Ignanibi ; local on the ground in 

 moist forest ; gneh?. ; 2000 ft. 1722. 



Syngramjie Fuancii Kosensiock (ex descript.). Mt. Tanie ; terresitrial 

 and epiphytic in forest : gneiss ; 1500 ft. 1780. The locality is tlie same 

 as that in which Franc collected the type-material. 



Pell.^a ¥ALCATA Fee. Ermltage Stream ; among stones by waterside ; 

 uncommon; serpentine; 300 ft. 214. Tropical Asia, Australia, Tasmania, 



New Zealand. 



Cheilanthes Stebeei Kunze. Mt. Mou ; damper parts of Niaouli zone, 

 cretaceous ; 1000 ft. Mt. Dore ; abundant on stony hillsides, scrub associ- 

 iition ; serp'eutinc ; 0-1000 ft. ^It. Canala ; frequent in KnxowM-Gleiclienla 

 association; schists; 1500 ft. 510,073,1129. Australia, New Zealand. 



Adtantum DiAi'iiAXUM Bhime. Ermitage Stream ; rock-crevices near 

 waterfall; hi oh forest ; serpentine; 300 ft. 196. Tropical Asia, Polynesia, 



Australia, New Zealand. 



A. ei;lvl-m Kaoul. Ermitage Stream; common in forest near edge of 

 stream ; serpentine ; 3000 ft. 210. 



A. iiLriPiDULUM Sw. Paompai ; rocky stream-sides in forest ; shales ; 

 100 ft. 19 11. S. India, Malaya, Polynesia, S. Africa. 



A. NOV^.:-CALEDONi.^ Kcyserling. Bit. Mou; gully forest; serpentine j 

 150J ft. 437. 



Ptekts EXsiL'Oioiirf Bnrm. f. Mt. Mou ; high forest; cretaceous ; 000 ft. 

 lie Pore-Epic (E. coast); among rocks in forest; frequent; serpentine; 

 200ft. Paompai; dry parts of forest and in coffee plantations; shales; 

 100 ft. 623, 919, 1880. China, N. India, Malaya, Polynesia, and tropical 

 Australia. 



P. ixcisA Thunb. var. AUiaxA Luerss. Ermitage Stream ; forest margin 

 and "among rocks by stream-side; serpentine; 300 ft. 195. Tropics and 

 sub-tropics, Antarctic islands. 



