450 TLANTS FROM NEW CALr^DONTA. 



Ptekts nuGOsriA Labili. Mt. Mon ; forest ; serpentine; 3C0O ft. 495. 

 Philippines, Tahili (?). 



Mj plant belongs to tlio var. major Fourn. (sul) CJieilanthes rugosida 

 Fonrn.), having the lowest pinnae more than a foot long. 



r. ViEiLLATiDii Mett, forma FURCATA Conipton, form. nov. Ignanibi; 

 liigh forest, especially where better liglitecl; gneiss ; 2500—1000 ft. 1576. 



The typioal form of this s[)ecies has three leaflet;^ (Vioillard 1505, McGilli- 

 vray F. 31, Pancher). In this new form each of the tliree leaflets forks once 

 or twMce, the nltimato segments being as large as those in the ordinary 

 ternate form ; tlie fronds reach CO cm. in lieight. It is apparently due to 

 luxuriance in favourable conditions. 



Mt 



Pteuidium AQriT.iNUM Knlui var. esculenta Forst. (pro sp.). Tonghoiic 



cretaceous ; 1000 ft. Abundant on nearly all 



soilsj oHen donn'nnnt on serpentine hillsides, and forming a chief constituent 

 of the undergrowth in dry Niaouli country. Australian region. 



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ViTTARiA KN'siFORMLS Sw. Iguauibi ; epipliytic and on the adventitious 

 roots of climbing ferns in high forest ; gneiss ; 3000 ft. 1690. Java, 

 Mascarenes. 



V. RIGIDA Kaulf. Knakue; forest; sea-level; in tufts on vertical trunks. 

 029. Malaya, Polynesia. 



V. ZOSTER.EFOLIA Bory. Mt, Humboldt ; high forest by stream-side ; 

 epiphytic; 500-1000 ft. Cap Bocage ; higli forest; epiphytic; 50 ft. 

 Ignambi; high forest; epiphytic; 1000 ft, Paompai ; high forest; in old 

 '^nests'' of Aspleniam nidus ; 500 ft. 1039, 1367, ]630, 1891. Mascarenes 

 and Comoros^ Malaya, Polynesia. 



Antrophyum LATiFES Kunze. Tonine ; forest; epiphytic; 2500 ft. 1971. 



A. TLANTAGINEUM Kaulf. Paompai ; on vortical rocks and trunks near 

 streams ; shales ; 100 ft* 1873. N. India, Ceylon, Malaya, Polynesia. 



A. SEMicosTATVJi Blume (ex descriptione). Mt, Canala; on fallen logs in 

 moist forest; 1000 ft. 1268. Ceylon, Malaccas, Malaya, Polynesia. The 

 fronds are rather narrower than usual ; tljo midrib is evideiit, blackish^ and 

 reaching about halfway along the frond. 



lIvMEXOLEns OPIIIGGLOSSOIDES Kaulf. Mt. Arago ; streamside trees; 

 occasional ; lOUO ft. Ignambi ; streamside forest ; 1000 ft. Ouendjani 

 Forest ; riverside ; 500 ft. Epiphytic. 1431, 1616, 1991, Madagascar, 

 Mascarenes, tropical Asia, Australia, and Polynesia, 



