a Z- n 



456 



rL.\NTfS FKOll NE^V CALEDONIA. 



The trunk o£ this arborescent filmy fern sometimes readies 10 ft. in 

 height, freq^uently being bent. 



SALYlNIACEiE. 



AzOLLA sp. indet. Mt. Mou ; stagnant pools ; 500 Et. 558 



MAllATTIACE^. 



ANGIorTEius EVECTA HofEm. Eimitage Stream ; streamsidc in high 

 forest ; serpentine ; GOO ft. Ignanibi ; locallj frequent in high forest, 

 especially in moister parts; gneiss; 2500ft. 202, 1536. Tahiti, tropical 

 Africa and Asia. 



Marattia attenuata Lahilh Mt 



Mt 



1451, 1770. 



The bipinnate fronds are relatively small, being 4-5 ft. long, and the 

 number of pinnro is restricted, often only four being present. My specimens 

 agree ^vcll with Labillardiere's original description and drawing (Scrt. 



Austrocal.tt. 13, U; 1824). 



M. FRAXINKA Sm. (in sens, strict. Do Vriese). Ignambi ; frequent in 

 forest ; gneiss; 2000 ft. 1490. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. 

 Schlechter 15052 in Herb. Mas. Brit., sub nom. M. fra.iinea, is Anrfio- 



pteris sp. 



M. Smitiiii Mett. Mt. Arago ; abundant here and at Mt. Canala ; moist 

 forest ; schists ; 1000 ft. 1442. Polynesia. 

 ' The fronds are 18-20 ft. long, with a stipe as thick as a man's arm. 



Forma soluta Compton, form. nov. Tgnalnbi ; forest ; 'gneiss ; 1500 ft. 



1674. 



An abundant form in this locality, where very favourable conditions 



produce luxuriant gr 



owth. 



The secondary pinnules show all transitions 

 from entirety through partial pinnatifission to a completely [)innato con- 



( 



(Tl 



normal 



) 



AL TERNATEA Do Vriose. Erniitage Stream ; by streamside in forest ; 



serpentine ; GOO ft. 201- Moluccas. 



Bonati 142 bis (coll. Franc), issued as M. attenuata (dot. Christ), is this 

 spocios; and so is Schlechter 15050 under the same name, J/, attenuata h 

 a distinct species. 



