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458 . PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 



This species is remarkable in showing a kind of lietlnospora condition. 

 In sheltered .situations the leaves are erecto-patont ; in open scrub they are 

 closely appressed to the stem. Occasionally one can find shoots bearino- both 

 kinds of foliage. It is curious to note tliat the aspect of the erect slioots is 

 that of a miniature Conifer. 



LYCorODiUM IGNAMBIENSE Compton^ sp. nov. Sectionis Selaijhns species 

 nova. Planta e[iiphytica. Caulis pendens spatiis 4-8 cm. iterum atqiie 

 iterum dichotoma viridis flexibilis tenuis gracilis 70 cm. lono- basi diani. baud 



1 mm. Folia subverticillata lineariajbasalia divaricata, distalia crecto-patentia, 

 7-8 mm. long., basi 0'7 mm. lat., sursum sensim angustiora, costa media 

 difficile adspectabilis, apex filiformis. Caulis partes sporangiferre cnm 

 storilibus alternantes. Sporopltylla Ibliis sinjilia, nisi basi paullo latiora, 

 usque ad 1 mm. attingentia, s})orangia vlx occlndentia. 



Ignambi ; on rocks and frees in high forest ; 2500 ft. Aiignst. IGSH. 



A phint of very graceful habit, the weak flexible stems causing it to be 

 completely pendulous. With some affinity to L. verticillahim Linn, fil., it 

 most nearly resembles X. sarmentosinn Spring, native in the north of 

 S. Amcrici). It differs from that species in the green colour of the stem, 

 the less j)rominent midribs of the leaves, and the fact that the sporophyll 

 broadens slightly beneath the sporangium. 



L. LATERALE R. Br. Mt. Mou ; open scrub association ; serpentine ; 

 2000 ft. Australia and New Zealand. 



Jj. MIRABILE AVilld. Mt. Canala ; on trunks in forest ; 1500 ft. Mt. Arago ; 

 on trunks in forest ; 1000 ft. Paompai ; on rocks by stream ; 200 ft* 

 Tonine ; epiphytic in forest ; i^OOO ft. 1190, 1424, 1875, 10G2. Tropics of 



Old World, NcAV Zealand. 



Yar, MICROBRACTEATA Comptou, var. nov. Varietas sporophyllis quam 

 sporangia brevioribus, baud acutis. 



lie Porc-Ejjic (East Coast) ; terrestrial in forest ; serpentine ; 100 ft, 

 95G. 



In the type of the species the sporophylls greatly exceed the sporangia in 

 length, and are apiculate. 



L. NUTANS Brack. Ignambi; on gneiss boulders in high forest; 1500 ft. 



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1G78. Tahiti, Madagascar. 



Forma NANA Compton^ form, nov, Ignambi ; on trees in moist forest ; 



300 ft. 1504. 



A [uizzling starved form which I believe to be L. nutans, agreeing with 

 that species in the shape of its leaves and sporophylls. Its total length is 



