4{)2 PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 



TMESirXERiS TANNENSis Beriili. Mt, Panic" ; on tree-ferns in forest. 

 Tonine ; on tree-ferns in forest; 2000 ft. 1823, 1967. 



My specimens vary in details, breadth of leaves, &c., but should prohahly 

 be grouped together. They agree in habitat, all being fonnd on the trunks 

 of tree-ferns or among the rhizomes of climbing ferns at moderate altitudes. 

 The stems are pendulous^ rarely branched, flexible, more slender than in 

 Tm. Vieillardii; the leaves are not recurved and are broadest in ihe middle; 

 their texture is thin and the margin is not thickened. Australia, Polynesia, 

 New Zealand. 



T. YiEiLLAKDli Dang. Mt. Iklou ; terrestrial in high forest ; serpentine ; 



3500 ft. GIO. 



This plant is certainly distinct from Tm, fannensis. It grows on the ground, 



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the rhizome being a fei,v ceutiiuetres deep in forest humus, and is confined to 

 altitudes of ahove 1000 m. The stem is tall, stiffly erect, and unhranched, 

 stouter than in Tm. tannensis. The leaves are multifarious, rimd^ falcately 



recurved, and have parallel n]ar<;'ins. It seems to be peculiar to Now 

 Caledonia. 



Uosonstock's FiL Noi\ CaL exs, 152, labelled Tm, Vieillardii, \h a form 

 of 7m, tannensis. Schlechter's 141)40 and 15295, sub nom. Tvi. tanncnsis, 

 are Tm. Vieillardii. 



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Par I. Theriot. 



Campylofus BALANSiEANUS Besch, Mt, Ngoye, 500-1000 m. 1007, 



Trcs abondant sur la terre, entre les rochers et les arbustes. Copieusement 



fructifie. 



M, Fleischer (Musci FL Buiten/oro-, 111) affirmc, d'aprcs im echuntillon 



recolte par Dupuy aux environs de Noumea, que C.Balanstmnus Besclu est la 



mrmo chose que C.anreus van den Bosch & Lac, Je ne partage pas cetavis; 



sans ontrer dans le detail des differences, je me borne a signaler que dans la 



dernicre cspcce, la capsule est ovale et tres reguliere, alors que Ic C. JJalan- 



sa:a7ius a une capsule oblonguc, toujours plus ou moins asymetrique. 



Synodontia falcata Brotli. & Par, Mt, Koghi, 100 m. ; sur tronos 

 d'arbres dans les forets. 743. Fructifice. 



S. CONNIVENS Broth. {Dicnemon connivens Besch.), Tgnambi ; sur les 

 troncs d'arbres, 1595. Fructifiee. 



S. cusriDATA Broth. {Dicnemon cuspidatus Besch.)- Mf, Rfou, 1200 

 abondante sur les troncs dans les forcts du sommet, 613. Fructifiee. 



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