130 MISS L. S. GIBBS : A CONTRIBUTION TO 
A Contribution to the Montane Flora of Fiji (including Cryptogams), with 
Ecological Notes. Ву ТлшАх S. Gigss, Е.Г... 
[Read 4th March, 1909.] 
(PLATES 11-16, Map and Text-fig.) 
Tug Fijian Archipelago is situated in the South-Western Pacific, between 
176? East longitude and 178? West longitude and between 16? and 21? South 
latitude. 
The group consists of about 200 islands only 80 of which are inhabited, 
the total surface occupying about 7450 square miles. 
Viti Levu, the largest island, has a length of 85 miles and a maximum 
breadth of 60 miles, and is about 4100 square miles in area. It is a 
magnificent island of continental configuration, with a series of forest-clad 
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mountain ranges which culminate in Mt. Victoria (Tama ni ivi), 4000 ft. in 
height *. These ranges are intersected by many fine rivers, the largest of 
which are the Rewa, nav igable for about 50 miles and, with its branches, 
having a total length of 200 miles, and the Sigatoko, which takes a south- 
w esterly course across the island. 
* Given as 4500 ft. in the Admiralty Chart. Mr. A. Joske informed me that the latest 
measurements had corrected the altitude to 4000 ft. 
