184 MISS L. S. GIBBS: A CONTRIBUTION TO 
TRICHOMANES Mot. get, V. d. Bosch in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. v. и. (1861) 145. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, on stones in streams, forest. Sept. 666. 
Distrib. New Caledonia, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea, Malaya, Ceylon. 
A minute species, encrusting stones. The determination is rather 
uncertain. 
TRICHOMANES HYMENOIDES, Hedw. Fil. Gen. et Sp. t. 4. £. 3 (1799). 
Nadarivatu, 2700, on trunks of trees and on stones, forest, general. Sept. 
634. 
Distrib. Polynesia. Tropical America, Asia and Africa. 
TRICHOMANES PROLIFERUM, Blume, Enum. 224 (1828). 
Nadarivatu, 2700, clothing bases of tree trunks, forest, common. Sept. 
700. 
Distrib, Fiji, Samoa, Philippines; Borneo, Java, Ceylon, and western 
slopes of the Nilgherries. 
TRICHOMANES RIGIDUM, Sw. Prod. 137 (1788). 
Nadarivatu, 2700, terrestrial in forest. Sept. 683. 
Distrib. Polynesia. Tropics of both hemispheres, New Zealand, S. Africa, 
Fernando Po. 
TRICHOMANES MAXIMUM, Blume, Enum. 228 (1828). 
Nadarivatu, 2700, terrestrial, in forest. Sept. 684. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Ovalau), Samoa, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, 
Queensland ; Malaya. 
TRICHOMANES JAVANICUM, Blume, Enum. 244 (1838). 
Nakorovatu, 500, terrestrial in forest. Aug. 502. 
Distrib. Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand, E. trop. Australia ; Indo-Malaya, 
Madagascar. 
TRICHOMANES MEIFOLIUM, Bory, Willd. Sp. Pl. v. (1810) 509. 
Nadarivatu, 3500—4000, summit of Mt. Vietoria and other high ridges. 
Sept. 778. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu), Samoa, New Caledonia, New Guinea ; Malaya. 
A lovely little fern, with fronds of capillary dark green spreading 
segments, older fronds being quite reddish. 1t is only found in Fiji on the 
highest ridges. In the Kew herbarium specimens, where the altitude is 
given, it is always considerable, viz., New Guinea 5700, Borneo 3000-6000, 
Java 5000-6000 ft., which points to an altitudinal limitation. 
