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HYMENOPHYLLUM AUSTRALE, Willd. Sp. Pl. v. (1810) 527. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, on tree-trunks in forest. Sept. 648. 
Distrib. Fiji, New Zealand, Tasmania, New Caledonia, N.E. Australia, 
Philippines, South China, Malaya, Ceylon to Northern India, Bourbon. 
HYMENOPHYLLUM MULTIFIDUM, Sw. in Schrad. Journ. 1800, 11. (1801) 102. 
Nadarivatu, 4000, highest ridge of Mt. Victoria, moss forest, abundant. 
Sept. 786, 128 bis. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Ovalau), Samoa, New Zealand and Campbell 
Islands, E. trop. Australia, New Guinea, Celebes, 
CYATHEACE Ж. 
DALANTIUM STRAMINEUM, Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. РЯ. T. 1, Abt. 4, 
119 (1899). 
Summit of Koro Levu ridge, 3000, in dry open country. Sept. 836. 
Distrib. Fiji, Samoa, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, British New Guinea, 
Malaya. 
This plant was one of the most constant denizens of dry open hillsides 
with N.W. exposure. The ridge of Koro Levu rises directly out of the 
“ Talasiga " plains and is very characteristic of them, but Milne's Fijian 
specimens are labelled ** in shady places” and in “ Sylvis Montanis." 
DicksoxiA BRACKENRIDGEI, Mett. in Ann. Sci. Nat. sér, 4, ху. (1861) 81. 
Nadarivatu, 4000, summit of Mt. Victoria, moss forest. Sept. 779. 
Distrib. Fiji, Samoa, New Hebrides, New Caledonia ; Juan Fernandez. 
A very handsome tree-fern, bearing fertile pinnules towards the base of 
the pinnz, the whole lamina of which is taken up by the indusium. The 
amount of spores shed from a fertile pinna is incredible, which makes its 
apparently restricted distribution difficult to account for. Judging from the 
labels on herbarium material, it apparently favours a certain altitude, but is 
not restricted to it. 
POLYPODIACEÆ. 
DRYOPTERIS CESATIANA, C. Chr. Ind. 257 (1905), 
Foot of Mt. Victoria, 3000, terrestrial, in forest. Sept. 785. 
Distrib. Fiji, New Guinea. 
This interesting fern was discovered by Beccari in New Guinea and 
named by Cesati Meniscium Beccarianum. Subsequently Horne established 
it for Fij. A large patch attracted my attention owing to so many 
fronds showing vegetative proliferation down the midribs. This character 
is not mentioned in the original description or in Hooker's ‘Synopsis 
Filicum.’ The fronds of Horne’s two excellent specimens at Kew were in 
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