186 MISS I. S. GIBBS: А CONTRIBUTION TO 
both cases gummed on to the sheets on their ventral surfaces, but one 
specimen being soaked off, the first stages of the proliferation were seen 
near the midribs on several of the fronds. 
НоматА sEssILIFOLIA, Mett. Fil. Lips. 102 (1856). 
Nadarivatu, 2700, running up trees in forest, general. Sept. 866. 
Distrib. Fiji, Celebes, Moluccas, Java. 
ASPLENIUM sTENOLOBUM, C. Chr. Ind. 133 (1905). 
Nadarivatu, 2700, terrestrial in forest. Sept. 621. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu), Pitcairn Island. 
This fern was common about Nadarivatu. It is very Davallia-like in 
appearanee with its deltoid frond and finely eut segments, and was put 
in Davallia by Hooker as D. feniculaceum. It shows most active vegetative 
proliferation, the old fronds being bent to the ground by the weight of the 
young plantlets, which throw out roots while still on the parent frond. This 
peculiarity is not shown in any of the specimens at Kew, nor is there any 
reference to it in the original description or subsequent works. 
STENOCHLÆNA PALUSTRIS, Bedd. Ferns Br. Ind. Suppl. 26 (1876). 
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Nadarivatu, 2700, general, running up trees in forest. Sept. 774. 
Distrib. Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Queensland, South China to Ceylon, Hima- 
layas, Uganda. 
NOTHOLÆNA HIRSUTA, Desv. in Journ. Bot. iii. (1813) 95. 
Matai Siga, 3700, on volcanic agglomerate. Sept. 698. 
Distrib. Polynesia, Asia and Australia, 
This species was collected in drought condition. 
ADIANTUM HISPIDULUM, Sw. in Schrad. Journ. 1800, п. (1801) 82. 
Nadarivatu, 2700, source of Sigatoko river. Sept. 776. 
Distrib. Polynesia, New Zealand, E. Australia, Malaya, E. Africa and 
adjacent islands. 
MONOGRAMMA PARADOXA, Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. Suppl. 24 (1876). 
Vatavula, 1000, on trees in forest. Aug. 522. 
Distrib. Fiji (Viti Levu, Ovalau), Samoa, Rarotonga ; E. trop. Australia, 
Solomon Islands, Philippines, S. China, Malaya to Ceylon. 
HYMENOLEPIS spicata, Presl, pim. 159 (1849). 
Nadarivatu, 2700, on trees in forest. Sept. 747. 
Distrib. Polynesia, E. Australia, Asia, Mascarenes. 
