form, from the hot plains to the Himalayas, at elevations of 6000 
feet ; Bourbon, Penang, Java, Luzon, Ceylon. We possess speci- 
mens from the Sandwich Islands, from the Feejees and Loochoo. 
‘It appears in the United States, upon rocks on the Apalacha 
river (very rare), south through Mexico to Guatemala. In South 
America it has been detected at Entre Rios by Mr. ‘Tweedie. 
It is no wonder that a plant which is so widely diffused should 
vary from its genuine type, and have given rise to the notion 
that there are several distinct species. ‘The most interesting 
state of the plant, however, is that which we have here repre- 
sented, where the whole length of the centre is white, with a 
jagged edge, bordered on each side by dark-green. This, we 
believe, has never yet been recorded. We were lately favoured 
with healthy living plants of this from our valued correspondent, 
Mr. Binnendyk, of the Buitenzorg Botanic Garden, Java, m which 
country it is a native. 
Fig. 1. Portion of a sterile pinna. 2. Portion of a fertile ditto :—magnified. 
