REPORT OX THE BOTANY OF THE ATLANTIC ISLANDS. 131 



Nevertheless, in consequence of one of the sheets having been erroneously labelled " Trini- 

 dad, Lockhart," Grisebach regarded it as West Indian, and named it " Oncostylis junci- 

 formis," probably without close examination, as he had specimens of the genuine 

 Oncostylis junciformis before him at the same time from Trinidad in the West Indies. 



GKA.MIXE.E. 



Sporobolus virginicus, Kunth. 



Sporobolus virginicus, Kunth, Gram., i. p. 07, et Enum., i. p. 210. 

 Sporobolus littoral is, Kunth ; Griseb., FL Brit. W. Lid. 



South Trinidad. — Under the cliff — Hooker. 



Widely dispersed on tropical and subtropical sea-shores, including many remote islands. 



CRYPTOGAMS.— VASCULARES. 



FILICES. 

 Cyatnea copelandi, Kuhn et Luerssen. 



Cyaihea copelandi, Kuhn et Luerssen in Abhandl. naturwiss. Ver. Bremen, vii. p. 278. 



South Trinidad. — Endemic. Near the summit — Copeland. 



Asplenium furcatum, Thunb. 



Asplenium fureatum, Thunb., Prodr. FL Cap., p. 735; Hook., Sp. Fil., iii. p. 1G5 ; Luerssen in 



Abhandl. naturwiss. Ver. Bremen, vii. p. 277. 

 Asplenium prcemorsum, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Oca, iii. p. 1620. 



South Trinidad. — Plentiful in patches on the summit — Copeland. 



Very widely diffused in warm countries. 



Luerssen states that the form collected by Dr Copeland is a very large and robust one, 

 such as is rarely found in America, and more like some of the South African specimeus in 

 the collections of Breutel and others. 



Asplenium compressum, Swartz. 



Asplenium compressum, Swartz in Schrad. Journ., 1S00, ii. p. 52, et Synop. Fil., pp. 79 et 270; 

 Hook., FiL Exot, t. 76 ; Luerssen in Abhandl. naturwiss. Ver. Bremen, vii. p. 278. 



South Trinidad. Copeland. 



Previously only known from the island of St Helena. 



