KEPOET ON THE BOTANY OF THE ISLANDS OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. 169 

 Vittaria (Taeniopsis) stricta, Carmich. 



Vittaria (Tcmiopsis) stricta, Carmich. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., xii. p. 513; Hook., Sp. Fil., v. 



p. 182 ; Hook, and Bak., Synop. Fil., p. 396..' 

 Pteris vittarioides, Thouars, Esquisso Fl. Trist., p. 31, t. 1. 

 Vittaria revoluta, Willd. ex Kaulf., Enum. Fil., p. 194; Kulin, Fil. Afr., p. 56. 



Tristan da Cunha. — Endemic. In the wood — Carmichael Inaccessible and 

 Nightingale Islands. Moscley. 



This should perhaps be united with the widely-spread Vittaria lineata. 



Acrostichum (Elaphoglossum) conforme, Swartz. 



Acrostichum {Elaphoglossum) conforme, Swartz, Synop. Fil., pp. 10 et 192, t. 1, fig. 1 ; Hook., Sp. 



Fil, v. p. 198; Hook, and Bak., Synop. Fil., p. 401 ; Kulin, Fil. Afr., p. 43; Carmich. in Trans. 



Linn. Soc. Lond., xii. p. 509. 

 Acrostichum laurifolium, Thouars, Esquisse Fl. Trist., p. 31. 



Tristan da Cunha. — In the wood — ■Carmichael ; Menzies ; Thouars. 

 Generally diffused in warm countries. 



Acrostichum hybridum, Bory. 



Acrostichum hybridum, Bory, Voy., iii. p. 95; Swartz, Synop. Fil., p. 11 ; Hook., Sp. Fil., v. p. 210; 



Hook, and Bak., Synop. Fil., p. 403; Kuhn, Fil. Afr., p. 45. 

 Acrostichum ciliare, Thouars, Esquisse Fl. Trist., p. 328 ? ; Carmich. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., xii. 



p. 510. 



Tristan da Cunha. — On the mouldering banks of the ravines — Carmichael; Thouars. 

 Mexico to Brazil, Tropical and Subtropical South Africa, and Mascarene Islands. 



Acrostichum spathulatum, Bory. 



Acrostichum spathulatum, Bory, Voy. dans les quatres princ. iles des mers d'Afr., i. p. 363, t. 20, fig. 1 ; 



Hook, and Bak., Synop. Fil., p. 408; Kuhn, Fil. Afr., p. 47. 

 Elaphoglossum spathidatum, Bedd., Ferns S. Ind., p. 71, t. 213. 



Acrostichum oUusatum, Carmich. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., xii. p. 510; Kuhn, Fil. Afr., p. 46. 

 Acrostichum piloselloides, Presl, j3 oUusatum, Hook., Sp. Fil., v. p. 227 ; Hook., Fil. Exot., t. 29 ; 



Hook, and Grev., Ic. Fil., t. 22. 



Tristan da Cunha. — On the highest rocks of the tableland — Carmichael. 



Widely dispersed in Tropical America, also in South Africa, Ceylon, and the Mascarene 

 Islands. 



Kuhn retains Acrostichum obtusatum, Carmich., as a distinct species, restricted to 

 Tristan da Cunha; but there is no ground for it, and Kuhn most likely never saw 

 Carmichael's specimens, the only ones recorded from the island. 



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