146 VEGETATION OF LORD HOWE ISLAND, 



Trichomanes javanicum, Blume. — I received this fern from 

 Mr. Robert Etheridge, Curator of the AustraHan Museum. It 

 was collected by himself and Mr. Thomas Whitelegge on their 

 visit to the island in 1887. Locality, Soldiers' or Deep Creek. 

 It is not in Hemsley's list, and is therefore an addition to the 

 flora of the island. 



AsPLENiuM RoBiNSONii, F.v.M. — "Crimpy Bird's Nest Fern." 

 Hitherto only recorded from Norfolk Island, has been found by 

 Edward King on Mt. Gower in a locality that need not be more 

 definitely indicated for the present. This is a remarkable fern, 

 so much sought after in Norfolk Island that it has been almost 

 exterminated. King, who is the collector for the Botanic 

 Gardens, informed me that he collected three and lost them by 

 the swamping of his boat. I have not seen the fern from Lord 

 Howe Island, but include it on his authority as he is a reliable 

 man and knows the Norfolk Island fern well. 



AsPLENiUM OBTUSATUM, Forst., var. LUCiDUM, Bentli. — Hemsley 

 (perhaps through inadvertence) appears only to take cognizance 

 of var. incisum, but Bentham (B. Fl. vii. 747) also records var. 

 lucidum, of which I collected specimens. 



AsPLENiUM PTERiDioiDES, Baker. — " Celery Fern." 



AspiDiUM ACULEATUM, Sw., var. MooREi, Christ. — Specimens 

 of a fern from rocks on the east side of Mt. Lidgbird received 

 from E. King were ;?ent by my predecessor (Mr. Charles Moore) 

 to Dr H. Christ, of Basle, who named them as above. Following 

 is a description contained in a letter by Dr. Christ, received early 

 in 1896; I do not know where it has been published : — 



"Nanum. Stipes nullus. Pinnis deltoideis, pinnulis petiolatis, 

 obtuse triangulis, ad basim profunde, supra modice pinnatifidis, 

 lobis obtusissimis crenatis, soris minutis medialibus. Rachis infra 

 squamis bruneis longis dense vestita. Frons late deltoidea a basi 

 tripinnatifida." 



It may readily be mistaken for a dwarf form of A. capense, 

 Willd. I collected specimens on the west side of the island, 

 about half a mile from the base of Mt. Lidgbird, near Johnson's 



