FLORA VITIENSIS. 331 
P. complanatum, Sw., has been gathered in the Society (Lay and Collie!) and the Hawaiian Islands 
(Barclay ! Hildebrand !), but as yet not in Viti. 
1. P. triquetrum, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 187; Spring, Monogr. Lycop. n. 1; caule rigido basi 
triquetro apice multidiviso dichotomo, divisionibus ultimis flaccidioribus triquetris alatis marginibus 
subintegris; foliolis minutis subulatis patulis.—Nuttall, N. Amer. Plants, vol. ii. p. 248; R. Br.! 
Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. vol. i. p. 164; Desv. Prodr. Fil. in Ann. Soc. Linn. par. vi. p. 192; Hook. et 
Grev.! Enum. Fil. in Bot. Mise. vol. ii. p. 862; Spring in Endl. et Mart. Fl. Bras. vol. i. p. 133; 
Hook. et Arn. ! Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 102. P. floridanum, Mich. ! Fl. Amer. vol. ii. p. 281 ; Desv. Prodr. 
Fil. in Ann. Soc. Linn. par. vi. p. 192. P. dichotomum, Link! Fil. Spec. p. 160. Bernhardia 
dichotoma, Willd. in Act. Acad. Erford. 1802, p. 12; Sp. Pl. vol. v. p. 56; Bernh. in Schrad. 
Journ. 1800, p. 132; Pursh, Amer. vol. ii. p. 655; Kaulf.! Enum. Fil p. 20.  Bernhardia 
pedunculata, Desv.! in Herb. Juss. Hoffmannia aphylla, Willd. in Rem. et Usteri Bot. Mag. 
vol. vi p. 17. Ipphia poliquetra, Noronha in Aub. du Petit-Thouars Mélanges Bot. et Voy. 1811. 
Lycopodium nudum, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1564; Lam. Enc. Bot. vol. iii. p. 649; Bory, Voy. vol. i. 
pp. 214, 283; Forst. Fl. Ins. Austr. Prodr. p. 86.  Tristeca aristata, Pal. Beauv. in Herb. Deless. 
Buchozia furtiflora, Commers. in Herb. Mus. Par. Garsaultia minutiflora, Commers. in Herb. 
Pal. Beauv. (H. Deless.). Nom. trivial. * Napi-ouapi," incolarum Ins. Sandwich (Gaudichaud) ; 
Plum. Fil. Amer. t. 170. f. aa; Dillen. Hist. Musc. t. 64. f. 4; Schkuhr, Krypt. Gew. t. 1658; 
Dict. Se. Nat. art. Bernhardia; Ad. Brongn. Végét. Fossil. vol. ii. t. 6. f. 1—Matuku, Viti Levu, 
and most other Vitian Islands, on trees (Seemann! n. 699, Barclay! Harvey! Milne and M‘Gil- 
livray !). Also collected in Aneitum (M-Gillivray !), Eromanga (M‘Gillivray !), the Hawaiian (Macrae! 
Barclay ! Seemann !) and Society Islands (Forster!). Common throughout tropical Asia, Africa, and 
America. 
2. P. flaccidum, Wall. Cat. n. 45; Spring, Monogr. Lycop. n. 3; caule longissimo flaccido - 
-basi subtriquetro mox complanato latissimo pluries furcato-dichotomo ; ramulis cauli conformibus 
pro foliis vix denticulatis; foliolis subulatis valde remotis.—Hook. et Grev. Enum. Fil. p. 4. 
P. complanatum, Blume !, Enum. Pl. Jav. vol. ii. p. 272 (non Sw.). P. Pervillei, Decaisne in Herb, 
Mus. Par.—Ovalau and Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 698). Also found in Tahiti (Barclay !), Singapore, 
Java, and Madagascar. 
Orpo CVII. FILICES.* 
(Aucrore W. CARRUTHERS.) 
SusorDo I. GLEICHENIACEÆ. 
I. Gleichenia, Smith, Mem. Acad. Turin, vol. v. p. 419; R. Brown, Prodr. p. 160. Spo- 
rangia sessilia, subglobosa, apici v. medio venæ superioris inserta, in soros subrotundos dorsales 
collecta. Indusium nullum. Nervi laciniarum indivisi v. furcati, ramis liberis.—Filices caudice 
repente, stipite exarticulato, frondibus dichotomis v. furcatis, subcoriaceis —Mertensia, Willd. Act. 
Holm. 1804, p. 165. Mesosorus, Hassk. Pugill. p. 2. — Calymella, Presl, Tent. Pter. p. 48. Sti- 
cherus, Presl, l.c. p. 51. Dicranopteris, Bernb. Schrad. Neu Journ. vol. i. 1806, p. 38. Gleiche- 
niastrum, Presl, Stip. p. 30. 
* T am indebted to Mr. John Smith for the list of Ferns published in ‘ Bonplandia, which has been 
of great assistance in working up the following account.—B. S. 
