178 Transactions. — Botany. 



103. *Asplenium (Diplazium) sp. 



Eavines on Sunday Island; not common. A rather 

 small species, seldom more than 18 inches high, with 

 pinnate fronds. It is evidently closely allied to and may 

 he identical with the Fijian A. congruum, Brack. Poly- 

 nesia? 



104. Aspidium aristatum, Swz. 



Sunday Island ; very plentiful. New Zealand — Taranga 

 Isles, T.F.C.: Norfolk Island, Australia, Polynesia, tropical 

 Asia, South Africa. 



105. Nephrodium decomposition, Br. 



Sunday Island ; common towards the tops of the hills. 

 New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Australia, Polynesia. 



10P). ^Nephrodium tenericaule, Hook. ; N. setigerum, Baker. 



Eavines on Sunday Island; not rare. Norfolk Island, 

 Australia, Polynesia, tropical Asia. 



107. Nephrodium molle, Desv. 



Sunday Island, in several places in the lower por- 

 tions of the island. New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Lord 

 Howe's Island, Australia, Polynesia, and tropical countries 

 generally. 



108. ''■'• Nephrolepis exaltata, Schott. 



Sunday Island; abundant in Denham Bay, but not 

 seen elsewhere. Australia, Polynesia, and most tropical 

 countries. 



109. Polypodium billardieri, Br. 



Sunday Island; very abundant. New Zealand, Norfolk 

 Island, Lord Howe's Island, Australia. 



110. Polypodium serpens, Forst. 



Sunday Island ; plentiful. New Zealand, Norfolk Island, 

 Australia, Polynesia. 



111. Ophioglossum lusitanicum, L. 



A few specimens collected on the large crater of Sunday 

 Island. New Zealand, Australia, and many temperate 

 and tropical countries. 



39. Lycopodiace^e . 



112. Lycopodium billardieri, Spring. 



Sunday Island, on the trunks of tree-ferns ; rare. New 

 Zealand. 



113. Lycopodium cernuum, L. 



Sunday Island, in the large crater-basin ; not common. 

 Universal in tropical countries. 



