ROBINSON: PTERIDOPHYTA OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 577 
TYPE LOCALITY: Hawaiian Islands. 
DIsTRIBUTION: In crevices in rocks at 350 m. or more eleva- 
tion, Hawaiian Islands. 
ILLUSTRATION: Hook. Exot. Ferns pl]. 34. 1858. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Hawaii, Wilkes Expedition N; Maui, 
Batley C; Lichtenthaler N; Oahu, Heller C: Mann & Brigham 
136 N; Wilkes Expedition N; Hawaiian Islands, Baldwin (3-27 
C; Hillebrand C; Moore C; ex Herb. John Donnell Smith 67 N. 
DoryopTeris DECORA Brack. Fil. U.S. Expl. Exp. 103. 1854 
Pieris decora Hook. Sp. Fil. 2: 210. 1858. 
Litobrochia decora Moore, Ind. Fil. 342. 1862. 
TYPE LocALITY: Hawaiian Islands. 
DISTRIBUTION: On exposed rocks at elevations of about 600 m., 
Hawaiian Islands. 
ILLustraTION: Brack. Fil. U.S. Expl. Exp. pl. 13. f. 1. 1854. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Hawaii, Mann & Brigham N; Wilkes 
Expedition N; Maui, Bailey C; Safford 882 N; Kauai, Heller 2654 
C, N; Heller C; Lanai, Hillebrand N; Hawaiian Islands, Baldwin 
22 C, N; Wilkes Expedition C. 
6. ADIANTUM L. Sp. Pl. 1094. 1753 
Delicate ferns, inhabiting moist, shady localities. Root- 
stock creeping or suberect; leafstalks slender, usually dark and 
lustrous, not articulate; blades pinnate to pinnately decompound 
or tripinnate; sori terminal upon the free forking veins within the 
reflexed lobes (indusia) of the leaflets. 
Type species: Adiantum Capillus-veneris L. 
ADIANTUM CAPILLUS-VENERIS L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1096. 1753 
Adiantum Capillus Sw. Jour. Bot. Schrad. 18007: 83. 1801. 
Adiantum emarginatum Bory; Willd. Sp. Pl. 5: 449. 1810. 
Adiantum Wattii Baker, Jour. Linn. Soc. 18: 381. 1881. 
Adiantum Levingei Baker, Ann. Bot. 5: 207. 1891. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Southern Europe. 
DisTRIBUTION: On ground or moist rocks in tropics and 
subtropics. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Hook. Brit. Ferns 41. 1861; Ettingsh. 
Farnkr. 44. f.5. 11-17. 1865. 
