774 MINNESOTA BOTANICAL STUDIES. 



Aspleniuni erectum var. suDbipinnatum Hillebr. PL Haw. 

 Is. 590. 1888. 



Not uncommon in the woods of Kaholuamano, above Waimea, 

 Kauai, at 4000 feet. A delicate fern, with slender fronds, usu- 

 ally about eight inches in length. 



September (2764). 



Aspleniuni furcatum Thunb. Prodr. Fl. Jap. 172. 1784. 



Growing on dry, exposed rocks, below the plateau of Kaho- 

 luamano, above Waimea, Kauai, at 3000 feet elevation. 



October (2872). 



Aspleniuni horridnm Kaulf. Enum. Fil. 173. 1824. 



Occasional in dry woods on Kaholuamano above Waimea, 

 Kauai, at 4000 feet elevation. Apparently a local fern, as but 

 few plants are ever found in any one locality. It was also no- 

 ticed in upper Pauoa. 



October (2853). 



Aspleniuni horriduni Kaulf. var. 



Differs from the preceding in the nearly smooth, bluish rachis 

 and pinnae, the segments being larger, more deeply and less 

 obliquely cut. In damp woods between the Wahiawa and 

 Hanapepe rivers, Kauai. Not uncommon at one place. 



July (2588). 



Aspleniuni lucid um Forst. Prodr. 427. 1789. 



Referred by Baker to A. oMusatum, but quite distinct. Col- 

 lected on the left bank of the Wahiawa, Kauai, just below the 

 second fall. 



July (2692). 



Aspleniuni nionantliemum Swz. Syn. Fil. 80. 1806. 



Asplenium monanthes L. Mant. 130. 1771. 

 A rather common fern in the woods of Kaholuamano, above 

 Waimea, Kauai, at 4000 feet, growing on the ground. 

 September (2771). 



Aspleniuni nidus L. Sp PI. 1079. 1753. 



This fern grows in various situations, and well deserves the 

 name of "Bird's Nest Fern," the space enclosed by the bases 

 of the fronds resembling a bird's nest. On the island of Oahu 

 it was found growing on trees, on Tantalus and also above 

 Manoa, while in Waialae, fine large plants grow on a shaded 



