their allies. All ha\c vanished sav the lone M. Douiilusii, that 

 was able to survive under the changing ecologic en\'ironment. 

 There is ample evidence elsewhere in the Hawaiian flora to show 

 that many elements of the present flora are but remnants of the 

 far richer flora of Pan-Hawaii-land. 



The genus Marattia Sm. ( — Dicostegia Presl., Eiipodium J. Sm., 

 Gymnothcca Presl., Marattia Presl., Myriotheca Bory, Stibasia 

 Presl.) was named in honor of an Italian botanist, J. F. Maratti, 

 of Vallombrosa, Tuscany, who li\ed in the seventeenth century 

 and wrote on ferns. The genus comprises about 25 species, 

 which are scattered throughout the tropics, and into the southern 

 hemisphere. The following table shows the distribution of the 

 better-known species. 



Old World 



African 

 Jraxinea Sm. — west coast of Africa to Polynesia. 

 salicifolia Schrad. — South Africa to the Cape. 

 Boivini Mett. — Madagascar. 

 purpurascens de \^riese — Ascencion Island. 



East Indies 

 salicina Sm. — East Indian Archipelago. 

 sambucina Bl. — Java. 

 pelliicida Presl. — Philippine Islands. 



Melanesia 

 melanesiaca Kuhn — Melanesia. 

 attenuata Labill — New Caledonia. 



Polynesia 

 Douglasii (Presl.) Baker — Fiji, Hawaiian Islands. 



New World 

 cicutifolia Kaulf. — ^tropical America. 

 Kaulfussii J. Sm. — tropical America. 



alata Sm. — West Indies, Mexico, northern South America. 

 Weinmanniifolia Liebm. — Mexico. 

 laevis Sm. — West Indies. 



