88 Geographical Handbook of Ferns. 



Botrychlum. 



B. Luuaria, Swz. Hab. : Australian Alps, at the source of the 

 river Ovens. — F. Mueller. Tasmania. 



B. ternatum, Swz. (B. cicutarium, Sioz.'). Hah. : Australia, Tas- 

 mania, New Zealand ; Northern and Middle Islands. — J. D. Hooker. 

 On open shady places of Chatham Island. This fern is very rare in 

 South Australia, and in the lowlands of Victoria and N. S. Wales, 

 extending; from Mount Lofty Range to the Tropic of Capricorn. 

 F. Mueller. 



3. POLYNESIA, FRIENDLY, SOCIETY, SANDWICH 

 OR HAWAII,* MARQUESA ISLES, ETC. 



Gleicbenia. 



G. longissima, Bl. (Gl. glauca, JTooA. jMertensia glabra. Brack,). 

 Hab. : Sandwich Isles, Owhyhee. 



G. Owhyhensis, Hook. Hab. : Byron's Bay, Owhyhee. $. 



G. flag-ellaris, Spr. Hah. ; Fiji. 



G. dichotoma, Willd. (Mert. emarginata, Srach^. Hah. -. Sand- 

 wich Isles, Tahiti, Oahu, Owhyhee, Society Isles, Marquesas Isles, 

 Wallis Isle, Feejee Isles. 

 Cyattaea. 



C. meduUaris, Svx. Hah. : Pacific Isles, Pitcairn's Island, Ota- 

 heite ; Bonin. 



C. leucolepis, Meti. Hab. ; Samoan or Navigator's Isles, Fiji. 



C. afiinis, Sioz. Hab. : Pacific Isles; Fiji, Pitcairn's Island. 

 Hemltella. 



H. denticulata. Hook. Hab. : Elizabeth Island, S. Pacific. 

 Alsopbila. 



A. Samoensis, Brack. Hab. : Samoan (or Navigator's) Isles. 



A. decurrens. Hook. Hab, : Pacific and Samoan Isles. 



A. truncata, Brack. Hab. : Fiji and Samoan Isles. $. 



A. Tahitensis, Brack. Hah. : Tahiti. $. 



A. lunulata, Br. (?) Brack. Hab. ; Pacific Isles, Samoan and 

 Fiji Isles ; Bonin Island. 

 Sicksonia. 



D. (Cibotium) f^lauoa. Smith. Hab. : Oahu, Sandwich Isles ; 

 discovered by Menzies in 1807. ^. 



* 'TheHawaian (or Saiiflwich) Islands lie just within the northern tropic, 

 between 18° 55' and 22° 20' N. and 154° 50', and 160° 40' W. Their climate is 

 not extreme, being much moderated by the NE. trade winds, which blow pretty 

 s'eadily for three-fourths of the year. The group comprises thirteen Islands. 

 Hawaii (alias Owhyhee), the largest, being about 100 miles long by 80 or 90 miles 

 wide. It also presents the highest mountains of the group, as well as of the 

 Pacific ; Mauna Kea being 13,980 feet, and Mauna Loa 1 3,760 feet : Hualalai 

 somewhat exceeds 8,000 feet. The next island to the west, Maui, is the next in 

 size also. The eastern end is composed of the mountain Haleakala, somewhat 

 exceeding 10,000 feet in height. West Maui is about 6,500 feet high : its 

 mountain is known as Ecka. In Oahu, the mountains are two somewhat parallel 

 ridges, lying nearly east and west; the southern ridge is known as the Kaala 

 Mountains.' — From Horace Mannas Enumeration of Hawaian Plants; a paper 

 drawn up for the Am. Ac. of Arts and Sciences, after a visit to Hawaii in 1864r-65. 



