246 THE BOTANY OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND. 



A. falcatitm, Lam, 



Common on trees on the plateau. First collected 

 by Lister. 



Distribution Africa, India, Malaya, and Polynesia. 

 A. centrifugale, Bak. Journ. Linn Soc. XXV p. 380. 



This endemic fern was first found by Mr. Lister. It 

 seems very rare as Andrews did not find it, and I only 

 found a small plant of what I take to be this on the 

 rocks, at Tom's Ladder in Flying Fish Cove. My plant 

 is very small only about 3 inches tall. 



Nephrolepis exaltata, Schott. 



Rocks, West End of Flying Fish Cove. 

 Distribution, Tropics. 



i\ 7 . acuta, Presl. Common on the ground all over the 

 Plateau, etc. 



Distribution, Tropics. 



N. ramosa, Moore. A very pretty fern with a slender rhizome 

 creeping up the trunks of trees on the Plateau near 

 Irvine Hall. 

 • Distribution. Africa, Ceylon, Malaya, Australia. 



Niphobolus adnascens, Sw. A very abundant epiphytic fern 

 on tree trunks ; Flying Fish Cove, Plateau etc. 

 Distribution, Africa, India, Malaya, Polynesia. 



Pleopeltis irioides, Lam. 



Epiphytic on trees and rocks Plateau. Very fine 

 large plants. One frond forked at the tip was found. 



Distribution Africa, India, Malaya, Australia, Poly- 

 nesia. 



PL phymatodes, L. 



On rocky cliffs above Flying Fish Cove, scarce. This 

 form had the sori in two rows only. Not previously 

 recorded. Distrib. Africa, Ceylon, Malaya, Polynesia. 



Jour. .Straits Branch 



