XII, c, 4 Brown, Merrill and Yates: Volcano Island 229 
Microlepia speluncae (Linn.) Moore.* Widely scattered in ravines; not 
common. 
Nephrolepis biserrata Schott. Widely distributed in ravines, open slopes, 
etc.; a single plant was observed just below the crater rim on the 
inside of the crater, and one at the base of the crater on the north- 
eastern wall. 
Notholaena densa J. Sm.* On bluffs near the beach and on walls of 
canons; not abundant and very local. 
Odontosoria chinensis (Linn.) J. Sm. Noted especially in ravines and 
canons, locally abundant; a few plants in the crater on the north- 
eastern wall. 
Onychium siliquosum (Desv.) C. Chr. In ravines and canons; local and 
not abundant. 
Pteris vittata Linn. (P. longifolia Auct., non Linn.). On cliffs and walls 
of canons; local. 
Pteris quadriaurita Retz. In shaded ravines; local. 
Stenochlaena palustris (Burm. f.) Bedd.* Hagndya. A few plants ob- 
served back of the beach, in thickets, near Pirapiraso. 
GLEICHENIACEAE 
Gleichenia linearis (Burm. f.) Bedd.* A few juvenile plants observed in 
one ravine. 
SCHIZAEACEAE 
Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw. Nito. Widely scattered in thickets 
and in ravines; a few plants occur within the crater near the base of 
the northeastern wall. 
Lygodium scandens (Linn.) Sw.* NUo. Not uncommon in thickets about 
Pirapiraso. 
LYCOPODIACEAE 
Lycopodium cernuum Linn^* A few juvenile plants observed on damp 
walls of a single canon. 
SELAGINELLACEAE 
Selaginella belangeri Bory. On banks and among Saccharum; locally 
common. 
PANDANACEAE 
Pandanus tectorius Soland. Panddn. A few widely scattered individuals 
on open slopes; rare. 
HYDROCHARITACEAE 
Ottelia alisnoides (Linn.) Pers.* Calabdo. Abundant along the northern 
coast, cast up by the waves. 
Vallisneria gigantea Graebn. Cintas. Apparently abundant in shallow 
water of coves and bays, as the plant is cast up on the beach in large 
quantities. 
GRAMINEAE 
Andropogon fragilis R. Br.* Rare. 
Bambusa blumeana Schultes f. Caudyan totoo. A number of tufts near 
Pirapiraso and a few in other localities, all from previous cultivation. 
