356 
ST. HELENA. 
J Iie ^ 0Un ? undeveloped fronds of this plant yield a remarkable per- 
fume, much resembling that of a ripe peach. Hk. and B Syn Fil 
1S68, p. 308.— Plate 55. 
902. P. lanceolatum, Linn . ; P. lepidotum, Willd . ; P. macro- 
carpum, Kaulf.; Pleopeltis lepidota, and P. kelence, Presh— A small 
Fern, with fronds about six inches long, common as a parasite on the 
stems of Tree-ferns, Dichonia arborea, and native trees, on the 
central ridge, and at Diana’s Peak. Alt. 5 - 4. Hk. and B. Syn. Fil. 
1SG8 p. 356.— Hab. Also West Indies, Panama to Brazil, Cape of 
Dood Hope, Bourbon, Sandwich Islands, Heilgherries, &c. 
903. P. rugulosum, Labill. ; Phegopteris rugulosa, J. Smith. — 
One of the most abundant, and at the same time most beautiful of 
the Island Ferns; grows abundantly along the roadsides, at alt. 
3 to 4, m the neighbourhood of Bevan’s, Joho’s Hole, Well’s, Sandy 
Bay ridge, &c. The fronds reach a height of about two feet.’ 
Pteris, Linn. 
904. l P. flabellata, Tliunb. — The most common roadside Fern 
in the Island ; found also abundantly in the ravines on the upper 
lands, where it selects a rocky soil. Scarcely occurs above an alt. 
w 4 n>° r I jd ° Ur 3 ' Verj P lentiful about such places as Joho’s Hole, 
Well s, Oakbank, Bevan’s, &c. Even occurring on the summit of 
Lot, and the eastern side of High Knoll. Hk. and B. Syn. Fil. 
1868, p 161.— Hab. Also Cape of Good Hope, Bourbon, Abyssinia, 
I ernando-Po, Ascension Island, &c. 
905. " P. paleacea, Koxb.— A less abundant species, found at a 
higher alt., of about 5, where its remarkable fan-like fronds min He 
with the Dicksonia and Diplazium on the mountain spurs, and in the 
ravines north and south of the central ridge, near Diana’s and High 
Peaks. Hk. and B. Syn. Fil. 1868, p. 159. 
121. LrcoroDiACE.-E ( Club-moss Family). 
Lycopodium, Linn. 
906. *L. cernuum, Sw.— Commonly known as Buck’s Horn • 
growing plentifully on the grassy banks on the high central rido-e 
near Diana’s Peak, &c. Alt. 4 to 5'4. The plant attains a height 
of twelve to eighteen inches. 
