FLORA VITIENSIS, 331 
P. complanatum, Sw., has been gathered in the Society (Lay and Collie!) and the Hawaiian Islands 
(Barelay! Hildebrand !), but as yet not in Viti. 
1, P. triquetrum, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 187; Spring, Monogr, Lycop. u. 1; caule rigido basi 
triquetro apice multidiviso dichotomo, divisionibus ultimis flaccidioribus triquetris alatis marginibus 
subintegris ; foliolis minutis subulatis patulis—Nuttall, N. Amer. Plants, vol. ii. p. 248; R. Br.! 
Prodr, Fl, Noy. Holl. vol. i. p. 164; Desv. Prodr, Fil. in Ann. Soe. Linn. par. vi. p, 192; Hook. et 
Grev,! Enum, Fil. in Bot. Mise. vol. ii. p. 862; Spring in Eudl, et Mart. Fl, Bras. vol. i. p. 133; 
Hook. et Arn, ! Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 102. P. floridanum, Mich. ! Fl, Amer, vol. ii. p. 281 ; Desv. Prody, 
Fil. in Ann. Soe, Linn. par, vi. p. 192. P, dichofomum, Link! Fil. Spec. p. 160. Bernhardia 
dichotoma, Willd. in Act. Acad. Erford. 1802, p. 12; Sp. Pl. vol. v. p. 56; Bernh. in Schrad. 
Journ. 1800, p. 132; Pursh, Amer. vol. ii. p. 655; Kaulf.! Enum. Fil. p. 20. Bernhardia 
pedunculata, Desv.! in Herb. Juss. Hoffmannia aphylla, Willd. in Rem. et Usteri Bot. Mag: 
vol. vi. p. 17. Ipphia poliquetra, Noronha in Aub. du Petit-Thouars Mélanges Bot, et Voy. 1811. 
Lycopodium nudum, Linn, Sp. Pl. p. 1564; Lam, Ene, Bot. vol. iii. p. 649; Bory, Voy. vol. i. 
pp. 214, 283; Forst. Fl, Ins. Austr. Prodr, p. 86. Tristeea aristata, Pal. Beauv. in Herb, Deless, 
Buchozia furtiflora, Commers, in Herb. Mus, Par. Garsaultia minutiflora, Commers. in Herb. 
Pal. Beauv. (H. Deless.), Nom. trivial. “ Napi-ouapi,” incolarum Ins. Sandwich (Gaudichand) ; 
Plum, Fil. Amer. t, 170. f, aa; Dillen. Hist, Muse. t. 64, f. 4; Schkuhr, Krypt. Gew. t, 165 8; 
Dict. Sc, Nat. art. Bernhardia; Ad. Brongn. Végét. Fossil, vol. ii. t. 6. f. 1.—Matuku, Viti Levu, 
and most other Vitian Islands, on trees (Seemann! n. 699, Barclay! Harvey! Milne and M‘éil- 
livray!). Also collected in Anecitum (M‘Gillivray !), Eromanga (M‘Gillivray !), the Hawatian (Macrae ! 
Barclay ! Seemann!) and Society Islands (Forster!), Common throughout tropical Asia, Africa, and 
America, 
2, P. flaccidum, Wall, Cat. n. 45; Spring, Monogr, Lycop. n. 3; caule longissimo flaccido 
basi subtriquetro mox complanato latissimo pluries furcato-dichotomo; ramulis cauli conformibus 
pro foliis vix denticulatis; foliolis subulatis valde remotis——Hook. et Grev. Enum. Fil. p. 4. 
P, complanatum, Blume!, Enum, Pl. Jay. vol. ii. p. 272 (non 8w.). P. Pervillei, Decaisne in Herb, 
Mus, Par.—Ovalan and Viti Levu (Seemann! n, 698), Also found in Tahiti (Barclay !), Singapore, 
Jaya, and Madagascar. 
Orxvo CVII, FILICES.* 
(Aucrons W. CarrutTuers.) 
Susorpo Il. GLEICHENIACEZ. 
I. Gleichenia, Smith, Mem. Acad. Turin, vol. v. p, 419; R. Brown, Prodr. p. 160, Spo- 
rangia sessilia, subglobosa, apici v. medio yenz superioris inserta, in soros subrotundos. dorsales 
collecta. Indusium nullum, Nervi laciniarum indivisi v. furcati, ramis liberis.—Filices caudice 
repente, stipite exarticulato, frondibus dichotomis v. furcatis, subcoriaceis—Mertensia, Willd. Act. 
Holm, 1804, p. 165. Mesosorus, Hassk. Pugill. p. 2. Calymella, Presi, Tent. Pter. p. 48. Sti- 
cherus, Presl, l.c. p. 51. Dicranopteris, Bernh. Schrad. Neu Journ, vol, i, 1806, p. 38. Gleiche- 
nidstrum, Presi, Stip. p. 30. 
le ah Se ee ee SS ee 
* Tam indebted to Mr. John Smith for the list of Ferns published in‘ Bonplandia,’ which has been 
of great assistance in working up the following aceount.—B, 5. 
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