FLORA VITIENSIS: A DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANTS OF THE VITL OR FIJI ISLANDS, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR HISTORY, USES, AND PROPERTIES. BY (7 BERTHOLD. SEEMANN, PH.D., F.L.S., F.R.G.S., ADJUNCT, PRÆSIDII OF THE IMPERIAL L. С. ACADEMY NATURE CURIOSORUM ; COMMISSIONED BY H.B.M. GOVERNMENT TO EXPLORE THE VITI ISLANDS; AUTHOR OF ‘THE BOTANY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. HERALD. WITH ONE HUNDRED PLATES BY WALTER FITCH, F.L.S. WE KNOW NOTHING OF THE VITI ISLANDS BOTANICALLY, EXCEPT THAT THEY CONTAIN RICH FORESTS OF SANDALWOOD.” Endlicher : Flora of the South Sea Islands, 1836. LONDON: LOVELL REEVE AND CO., 5, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1865. FLORA VITIENSIS. Ы 867 1. С. subauriculatum, Presl, Tent. Pter. р. 186; rhizomate repente, pallide fusco; stipiti- bus elongatis, semiteretibus, antice canaliculatis glabris, basi incrassatis et paleaceis ; frondibus mem- branaceis, glabris, pinnatis, pinnis sessilibus subalternis patentibus lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis serratis basi cuneato-truncatis; soris orbiculatis, approximatis, semiserialibus.—Polypodium subauri- culatum, Blume, Fil. Jav. p. 177. t. 88. Goniophlebium serratifolium, Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 35.—Viti (Seemann! n. 714, Milne! U.S. Expl. Exped.). XXXV. Niphobolus, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 124. Sporangia арісе v. latere venularum libera- rum v. anastomosantium imposita, іп soros globosos cyclosos v. ellipticos collecta. Venæ interne obscurz, v. pinnatæ prominentes, venulis anastomosantibus ultimis liberis divaricatis.—Filices rhizo- mate repente v. decumbente ; frondibus simplicibus v. lobatis, rigidis, coriaceis, presertim subtus squamis peltatis stellato-ciliatis, v. pilis stellatis dense v. sparse obtectis; soris uni- v. pluriseriatis, sepe confluentibus.—Cyclophorus, Galeoglossa, Scytopteris, Spherostichum, Polycampium, Apalo- phlebia et Gyrosorium, Presl, Epim. Bot. pp. 129-139. Niphopsis, J. Smith, Cat. Ferns, p. 6. The following species are also found in tropical Polynesia :—1. M. tricholepis, Carr. ms. (Polypodium, Mett.), from Society Islands, Tahiti (Andersson, Vesco, Vieillard, Jelineck, n. 152). 2. N. serpens, Carr. ms. (non Endl.) (Polypodium serpens, Forst. Prodr. n. 435 (non Swartz). P. stellatum, Vahl. Niphobolus bicolor, Kaulf.), from Society Islands, Tahiti (Banks and Solander! Barclay! n. 3325), Raiatea (A. Collie !).—The locality given by Forster (Prodr. p. 81) is most probably a mistake; it should be Society Islands rather than New Zealand. 3. N. aerostichoides, Carr. ms. (non Presl). (Polypodium acrostichoides, Forst. Prodr. п. 424. Niphobolus glaber, Kaulf.), from Society Islands (Forster !), New Hebrides, Aneitum (M‘Gillivray!), and Tanna (Barclay !). 1. N. adnascens, Кап. Enum. Fil. p. 124; rhizomate repente, squamis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, ciliatis, serratis; stipitibus brevibus, suleatis; frondibus coriaceis, sterilibus ellipticis obtusis basi in stipitem angustato-decurrentibus, fertilibus lineari-lanceolatis acutis; soris copiosis- simis, profunde immersis, tomento stellato obductis, dein emersis, confluentibus.—Polypodium adnas- cens, Św. Syn. Fil. pp. 25, 222. Cyclophorus adnascens, Desv. Berl. Mag. vol. у. p. 300. Nipho- bolus elongatus, Blume, Fil. Jav. p. 52. Drynaria obtusata, Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 44. — Viti (Seemann! n. 724, Sir E. Home! Milne! Harvey !). Also from Tonga Islands (Nelson ! Barclay! Sir E. Home !), Solomon Islands (Milne !), and New Ireland (Labillardiere !). XXXVI. Pleopeltis, Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. v. p. 211. Sporangia anastomosi venularum imposita, in soros rotundatos v. ellipticos collecta. Venæ pinnate v. pinnato-furcate, venulis repetito-ramosis, reticulatis, ultimis liberis, apice clavatis.—Filices rhizomate repente, fron- dibus articulatis simplicibus, pinnatifidis v. pinnatis.—4nazetum, Schott, Gen. Fil. t. 1. Phymatodes, Presl, partim, Tent. Pter. p. 205. Microgramma, Presl, Tent. Pter. p. 213. Microterus, Presl, Epim. Bot. р. 124. — Anapeltis, J. Smith, Cat. Ferns, p. 5. > The following species also occur in tropical Polynesia :—1. P. elongata, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 246, from Oahu, Sandwich Islands (Nelson ! Menzies! Barclay ! n. 123, Macrae! Seemann ! Chamisso, Mann). 2. P. lanceola, Carr. ms. (Polypodium lanceola, Mett.), from New Caledonia (Vieillard, п. 1595). 3. Р. affinis, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 344, from Tahiti (Banks and Solander!) and Saraii, Samoan Islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 4. P. Powellii, Carr. ms. (Polypodium Powellii, Baker), from Samoa (Powell, n. 185). 5. P. lon- gissima, Carr. ms. (Polypodium longissimum, Blume, Fil. Jav. p. 159. t. 68), from Tahiti (Banks and Solander!). 6. Р. maxima, Т. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 346 (Drynaria maæima, Brack.), from Tahiti (Nelson! Barclay! U.S. Expl. Exped.). 7. P. spectrum, Т. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 348, from Sandwich Islands (Nelson! Strickland! Macrae! Hillebrand ! Chamisso, U. S. Expl. Exped., Mann). 1. P. irioides, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 78; rhizomate repente, paleis imbricatis ovatis acumi- natis reticulatis obsito ; stipitibus brevissimis, teretibus; frondibus elongato-lanceolatis, acutis v. 3B2 368 , FLORA VITIENSIS. obtusiusculis, inferne angustatis et decurrentibus, integerrimis, glabris, membranaceis; venis pri- mariis manifestis, secundariis numerosis reticulatis, ramis liberis; soris parvis in dorso v. angulo nervulorum impositis.—Polypodium irioides, Poir. Enc. Meth. vol. v. p. 515. Phymatodes irioides, Presl, Tent. Pter. p. 198. Drynaria irioides, J. Sm. Hook. Journ. 1841, p. 398.— Viti (Seemann ! n. 728, Harvey !). Also from New Caledonia (M‘Gillivray! Strange !), Isle of Pines (M‘Gillivray ! Sir E. Home !), and Tahiti (Nelson !). 2. P. accedens, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 345; rhizomate repente, paleis lanceolatis teneris onusto; frondibus coriaceis, glabris, ovato-oblongis v. ovato-lanceolatis, basi cuneatim attenuatis, obtusis, integerrimis; fertilibus apice linearibus; soris rotundatis, apicem productum frondium occupantibus.— Polypodium accedens, Blume, Enum. Pl. Jav. p. 121. Drynaria cuspidiflora, J. Sm. Hook. Journ. 1841, р. 397. D. acuminata, Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 42.— Viti (See- mann! n. 727, U.S. Expl. Exped.). Also from Tahiti (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 3. P. nigrescens, Carr. ms. ; rhizomate repente, membranaceo-squamato ; stipitibus elongatis, teretiusculis, inferne semiteretibus; frondibus profunde pinnatifidis, membranaceis, glabris; laciniis elongato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, integerrimis, oppositis; soris ad costam uniserlatis, in excavationi- bus sacciformibus immersis.— Polypodium nigrescens, Blume, Fil. Jav. p. 161. t. 70.—From Viti (Milne !). 4. P. alternifolia, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 344; stipitibus glabris, semiteretibus ; frondibus subcoriaceis, profunde pinnatifidis; laciniis subalternis, distantibus, patentibus, lineari-lanceolatis, attenuatis, margine repando-dentatis; soris rotundis, uniserialibus, subimmersis, distantibus.— Dry- | naria alternifolia, Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 58. —Viti, Sandalwood Bay (U.S. Expl. Exped.). 5. P. alata, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 344; rhizomate crasso, repente, nudo; stipitibus glabris, stramineis, semiteretibus, sulcatis ; frondibus membranaceis, glabris, profunde pinnatifidis ; segmentis subalternis, distantibus, lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, margine sinuato-dentatis v. repandis, basi decurrentibus; soris parvis, rotundis, inter venas laterales biseriatis.— Drynaria alata, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 48. t. 6. Polypodium alatum, Hook. Sp. Fil. vol. v. p. 85.— Viti (Seemann ! n. 731), Ovalau (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 6. P. coadunata, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 345 ; stipitibus acute angulatis, paleaceis ; frondibus glabris, membranaceis, basi pinnatis, versus apicem pinnatifidis, infimis petiolulatis, triangularibus basi obliquis ; laciniis triangulari-ovatis, obtusis, crenatis ; rachibus costisque glanduloso-pubescenti- bus; soris numerosis, parvis, rotundis, sparsis.— Drynaria coadunata, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 49.—Viti, Sandalwood Bay, iu mountain forests (U.S. Expl. Exped.). 7. P. Phymatodes, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 347; rhizomate late repente, ramoso, epigæo v. scandente, paleis ovatis vestito, denique glabro; stipitibus elongatis, glabris; frondibus coriaceis, glabris, simplicibus v. 2-, 3-fidis v. pinnatipartitis; laciniis e basi latiore sensim attenuatis v. lineari- lanceolatis, plerumque acuminatis, integerrimis; soris ellipticis v. rotundis, uni- v. biseriatis.—Poly- podium phymatodes, Linn. Mant. p. 306. Phymatodes vulgaris, Presl, Tent. Pter. p. 196. Drynaria vulgaris, J. Smith, Hook. Journ. 1842, p. 61. Chrysopteris Phymatodes et C. longipes, Link, Fil. Sp. Polypodium grossum, Langsd. et Fisch. Ic. Fil. p. 9. t. 8. С. longipes, J. Smith, Bot. Mag. 1846. — Viti (Seemann! n. 730, 732; Harvey! Milne!). Also from Tahiti (Banks and Solander !), Vavao (Home !), Tongatoboo (Home!), Upolu (Home!), New Caledonia (M'Gillivray !), Isle of Pines (Home! M'Gillivray !), Aneitum, New Hebrides (M‘Gillivray !). I may here correct an error in regard to an allied species, Polypodium Billardieri, R. Br. This plant was originally described by Forster in his Prodr. n. 436 as P. pustulatum, but Schkuhr, in his Filices, gave FLORA VITIENSIS. 369 the drawing (Plate X.) of a large frond of Forster's P. scandens instead of the true species, and he has misled all subsequent observers. The following is the synonymy of the species:—Pleopeltis pustulata, Carr. ms., non Moore. Polypodium pustulatum, Forst. Prodr. п. 436 (fide Herb. Forst.), non Schkuhr, Willd. nee auet. alior. Р. scandens, Labill. Nov. Holl. vol. ii. p. 91. t. 240, non Forst. Р. diversifolium, Willd. Sp. РІ. vol. ii. p. 166, non R. Br. P. Billardieri, R. Br. Prodr. p. 147; Hook. Sp. Fil. vol. v. p. 82. Е . XXXVII. Dipteris, Reinwardt, Syllogr. Pl. Nov. (1828), vol. ii. p. $. Sporangia inter venas primarias dichotomas earumque divisiones, venulis anastomosantibus insidentia, in soros subrotundos sparsos соПесба. Venæ dichotomo-glabelliformes, venulis prominentibus divaricatissimis erebre anastomosantibus, ultimis v. penultimis soriferis, ultimis apice vix dilatato libero.—Filices rhizomate repente ; frondibus elongato-stipitatis, binatis, coriaceis. 1. D. conjugata, Reinw. Syll. Pl. Nov. vol. ii. p. 3; rhizomate repente, squamis rigidis atris subulatis tecto; stipitibus glabris, castaneis, teretiusculis, antice canaliculatis; frondibus binatis, palmatis, coriaceis, glabris, subtus glaucis ; segmentis oblongis v. elongatis, sensim acuminatis, grosse serratis; soris. minutis.—Polypodium conjugatum, Kaulf. Wesen. d. Farrkr. p. 104. Р. dipteris, Blume, Enum. Fil. Jav. p. 185. Р. Horsfieldii, R. Br. Plant. Jav. Rar. p. 1.— Viti (Seemann! n. 734, Harvey !). Also from Aneitum, New Hebrides (M'Gillivray !), Malicola (C. Moore !), Erro- mango (M'Gillivray !), New Caledonia (Strange ! M'Gillivray !). XXXVIII. Drynaria, Bory (subgenus), Ann. Se. Nat. vol. v. (1825), p. 462. Sporangia venulis anastomosantibus imposita, in soros rotundatos magnos collecta, Venge pinnate, prominentes, venulis crebre anastomosantibus, ultimis liberis, divaricatis.—Filices rhizomate repente; frondibus dissimilibus, fertilibus stipitatis pinnatifidis v. pinnatis, segmentis articulatis, sterilibus sessilibus querciformibus. l. D. Linnæi, Carr. ms.; rhizomate repente, paleis elongatis fibrillosis onusto; stipitibus glabris, subteretibus, alatis; frondibus coriaceis, glabris, viridibus, juxta rachin pinnatifidis, sinubus rotundato-obtusis, segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, margine callosis, subrepandis; venis primariis e costa pinnatis, secundariis et ultimis repetite et irregulariter anastomosantibus ; frondi- bus sterilibus sessilibus, late ovatis, profunde sinuatis; soris numerosis, parvis, anastomosante v. medio venularum irregulariter impositis.— Polypodium Linnei, Bory (excl. syn., Ann. d. Sc. Nat. 1825, vol. v. p. 464. t. 12).— Viti (Milne! U.S. Expl: Exped.). This is a very distinct species from P. quercifolium, Linn. (ex spec. typo. in Herb. Burmaum), and is well characterized and accurately figured by Bory, though he erroneously referred it to Linnæus's species. This has led to so much confusion that I will give the synonymy of P. quercifolium, Linn., as far as I have been able to determine it with certainty. Р. quercifolium, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1. p. 1087; Schkuhr, Crypt. Gew. p. 13. t. 13; Swartz, Syn. Fil. p. 32. P. sylvaticum, Schkuhr, Crypt. Gew. р. 22. +. 86. P. Schkuhrii, Bory, Ann. 4. Зе. Nat. 1325, vol. у. p. 467. P. morbillosum, Presl, Rel. Henk. fase. 1. p. 22. t. 3. f. 3.—This species is recorded by Mr. Baker from Viti, but the specimens I have examined belong to D. Linnæi, which Mr. Baker has properly reintroduced (Syn. Fil. p. 368) as an independent species. 2. D. diversifolia, J. Smith, Hook. Journ. 1841, p. 397; rhizomate repente, paleis angusto- lanceolatis subulato-acuminatis onusto, denique pruinato; frondibus sterilibus, oblongis, pinnati- lobatis; fertilibus stipitatis, lanceolatis, pinnatis ; pinnis numerosis, sessilibus, basi cuneatis, inferiori- bus sterilibus ovato-lanceolatis, superioribus fertilibus linearibus; soris subcostalibus, inter venas laterales solitariis, impressis.—Polypodium diversifolium, R.êBr. Prodr. p. 147. Р. Gaudichaudii, Bory, Ann. 4. Se. Nat. 1825, vol. v. p. 471. t. 14. Р. speciosum, Blume, Enum. РІ. Jav. p. 132. P. rigidulum, Sw. in Baker, Syn. Fil. p. 368.—Viti (Seemann! n. 733, Sir E. Home !), Matuku 370 FLORA VITIENSIS. (H.M.S. Herald !). Also from New Hebrides, Aneitum (M'Gillivray ! Milne !), and Isle of Pines (M‘Gillivray !). Trisus УП. GRAMMITIDEÆ. XXXIX. Diclidopteris, Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 135. Sporangia venis imposita, in soros lineares continuos in suleis obliquis depressos collecta. Venæ simplicissimæ, rectæ, liberæ, sporangiferæ, unica inter costam et marginem æquidistante.—Filices rhizomate repente, frondibus simplicibus linearibus. 1. D. paradoxa, Carr. ms.; rhizomate repente, brevi; frondibus numerosis, longissimis, linea- ribus, acutis, glabris; costa subtus prominente; venis costa parallelibus, sporangiferis; soris con- tinuis, in sulcis altis obliquis impositis.—Pleurogramme ? paradoxa, Fée, Hist. Vittarićes, p. 58. t. 4. f. 4. Diclidopieris angustissima, Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, р. 135. t. 17. Vaginularia Junghuhnii, Mett. Fil. Hort. Lips. p. 25. Monogramme Junghuhnii, Hook. Sp. Fil. vol. v. p. 123. Viti (Seemann ! n. 718 and 914; U. S. Expl. Exped.), Ovalau (Martens, 267, fide Fée). Also from Samoa (Powell !). The following species from tropical Polynesia may be introduced here :—l. Monogramma subfalcata, Hook. Sp. Fil. vol. v. p. 122. t. 289 А. from New Hebrides (C. Moore). 2. Grammites Deplanchei, Baker, Syn. Fil. p. 322, from New Caledonia (Deplanche, n. 5). XL. Gymnogramme, Desv. Berl. Mag. vol. v. p. 804. Sporangia latere venarum imposita, in soros lineares simplices v. furcatos obliquos collecta. Venæ simplices v. furcatæ, venulis liberis.— Filices rhizomate brevi recto, frondibus lobatis, pinnatis v. bipinnatis, herbaceis, subtus sæpe cereaceis v. lanatis.— Ceropteris, Link, Sp. Fil. p. 141. Trismeria, Fée, Gen. Fil. p. 164. Coniogramme, Fée, Gen. Fil. p. 167. Pleurosorus, Fée, Gen. Fil. p. 179. The following species are also found in tropical Polynesia:—1. G. marginata, Mett. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4. vol. xv. (1851), p. 59, from New Caledonia (Vieillard). 2. G. javanica, Bl. Fil. Jav. p. 112, from Sandwich Islands (D. Nelson! Macrae! Hillebrand! U.S. Expl. Exped.). 3. G. Brackenridgei, Carr. ms. (G. tartareum, Brack. non. Desv.), from Samoa (Powell! U.S. Expl. Exped.). l. G. decipiens, Mett. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4. vol. xv. p. 60; rhizomate repente, stipitibus fuscis, nitidis ; frondibus linearibus v. ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, pinnatis v. basi bipinnatis; pin- nulis trapezio-oblongis, obtusis, crenato-serratis, v. inferioribus incisis v. pinnatis, lobis obovatis ; venis inferioribus flabellatis, superioribus furcatis; soris elongatis, latere venularum impositis.— Viti (Seemann! n. 819). Also from Aneitum, New Hebrides (M'Gillivray ! Milne !), New Caledonia (C. Moore! M‘Gillivray! Vieillard), and New Ireland (Turner). XLI. Selliguea, Bory, Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. vol. vi. p. 587. Sporangia in soros lineares continuos, super mesoneuron oblique cadentes, plures nervillas invadentes collecta. Venulæ anasto- mosantes, ultimæ liberæ curvatze.— Filices rhizomate repente, frondibus simplicibus raro pinnatifidis v. palmato-lobatis, herbaceis v. coriaceis.— Lozogramme, Presl, Tent. Pter. p. 214. Colysis, Presl, Epim. Bot. p. 146. The following species is also from tropical Polynesia : — Se//iguea plantaginea, Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 58, from Tahiti (Nelson! U. S. Expl. Exped.). l. S. caudiformis, Carr. ms.; rhizomate longe repente, juniori dense paleaceo, deinde denu- dato; stipitibus elongatis, teretibus, supra suleatis, basi paleaceis 5 frondibus coriaceis, glabris, steri- libus, ovato-oblongis, acuminatis, basi acutis, fertilibus elongatis, lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatissimis ; FLORA VITIENSIS. 371 soris magnis, oblongis, inferioribus 2 v. pluribus inter venas pinnatas, superioribus solitariis.— Poly- podium caudiformis, Blume, Fil. Jav. p. 146. t. 54. f. 2. Grammitis caudiformis, Hook. Sp. Fil. vol. v. p. 158.— Viti (Milne!). Also from Aneitum (M‘Gillivray !). 2. L. lanceolata, Presl, Tent. Pter. p. 215; rhizomate repente, paleis ovato-lanceolatis acumi- natis onusto ; stipitibus brevissimis, basi paleaceis ; frondibus coriaceis, glabris, lanceolatis, acumi- natis, basi attenuatis et longe decurrentibus; venis immersis; soris elongatis, valde obliquis.— Grammitis lanceolata, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 22 and 212. Antrophyum lanceolatum, Blume, Fil. Jav. p. 84. Silliguea lanceolata, Fée, Gen. Polyp. p. 177. Silliguea involuta, Brack. (non Don) U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 58.— Viti (Seemann! n. 725; U. S. Expl. Exped.). Also from Tahiti (Nelson !) and Solomon Islands (Milne !). XLII. Antrophyum, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 197. Sporangia in soros lineares elongatos flexu- osos spe interruptos immersos raro superficiales collecta. Venge reticulate, areolas elongato- hexagonoideas constituentes, —Filices rhizomate repente, frondibus simplicibus, coriaceis v. membra- naceis.— Polytemium, Desv. Ann. Soc. Linn. Par. vol. vi. p. 218. The following species occur in tropical Polynesia in addition to those described :—1. A. Grevillii, Balf. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. vol. ii. p. 11. pl 1 (4. angustatum, Brack.), from Tahiti (Menzies! Barclay ! Collie! U.S. Expl. Exped.; Sibbald). 2. A. reticulatum, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 198, from Society Islands (Forster !), Tahiti (Banks and Solander! Collie! Barclay !), Christmas Island (Collie !). 1. A. plantagineum, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 197 ; rhizomate brevi, repente ; stipitibus elongatis, basi squamis linearibus subulato-attenuatis serratis tectis; frondibus lanceolatis, acutis v. acumi- natis; costa evanescente; soris anastomosantibus, immersis.— Hemionitis plantaginea, Cavan. Præl. n. 643.— Viti (Harvey !). Also from Erromango (M‘Gillivray !), Aneitum, New Hebrides (M'Gil- Пугау !), Tahiti (Barclay! U.S. Expl. Exped.). 2. A. Lessonii, Bory, Voy. Coquille, p. 254. t. 28. f. 2; rhizomate brevi, repente ; stipitibus elongatis, squamis lanceolatis acuminatis remote denticulatis tectis; frondibus ovoideo-elongatis, utrinque attenuatis, ecostatis, integris, coriaceis; soris linearibus, raro reticulatis, immersis.—Viti (Seemann! n. 717). Also from Society Islands (Forster !), Raiatea (Collie !), Mallicollo (Sinclair !), Tahiti (Barclay! Banks and Solander!). 3. A. subfalcatum, Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 65; rhizomate repeute, squamis ovato-lanceolatis serratis tecto; frondibus cæspitosis, membranaceis, subcostatis, lineari-ianceolatis, acuminatis, basi angusto-attenuatis, sessilibus; soris anguste linearibus, immersis.—A. Brookei, ' Hook. Second Cent. Ferns, pl. 79.—Viti (Græffe ! U. S. Expl. Exped.; Milne). Also from Samoan Islands (Parker). 4. A. semicostatum, Blume, Fil. Jav. p. 110; rhizomate repente, squamis lanceolatis denti- culatis tecto; frondibus obovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, basi attenuatis, stipitatis, membranaceis ; soris angustis, rectiusculis, subimmersis.— Viti (U. S. Expl. Exped.). Also from Mallicollo (Sinclair !), Samoa (Powell! U.S. Expl. Exped.), Tahiti (U. S. Expl. Exped.; Durville), New Ireland (Labil- lardiére). XLIII. Vittaria, Smith, Act. Taur. vol. v. p. 418. t. 9. f. 5. Sporangia in sporos lineares continuos sulcis extrorso-marginalibus plus minusve immersos collecta. Venæ obscuræ, simplices, ad marginem fructiferum coalitze.—Filices rhizomate repente, meg longis dentatis tecto, frondibus linearibus glaberrimis coriaceis, margine integris. 372 FLORA VITIENSIS. 1. V. rigida, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 193; rhizomate repente, squamis lanceolatis angustis acuminatis tecto; frondibus fasciculatis, rigidis, coriaceis, elongatis, linearibus, apice acutis, basi angustioribus ; soris іп margine continuis.— V. elongata, Św. Syn. Fil. p. 109. V. ensiformis, Sw. l. e. p. 109.— Viti (Seemann ! n. 719 and 720; Græffe !). Also from Sandwich Islands (Banks and Solander! Nelson! Collie! Barclay! Macrae! Strickland! Hillebrand!), Aneitum, New Hebrides (M'Gillivray !), and Mallicolla (Sinclair !). XLIV. Syngramma, J. Smith, Hook. Journ. 1845, p. 168. Sporangia in soros superficiales lineares subreticulatos collecta. Vena simplices v. furcatz, infra parallelæ, ad marginem anasto- mosantes.—Filices rhizomate erecto v. repente, frondibus simplicibus membranaceis teneris diplo- taxicis, fertilibus longius petiolatis angustioribus.— Callogramme, Fée, Gen. Fil. p. 169. Besides the species mentioned below, the following occurs in tropical Polynesia :— $. quinata, Hook. Sp. Fil. vol. v. p. 152. t. 297, from Solomon's Islands (Milne! n. 579). 1. S. pinnata, J. Sm. Hook. Journ. (1845), p. 168. t. 7 C; rhizomate repente; stipitibus semi- teretibus, basi setosis; frondibus coriaceis, glabris, simplicibus, ternatis v. pinnatis; pinnis lineari- lanceolatis, attenuatis, basi oblique cuneatis, margine cartilagineo leviter undulatis; soris linearibus v. reticulatis, interdum rotundatis (var. В.).— Gymnogramme pinnata, Hook. Sp. Fil. vol. v. p. 151. С. subtrifoliata, Hook. l.c. Hemionitis elongata, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 66. t. 8. — Viti (Seemann! n. 715; Harvey! U.S. Expl. Exped.). Also from Erromango (M'Gillivray !). Isle of Jobi (Barelay !). Var. B. rotundata. —Viti (Milne! Greffe !). XLV. Hemionitis, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 1. Sporangia venis anastomosantibus imposita, in soros superficiales lineares reticulatos collecta. Venz uniformes, anastomosantes, areolis elongato- hexagonalibus.— Filices rhizomate erecto v. repente, frondibus cordatis sagittatis palmatis v. pinnatis, coriaceis v. herbaceis. 1. Е. lanceolata, Hook. Second Cent. Ferns, t. 55; rhizomate repente, pilis ebeneis tecto ; stipitibus badiis, nitidis; frondibus coriaceis, ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis; costa valida subtus promi- nente straminea nitidissima, venis patentibus, ubique anastomosantibus, areolas oblongas hexagonas formantibus, venis omnibus soriferis.— Viti (Seemann! n. 717; Milne). Taisus VIII. ACROSTICHEÆ. XLVI. Acrostichum, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 1. Sporangia paginam totam frondis fertilis tegentia, in soros superficiales collecta. Veng liberæ, parallele, furcatæ.—Filices rhizomate repente v. rarius scandente squamigero, frondibus simplicibus integris, diplotaxicis, fertilibus sæpe angus- tioribus.— Elaphoglossum, Schott, Gen. Fil. t. 15. Besides the species described below, the following also occur in tropical Polynesia :—1. A. pellucidum, Gaudichaud, * Bonite, t. 79. f. 5-7 (А. splendens, Brack. ; А. micradeniwm, Fée), from the Sandwich Islands (Macrae! Hillebrand! Gaudichaud, U. $. Expl. Exped.). 2. А. splendens, Bory in Willd. Sp PI. vol. v. p- 104, from the Sandwich Islands (Nelson! Strickland! Milne! Hillebrand! Macrae! etc.). 3. A. æmu- lum, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 63. from the Sandwich Islands (Chamisso, Hillebrand! U.S. Expl Exped.). 4. Å. glabratum, Mett. Ann. Se. Nat. ser. 4. vol. xv. p. 54, from New Caledonia (Vieillard). 5. A. Samoense, Baker, Syn. Fil. p. 407, from the Samoan Islands (U. S. Expl Exped.). 6. А. Tahitense, Carr. ms. (Elaphoglossum Tahitense, Brack.), from Tahiti (Nelson! U. S. Expl. Exped.). 1. A. Peejeense, Hook. Sp. Fil. vol. v. p. 199; rhizomate brevi, erasso, repente, paleaceo; stipitibus semiteretibus, basi paleaceis, fertilibus longioribus; frondibus coriaceis, submargiuatis, FLORA VITIENSIS. 373 utrinque lepidotis, sterilibus oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis basi anguste attenuatis, fertilibus parvis oblongis obtusis basi leviter attenuatis; venis immersis, parallelis, furcatis.— Z/aphoglossum Feejeense, Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 72.—Viti islands, vicinity of Sandalwood Bay, on trees (U. 8. Expl. Exped.). 2. A. obtusifolium, Blume, Enum. Pl. Jav. p. 102 ; rhizomate crasso, brevi, repente, paleaceo ; stipitibus semiteretibus, basi paleaceis; frondibus coriaceis, glabris, submarginatis, obscure lepidotis, obovato-oblongis, obtusis, basi attenuatis, fertilibus angustioribus et stipite longioribus; venis impressis, parallelis et furcatis.— Elaphoglossum obtusifolium, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 72.— Viti Islands, Ovalau, on rocks and trees at an altitude of 2000 feet (U. S. Expl. Exped.). XLVII. Lomariopsis, Fée, Hist. Acrost. p. 10. Sporangia paginam totam inferiorem frondis fertilis obtegentia. Venæ simplices v. parallelo-furcatæ, liberæ.—Filices rhizomate scan- dente, frondibus diplotaxibus heteromorphis pinnatis. 1. L. Brackenridgei, Carr. ms.; rhizomate stipitibusque paleaceis ; frondibus pinnatis, pinnis alternis, brevi-stipitatis; sterilibus glabris, supra nitidis, lanceolatis, acuminatis, basi attenuatis, margine undulatis ; fertilibus linearibus ; venis prominentibus, simplicibus, raro furcatis.—Stenochlena variabilis, Brack. (non Fée) U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 76.—Viti (Seemann! n. 711; U.S. Expl. Exped.). Also from Samoan Islands (Powell !). 2. L. variabilis, Fée, Hist. Acrost. p. 70 ; rhizomate repente, flexuoso, stipitibusque paleaceis ; frondibus pinnatis, pinnis stipitatis; sterilibus glabris, lanceolatis, acuminatis, basi oblique cuneatis, margine crenato-serratis; fertilibus linearibus, venis prominentibus.— Viti (U.S. Expl. Exped.). Also from Tahiti (Nelson !). : 3. L. Seemanni, Carr. ms.; rhizomate scandente, cum stipitibus basi paleaceo; stipitibus teretibus, superne subalatis; frondibus pinnatis; pinnis glabris, sterilibus stipitatis, elongato- oblongis v. linearibus, apice abrupte acuminatis, basi acutis, fertilibus elongato-linearibus, apice abrupte acuminatis; venis simplicibus v. furcatis parallelis—L. cuspidata, J. Smith (non Fée), * Bonplandia, vol. ix. p. 261.—Viti (Seemann! n. 712). Also from Aneitum, New Hebrides (M‘Gillivray !). XLVIII. Stenochlæna, J. Smith, Hook. Journ. 1841, p. 401. Sporangia paginam. totam inferiorem frondis fertilis obtegentia. Vena ad costam arcuato-anastomosantes, venulis parallelis, simplicibus v. furcatis, liberis.—Filices rhizomate scandente, frondibus diplotaxibus pinnatis, pinnis articulatis, basi glanduliferis.— Lomariobotrys, Fée, Gen. Fil. p. 45. 1. S. scandens, J. Smith, 1.с.; rhizomate scandente, nudo; stipitibus glabris, subteretibus, suleatis; frondibus coriaceis, glabris, pinnatis; pinnis sterilibus, ovato-oblongis, acuminatis, basi cuneatis, margine spinuloso-serratis, serratis у. integris ; pinnis fertilibus elongato-linearibus, margine integro revolutis; venis prominentibus, approximatis, parallelis.—Lomaria scandens, Willd. Sp. РІ. vol. v. p. 293.— Viti (Seemann! n. 710). Stenochlena Feejeensis, Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 78. t. 11. f. 1, so exactly corresponds with the small barren pimpinelloid fronds of Lomaria filiformis, as pointed out by Sir W. Hooker (Sp. Fil. nm p. 34), that it seems to me there must be some error in referring the plant figured by Brackenridge to Viti. The following species from tropical Polynesia should be recorded here:—1. Olfersia gorgonea, Presl, Tent. Pter. p. 235 (Aconiopteris obtusa, Fée, Hist. Acrost. p. 80. t. 40. f. 2?), from the Sandwich Islands (D. Nelson! Menzies! Hillebrand! Macrae!). 2. O. Vieillardii, Carr. ms. (Acrostichum Vieillardii, Mett. Ann. Se. Nat. ser. 4. vol. xv. p. 55), from New Caledonia (Vieillard). A E of Olfersia cervina, Kunze, said to be from the Sandwich Islands (Arch. Menzies) exists in Herb. Mus. Brit. [PUBLISHED JUNE 1, 1871.] 3c 374 FLORA VITIENSIS. XLIX. Peecilopteris, Presl, Tent. Pter. p. 241. Sporangia paginam totam inferiorem frondis fertilis tegentia, in soros superficiales collecta. Ven irregulariter anastomosantes, venulis ultimis interdum liberis.—Filices rhizomate repente v. scandente, frondibus diplotaxibus simplicibus pinnatis v. bipinnatis.— Poikilopteris, Eschw. Linnea, ii. p. 117. Hymenodium, Fée, Hist. Acrost. р. 20. Neurocallis, Fée, 1. c. p. 19. In addition to the species described below, the following also occur in tropical Polynesia:—1. Р. Smithii, Carr. ms. (Cyrtogonium sinuosum, J. Sm. Hook. Journ. 1841, p. 403, quoad Cuming, n. 152), from Aneitum, New Hebrides (M'Gillivray !). 2. P. Brackenridgei, Carr. ms. (Lomagramma pteroides, Brack. (non Sm.) U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 83), from Tahiti (Nelson !), New Hebrides (C. Moore !), Samoan Islands (U.S. Expl. Exped.). 3. P. Requienianum, Carr. ms. (Acrostichum Requienianum, Gaudich. Voy. Freyc. р. 804. t. 4), from Aneitum, New Hebrides (M'Gillivray ! n. 60). 1. P. Quoyana, Presl, Epim. Bot. p. 173 (excl. syn.); rhizomate repente, paleaceo; stipitibus semiteretibus, suleatis, basi dense paleaceis; frondibus membranaceis, glabris, pinnatis, apice attenuatis, sinuato-pinnatifidis, proliferis, fertilibus minoribus; pinnis oblongo-lanceolatis, pinna- tifidis, acuminatis, basi oblique cuneatis; laciniis sterilibus, oblongis, crenato-denticulatis, fertilibus oblongo-lanceolatis, petiolatis—Acrostichum Quoyanum, Gaudich. Voy. Uranie, p. 307. pl. 3. Heteroneuron Quoyanum, Fée, Hist. Acrost. p. 96 (excl. syn. Cyrtogonium laciniatum, J. Smith). Acrostichum lonchophorum, Kunze, Fil. p. 5. t. 2. Cyrtogonium palustre, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 86. +. 12.—Viti (Seemann !). Also from Samoan Islands, Tahiti (Banks and Solander! Barclay ! U.S. Expl. Exped.), Raiatea (Collie!), and Upolu, Navigator’s Islands (Sir E. Ноше!). 2. P. rivularis, Carr. ms.; rhizomate repente; stipitibus angularibus, paleaceis; frondibus membranaceis, glabris, oblongis, attenuatis, basi pinnatis, versus apicem sinuato-pinnatifidis, fertilibus minoribus; pinnis integris, oblongo-lanceolatis v. ovatis, obtusis, subfalcatis, apice proliferis.— Cyrto- gonium rivulare, Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 85. t. 11. f. 2.— Viti, Ovalau, banks of streams, on wet rocks in shady places (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 3. P. polyphylla, Carr. ms.; rhizomate scandente, nudo, subquadrangulari, infime radicante ; stipitibus suleatis; frondibus pinnatis v. bipinnatis ; pinnis et pinnulis subalternis, subsessilibus ; pin- nulis sterilibus, oblongo-lanceolatis, erenato-serratis, sparsim paleaceis, fertilibus stipitatis, linearibus. —Lomogramma? polyphylla, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 83. t. 12. f. 1. Chorizopteris bipinnata, Т. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 257.—Viti (Seemann! n. 421, 713; Harvey! U.S. Expl. Exped.). Also from Aneitum, New Hebrides (C. Moore !). It is probable that Polybotrya Wilkesiana, Brack., is only a form of this plant with very narrow pinnules, in which the veining is reduced to a single costal mesh, or perhaps even to free venules. Both fertile and barren fronds, as figured by Brackenridge, agree in every respect with specimens collected by Harvey, except in the venation. The following species should be added here :—1. Hymenodium reticulatum, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 14, from Sandwich Islands (Strickland! Hillebrand! Macrae! Chamisso, Gaudichaud, ete.). 2. Leptochilus varians, Mett. Ann. Se. Nat. ser. 4. vol. xv. p. 56, from New Caledonia (Vieillard). L. Hymenolepis, Каш. Enum. Fil. p. 146. t. 1. f. 9. Sporangia coste imposita, in soros superficiales lineari-elongatos apice frondium eollecta. Venæ anastomosantes, areolas irregulares formantes, ultimis venulis liberis.—Filices rhizomate repente, frondibus simplicibus opacis lineari- lanceolatis, apice contracto sporangiferis.— Macroplethus, Presl, Еріп. Bot. p. 141. 1. H. ophioglossoides, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 146 (excl. syn.) ; rhizomate repente, paleaceo ; stipitibus brevibus, glabris, sulcatis ; frondibus elongato- v. angusto-lanceolatis, subcoriaceis, glabris ; apice fructifero lineari-obtuso ; soris continuis, squamulis obductis.—Viti (Seemann! n. 726). Also from Aneitum, New Hebrides (M'Gillivray !), and Tahiti (Anderson ! Nelson D, FLORA VITIENSIS. 375 This species was originally, and has been nearly all along, confounded with Linnæus's Acrostichum spicatum, from Bourbon. The primary veins in the Bourbon plants are strong and well marked, while in that from the islands of Eastern Asia and Polynesia the veins are uniform. LI. Chrysodium, Fée, Hist. Acrost. p. 22. Sporangia paginam totam inferiorum pinnarum frondis fertilis tegentia, in soros superficiales aggregata. Venge anastomosantes.—Filices rhizomate vix repente, crasso; frondibus monotaxibus pinnatis, pinnis superioribus soriferis. 1. C.aureum, Мей. Fil. Lips. p. 21; rhizomate crasso; stipitibus lævibus nudis sulcatis ; frondibus pinnatis, rigidis; pinnis sterilibus, lanceolatis v. oblongo-ligulatis, plus minusve angustis, apice acuminatis v. obtusis, margine integris, paululum revolutis; fertilibus angustioribus.— Acro- slichum aureum, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1068.—Viti (Seemann! n, 709; Harvey! M'Gillivray ! Milne! Sir E. Home!). Also from New Caledonia (Strange!), Tahiti (Banks and Solander!), Raiatea (Collie !), Aneitum, New Hebrides (M'Gillivray !), and Upolu, Navigators’ Islands (Sir E. Home !). 5свокро ПІ, OSMUNDACEÆ. LII. Todea, Willd. Act. Acad. Erford. 1802, p. 14. t. 3. f. 1. Sporangia obovato-globosa, pedicellata, dorso annulo obsoleto transversali gibbosa, longitudinaliter dehiscentia, venis simplicibus v. furcatis imposita, in soros oblongos ad venas paging inferioris collecta. Venæ simplices v. fur- cate, venulis liberis.—Filices caudice erecto, frondibus coriaceis v. pellucido-membranaceis, bipin- natis, pinnis articulatis. 1. T. Wilkesiana, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, р. 309. t. 43; caudice erecto ; stipitibus levibus, semiteretibus, antice suleatis; frondibus membranaceis, glabris, bipinnatis; pinnis sessili- bus, oblongo-lanceolatis, inferioribus deflexis; rachibus pilosis, alatis; pinnulis oblongis, obtusis, dentatis, basi oblique cuneatis, pellucido-punctatis.—Viti (Seemann! n. 787; M'Gillivray ! U.S. Expl. Exped.). Зововро IV. SCHIZÆACEÆ. LIII. Schizæa, Smith, Act. Turin. 1790-91, p. 419. Sporangia subsessilia, ovata, annulo apicali completo transverso instructa, pagina inferiori appendicium fertilium pinnæformium adnata. Venæ simplices v. flabellato-dichotomæ, liberæ.—Filices rhizomate repente, frondibus simplicibus v. repetito-dichotomis v. flabellatis.— Ripidium, Bernh. Schrad. Journ. 1800, vol. ii. p. 127. Actino- stachys, Wall. Cat. n. 1. | The following have also been found in tropical Polynesia :—1. S. fistulosa, Labill. Fl. Nov. Holl. vol. ii. p. 108. t. 250. f. 8, from New Caledonia (Vieillard). 2. 8. bifida, Willd. Sp. PI. vol. v. p. 87, from New Caledonia (Vieillard). 8. S. robusta, Baker, Syn. Fil. p. 429, from Sandwich Islands (Hillebrand). 4. 8. levigata, Мей. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4. vol. xv. p. 85, from New Caledonia (Sinclair! Vieillard), and Isle of Pines (Milne 1). 5. 8. intermedia, Mett. 1. с. p. 86, from New Caledonia (Vieillard). 1. S. dichotoma, Smith, Act. Turin. 1790-91, p. 419 (excl. fig.); rhizomate repente, piloso ; stipitibus basi semiteretibus, supra sulcatis, submarginatis; frondibus subflabelliformibus, repetitim dichotomis, segmentis linearibus, compressis, coriaceis, medio costatis, plus minusve asperis, apice soriferis; appendicibus soriferis recurvatis, pinnatis; pinnis 10-20 paribus dispositis, oppositis, linea- ribus, ultime brevioribus.—Acrostichum dichotomum, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1068 (fide spec. in Herb. Petiver.).—Viti (Harvey! Græffe! Milne! U. S. Expl. Exped.). Also from Samoan Islands (D. Nelson !), i 3c2 376 FLORA VITIENSIS. 2. S. Forsteri, Spreng. Anleit. vol. iii. p. 175; rhizomate repente; stipitibus basi semitereti- bus, antice sulcatis, elongatis; frondibus flabelliformibus, repetitissime dichotomis, segmentis linearibus compressis coriaceis prominente costatis, glabris v. subscabris, apice soriferis; appen- dicibus soriferis, brevibus, suberectis, pinnatis; pinnis 3-5 paribus dispositis, oppositis, lineari- bus, elongatis.—Schizea dichotoma, Forst. (non Linn.) Prodr. n. 415. Ripidium dichotomum, Bernh. Schrad. Journ. 1800, vol. ii. p. 127. t. 2. f. 8. Schizæa cristata, Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. v. p. 88. S. fastigiata, Smith, Rees Cycl.—Viti (Seemann! n. 792; Harvey! M'Gillivray ! U. S. Expl. Exped.). Also from Tahiti (Forster! Banks and Solander! Barclay! n. 3330), Eromanga (M'Gillivray !), Tonga (Cook!) New Caledonia (Sir E. Home! M'Gillivray !), and Aneitum (MGillivray ! Milne! C. Moore !). 3. S. digitata, Swartz, Syn. Fil. p. 150. t. 4. f. 1; rhizomate repente, paleaceo; frondibus basi triquetris, supra compressis, longissimis, linearibus, costa postice prominente, glabris ; appendicibus soriferis erectis, nudis, digitatis, dichotomis v. repetito-dichotomis; sporangiis quadriseriatis.— Acrostichum digitatum, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1068. Schizea digitata, Swartz, Syn. Fil. p. 150. Actino- stachys digitata, Wall. Cat. n. 1.—Viti (Seemann! n. 793; U. S. Expl. Exped.). LIV. Hydroglossum, Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. v. p. 77. Sporangia transverse ovalia, lateraliter medio inserta, vertice annulo multiradiato instructa, in spicis biserialiter disposita, indusiata. Indu- sium venge transverse adnatum, squamæforme, cucullatum, scariosum, persistens. Venge furcatæ, venulis reticulatis.—Filices caudice volubili, frondibus palmato-partitis v. pinnatis.—Zygodictyon, J. Smith in Hook. et Bauer Gen. Fil. t. 111 B. 1. H. scandens, Presl, Suppl. Tent. Pter. p. 373; caudice semitereti; frondibus herbaceis, piunatis; pinnis sterilibus, oblongo-lanceolatis, obtusis, inæqualiter cuneatis, fertilibus ovatis, obtusis, basi truncatis; spicis semiteretibus, subpedicellatis, glaberrimis.—Ophioglossum scandens, Forst. Prodr. n. 412 (non Linn.). Zymenoglossum polycarpum, Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. v. p. 79. Zygo- dium reticulatum, Schk. Fil. p. 139. Lygodictyon Forsteri, J. Sm. in Hook. et Bauer Gen. Fil. t. 111 B.—Viti (Seemann! n. 790; Harvey! Sir E. Home! Milne! Greffe!) Also from Tahiti (Cook! Banks and Solander! Barclay! n. 3328; Collie! Bennett !), Raiatea (Collie !), Aneitum, New Hebrides (M‘Gillivray !), and New Caledonia (Strange! C. Moore! M‘Giilivray !). Зовокро V. МАБАТТТАСЕЖ, LV. Angiopteris, Hoffmann, Comm. Soc. Reg. Gott. vol. xii. p. 29. t. 5. Sporangia ovata, basi subtus affixa, interne rima lineari-elliptica v. obovata dehiscentia, biserialia, in soros lineari- oblongos aggregata. Indusium inferum, lineare, scariosum, fimbriatum, persistens. Veng simplices v. furcatæ, liberæ.—Filices rhizomate crasso subgloboso, pulvinis frondium lapsarum spiraliter dis- positis ; frondibus amplis, bipinnatis, pinnulis articulatis. The following species have been distinguished as found in tropical Polynesia, but the characters given for their separation do not seem to me, with the materials I have examined, to be sufficient for specific distinction :—1. A. evecta, Hoffm. 1. с. p. 29, from Society Islands (Forster!) and Tahiti (Соок! Banks !). Allied to A. evecta. 2. A. Durvilleana, De Vriese, Monogr. Maratt. p. 17, from Tahiti (Durville). 3. A. longifolia, Grev. and Hook. Bot. Міне. vol. iii. p. 227, from Society Islands (Matthews, п. 2). 4. A. acro- carpa, De Vriese, Monogr. Maratt. p. 20, from Society Islands (Bidwill). 5. 4. eupreata, De Vriese, 1. c. p. 21, from Society Islands (Bidwill). 6. 4. Lasequeana, De Vriese, 1. c. p. 25, from Huahine (Nightingale). And allied to A. commutata, 7. A. Brongniartiana, De Vriese, 1. с. p. 30, from Tahiti (fide De Vriese). 1. А. commutata, Presl, Suppl. Tent. Pter. p. 285; frondibus bipinnatis; pinnis petiolatis, FLORA VITIENSIS. 377 oblongis, pinnulis petiolulatis linearibus angustato-acuminatis crenatis, basi rotundatis, subtus paleis minutis hinc inde adspersis, acumine acute serrulatis; venis furcatis v. simplicibus ; venulis secundariis e sinu crenæ decurrentibus nullis aut obscuris; soris lineari-ellipticis, contiguis, infra marginalibus.—4. evecta, Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 310.— Viti (Seemann! n. 789; Milne! Greffe! U. S. Expl. Exped.). Also from Aneitum, New Hebrides (M'Gillivray !), and Tahiti (Nelson! Barclay ! n. 3334). LVI. Gymnotheca, Presl, Suppl. Tent. Pter. in Abhandl. Bohm. Gesellsch. ser. 5. vol. iv. p. 272. Sporangia biseriata, interne rima lineari-elliptica dehiscentia, in soros sessiles oblongos thecæformes bivalvos absque indusio connata. Venæ simplices v. furcatæ, liberæ.—Filices rhizomate crasso globoso, basin squamæformia stipitum gerente; frondium amplis, bipinnatis, pinnulis articu- latis.— 8/разіа, Presl, l. c. 275. 1. G. Douglassii, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 121; stipitibus crassis, supra canaliculatis; frondi- bus ovatis, glaberrimis, bipinnatis; pinnis alternis, linearibus, acutis, pinnulis sessilibus articulatis, oblongo-lanceolatis, serratis, coriaceis; soris oblongis, inframarginalibus.—S/ibasia Douglassii; Presl, 1. c. p. 276. Marattia Douglasii, Baker, Syn. Fil. p. 441. LVII. Marattia, Swartz, Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. p. 128. Sporangia biseriata, interne rima lineari dehiscentia, in soros indusiatos sessiles oblongos thecæformes bivalvos connata. Venge sim- plices v. furcatæ, liberæ. Indusium lineari-ellipticum v. ovale, scariosum, fimbriatum, persistens.— Filices rhizomate crasso globoso v. caudiciforme, basin squamiformia stipitum gerente; frondibus amplis, bi-tripinnatis, pinnulis articulatis.— Myriotheca, Commers. in Juss. Gen. Pl. p. 15. The following species has also been found in tropical Polynesia :—M. attenuata, Labill. Sert. Austro- Caled. p. 9. t. 13, 14. From New Caledonia (Labillardiére, Vieillard). Also from Aneitum, New Hebrides (M'Gillivray !). 1. M. sorbifolia, Swartz, Syn. Fil. p. 168; frondibus bipinnatis; pinnis alternis, pinnulis sessilibus, alternis v. suboppositis, lanceolatis, acuminatis, margine subintegris v. serratis, apicem versus serratis, acumine grosse serratis; venis simplicibus v. furcatis ; soris oblongis, a margine dis- tantibus.—Myriotheca sorbifolia, Bory, Voy. vol. i. p. 267.—Viti (Seemann! n. 788; Milne !). Also from Aneitum (M'Gillivray ! C. Moore!) and New Caledonia (M'Gillivray |). SuBoRbo VI. OPHIOGLOSSACEÆ. The following species of this Suborder occur in tropical Polynesia :—1. Botrychium subbifoliatum, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 317. t. 44. f. 2, from Sandwich Islands (Nelson! Maerae! U.S. Expl. Exped.). 2. Helminthostachys Zeylanica, Hook. Gen. Fil. t. 47, from New Caledonia (M'Gillivray ! Vieillard). LVIII. Ophioglossum, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 1. Sporangia biseriata, margine spicæ com- pressæ adnata, horizontalia, connata, globosa, in valvas duas æquales hemisphæricas dehiscentia. Spica fructifera frondi opposita, linearis, pedunculata, mucronata. Venæ reticulate.—Filices rhizomate subgloboso, frondibus subcarnosis sterilibus simplicibus v. furcatis.—Ophioderma, Endl. Gen. PI. p. 66. Rhizoglossum, Presl, Suppl. Tent. Pter. p. 307. Cheiroglossa, Presl, 1. c. p. 316. Besides the species described, the following have been found in tropical Polynesia :—1. O. ellipticum Hook. and Grev. Ie. Fil. t. 40 A, from the Sandwich Islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 2. O. concinnum, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 315. t. 44. f. 1, from Sandwich Islands (U.S. Expl. Exped.). 3. O. reticula- tum, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1063, from Samoa (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 378 FLORA VITIENSIS. 1. O. pendulum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2. p. 1518; rhizomate subgloboso; frondibus sessilibus, solitaribus v. fasciculatis, fascieformibus, planis, carnosulis, indivisis v. sæpius versus apicem dicho- tome divisis, basi longissima angustatis; spica fructifera, in parte inferiore frondis obveniente soli- taria rarissime gemina, linearis, obtusa.— Ophioderma pendula, Endl. Gen. Pl. p. 66.—Viti (Seemann ! n. 794; Harvey! Milne! Græffe!). Also from Aneitum, New Hebrides (M'Gillivray !), Eromanga (M‘Gillivray !), Tahiti (Nelson! Barclay! n. 1335), and Oahu (Nelson! Barclay ! п. 1233). Orpo СУПІ. MUSCI. (AUCTORE W. MITTEN.) A. HOMODICTYI.—Foliorum areolatio e cellulis homomorphis. 1. ARTHRODONTES.—Peristomii dentes 16 vel (dentibus per paria coalitis) 8, vel (dentibus usque ad basin fissis) 32, pluries transversim articulati, e cellularum stratis binis compositi. * Folia in plano horizontali, rarius verticali expansa. T Caulis erectus, procumbens vel repens, eæ apice vel ex apicibus ramorum elongatorum rarissime abbreviatorum fertilis. The following tribes of Polynesian Mosses have not yet been found represented in Viti, viz :— "Tribus I. Свтммтех.— Folia viridia, brevia, obscura, sepe hyalino-pilifera, nervo haud dilatato, cellulis basi- laribus haud coloratis. Peristomii dentes integri, vel sepius irregulariter fissi, I. Grina, Ehrh. Beitr. vol. i. p. 176. Caules breves vel elongati, dichotomi vel fasciculatim ramosi, вере pulvinatim cespitantes. Folia cellulis densis obscuris areolata. Thecæ in pedunculo breviusculo recto vel curvato leves vel plicatæ, æquales, peristomii dentibus 16 solidis vel divisis pertusisve rarius nullis, calyp- tris mitriformibus vel dimidiatis. Musci rupestres, ut plurimum cæspites canos formantes.—An extensive genus, of which the greater number of the species are found in the northern hemisphere, and prefer to grow on rocks or stones in very exposed situations. 1. G. ovata, Web. et Mohr, Bryol. Europ. t. 17 et 18; monoica, compacte cæspitosa; caulis furcatus ; folia erecto-patentia, inferiora apice obtusa, superiora subulato-angustata cano-pilifera, margine uno latere recurvo, nervo percurrente carinata, cellulis basilaribus oblongis, lateralibus paucis rectangulis, superioribus parvis rotundis limitibus pellucidis, perichætialia erecta majora longius ineana ; pedunculus brevis, rectus, vix vel parum ultra apices foliorum perichætalium productus ; theca oblongo-ovalis, lævis, olivaceo-fusca, basi sub- callosa, operculo conico-rostrato, peristomii dentibus fissis perforatisve, calyptra lobata.—Sandwich Islands (Herb. Hooker !).— This species forms compact tufts of a greyish-green colour above from the white points of its leaves; the stems are seldom more than ineh in height, and below have the older foliage blackish. It is found nearly all over the world. П. GLYPHOMITRIUM, Brid. Meth. p. 30. Brachysteleum, Reichenb. Ptychomitrium, Bruch et Schimp. Caules pulvinatim cæspitantes. Folia canaliculata, firma, siccatione crispata, cellulis obscuris. Theca in peduneulo recto levis, rarissime subplieata, peristomii dentibus sæpius inzqualiter divisis ; ealyptra mitrifor- mis, plicis lævibus vel interdum dentatis. 1. 6. Mülleri, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. 1859; caulis humilis; folia a basi lata subquadrata superne paululum dilatata vaginante angustata patentia sublanceolata, apice obtuse acuta subcucullata, nervo sub- summo apice evanido carinata, integerrima, cellulis basi ad medium partis latioris oblongis rectangulatis, inde ad apicem usque paryis rotundis obscuris, perichætialia tria breviora ovata aeuminata; theca in pedun- culo 3-4-lineari ovalis, etate corrugata, operculo subulato subæquilongo, peristomio dentibus divisis vel pertusis, calyptra plicis levibus.—Lord Howe’s Island (Milne !).—A little more robust than the South African G. erispatum, Hook. Bot. Mise. 1830, t. 36. This species is found also in Australia, whence it was originally sent by Dr. F. von Müller, Tribus II. Torturez.— Folia viridia, obscura, cellulis inferioribus haud conspicue diversis. Peristomium simplex, rarius duplex, dentibus sepe angustis elongatis tortis, interdum nullum. I. Wrrsna, Hedw. Fund. vol. ii. p. 90. Caulis ex apice fertilis. Folia viridia vel flavo-viridia, margine incurva, cellulis parvis obscuris areolata. Peristomium si adsit dentibus 8 vel 16, ad basin usque discretis, calyptra dimidiata parva.— Hyophila, Brid. vol. і. р. 760. FLORA VITIENSIS. 379 1. W. Samoana, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1868, р. 193 (Hyophila) ; pulvinatim cæspi- боза; caulis humilis; folia patentia, a basi brevi contracta ovali-oblonga, apice obtuse acuta, nervo percur- rente, margine apice crenulato integerrimove, ad latera folii inflexo ; cellulis superioribus minutis rotundatis viridibus, basilibus paucis oblongis pellucidis majoribus.—Samoa, Tutuila, on trees (Powell! 123).—More robust than W. ( Hyophila) Javanica, Nees et Blume, the leaves not so acute, and at their apices more or less distinctly erenulate. II. ENCALYPTA, Schreb. Gen. Pl. n. 1643. Calyptra magna, cylindracea, inflata, rostrata. 1. E. Sandwichensis, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exped. 1859, p. 6; “monoica; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis et elongato-spathulatis convolutis papillosis evanido-costatis; capsula gymnostoma, eylindracea, sieca 8-10- sulcata; calyptra tota superficie papillosa; flore masculo monophyllo."— Hawaii, sides of Mauna Kea; East Maui, banks of the Crater (Amer. eus !).— Densely cæspitose, 1 inch high, radiculose; leaves soft, mar- gins crenulate, upper cells hexagonal-rotund. Capsule slightly apophysate. Tribus ПТ. ORTHoTRICHIEE.—Caules erecti, apice fertiles vel repentes ex apicibus ramorum fructiferi. Folia viridia, obscura, cellulis inferioribus parum diversis vel elongatis. Peristomium simplex vel duplex, interdum nullum ; dentibus latis cum processibus internis alternantibus. I. MACROMITRIUM, Brid. vol. i. p. 306. Caulis repens, ex apicibus ramorum fertilis. Theca levis plicatave. Peristomium externum dentibus discretis geminatisve, internum processibus totidem, dentibus similibus vel in membranam truncatam coalitis, вере autem simplex, vel omnino deest. Calyptra campanulata plicata, basi plurifida.—A very extensive genus of tropical and austral species, all conspicuous for their lobed calyptras. * Goniostoma.—Rami simplices vel fasciculatim ramosi. Folia cellulis inferioribus rectis. Тһеса ore intensius colorato subearnoso. Pedunculus abbreviatus. 1. M. brevisetum (sp. nov.), Mitt.; pusillum; rami breves, erecti, simplices; folia patentia lanceolato- ligulata obtusa nervo in mucronem brevissimum excurrente carinata, margine apicem versus minute crenu- lato, cellulis superioribus rotundis obseuris, basilibus paucis oblongis, perichætialia longiora, apice in mucronem piliferum acuminata; theca in pedunculo eam breviore emergens oblongo-ovalis, ad medium usque plicata, operculo subulato; calyptra ramentis sparsis pilosa.—Oahu (Beechey !).—In its short fruit- stalk, this species differs from all that have yet been described. Pedunculus elongatus. 2. M. prorepens, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 120 (Orthotrichum) ; rami breves, graciles, fasciculatim ramosi, in cæspitem congesti; folia erecto-patentia sicca arcte imbricato-contorta lanceolato-ligulata apice obtuse acuta vel brevissime acuminata margine uno latere reflexo integerrima nervo percurrente superne carinata inferne in plica subcomplicata sepulto, cellulis in dimidio folii inferiore erectiore elongatis, papillis grossis, in dimidio superiore minutis rotundis obscuris papillis minoribus, perichætialia interna brevia ovata obtusa; theca in pedunculo brevi ovalis, ore plicata, calyptra ramentis appressis pilosa.—Norfolk Island (F. Bauer !), also in New Zealand. This small species appears to be less frequently sent from New Zealand than some of the nearly allied ones, none of which, however, have their leaves in the dry state so closely contorted. 3. M. piliferum, Schw. t. 172; rami erecti, humiles, fasciculatim ramosi; folia a basi brevi erectiore patenti-incurva sicca contorta anguste lanceolata lineali-attenuata apice obtusa pilo fulvo terminata nervo percurrente carinata integerrima, cellulis superioribus densis opacis inferioribus pellucidioribus inter se remotiusculis rotundis basilibus paucis oblongis, perichætialia longiora exserta erecto-patentia lanceolato- subulata attenuata ; theca in pedunculo breviusculo oblongo-ovalis, fere ad basin usque plicata, fusca, opereulo subulato ; calyptra ramentis pallide flavis erectis dense vestita—Sandwich Islands (Douglas! Menzies ! Beechey !). The hair-pointed leaf, so obvious in this species, is of rare occurrence in the genus. : 4. M. Owahiense, C. Mueller, Bot. Zeit. 1864, р. 359; monoicum, late intertexte cæspitosum, humile, gracillimum, longe prorepens, ramulis pinnatim dispositis brevissimis gracillimis sterilibus sensim minoribus instructum, inde in stolonem elongatum radicantem secundifolium protractum ; ramuli fertiles ante stolonem illum egredientes, breves, apice fastigiatim divisi, virentes, dein lutei vel sordide fuscescentes, madore haud turgescentes sed graciles; folia crispatula humore erecto-patula apice incurva multo minora angustiora lanceolata breviter acuminata nervo excurrente acuta nec pungentia profunde carinata ad nervum basilarem ferrugineum parum latius concava, margine erecto deplanato vel reflexo integerrima, e cellulis levibus diaphanis apice quadratis mox longioribus pariter incrassatis basi elongatis luteis vel aureis areolata, peri- chetialia multo minora non cuspidem exsertum sistentia late lanceolata, intima nervo longius protracto tenuiter cuspidata ; theca in pedunculo elongato flexili rubente levi erecta, angustissime cylindrico-oblonga, parva, distincte sexies suleata, nec ore plicata, nec sub orificio ventricose turgescens, peristomio longe intra 380 FLORA VITIENSIS. Р orificium constrictum oriundo simplici, е dentibus lanceolatis pallidis asperulis brevibus siccitate immerso- incurvis composito, calyptra nuda fusca lævi.—M. Reinwardti, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exp. p. 7, huc forsan revo- candum.—Oahu (Didrichsen !), ad montem Kaah (Macrae!) ; Sandwich and Society Islands (Amer. Expl. Exp.) M. Reinwardti quasi diminutivum, sed primo visu gracilitate omnium partium magna distans, ceteris notis supra dictis differre videtur.—Macrae’s specimen with the single capsule, which is not, how- ever, very evidently plicate, appears to belong to this species. 5. M. angulatum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. 1868, p. 167; rami humiles, graciles, ramosi, laxe cæspitosi ; folia patentia pentasticha sicca appressa contorta oblongo-linearia acuta nervo percurrente carinata, mar- ginibus cellulis prominulis erenulatis, cellulis omnibus grossiuseulis rotundatis obscuris, perichætialia pro- pria nulla; vaginula pilosa; theca in pedunculo brevi tetragono asperrimo ovata, ore parvo demum quater plicato operculo subulato ; calyptra ramentis inferioribus divaricatis pilosa.—Samoa Islands, Tutuila on Hibiscus trees (1000 ft.), (Powell! 67).— Very nearly resembling M. orthostichum, Nees ab E., from Java, but with leaves not wider at their base, and patent, not squarrose or divarieated. ** Leiostoma.—Theca ore levi haud plicata. Folia cellulis inferioribus rectis. 6. M. Tongense, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exp. p. 7. t. 5; rami abbreviati, pusilli; folia densa patentia sicca con- torta crispata anguste lanceolato-ligulata obtusa cum apiculo brevissimo nervo percurrente carinata, cellulis superioribus parvis rotundis infra folii medium parietibus pellucidis distinctis basilibus angustis elongatis, perichætialia conformia ; theca in pedunculo folis perichætialibus breviore oblonga, levis, sieca infra os rufum contracta, operculo subulato; peristomium dentibus brevibus pallidis, ealyptra pallida, ad basin thecæ descendens, pilis sparsis obtecta.—Tongatabu, Friendly Islands (American Exp.!), Lord Howe's Island (M'Gillivray !), Isle of Pines (Strange!). A small species growing in thin matted patches ; it is allied to M. involutifolium, Hook. et Grev., from Australia. ээж Campylodictyon.— Folia cellulis inferioribus curvatis. Тһеса lævis.—This group consists of а considerable number of species, nearly all confined to the Eastern Archipelago. 7. M. incurvifolium, Hook. et Grev. (Orthotrichum) ; rami elongati, simplices vel ramosi ; folia patentia apicibus ineurvis erectis lanceolato-lineali ligulata apiee obtuse acuminata, nervo carinata integerrima, cel- lulis superioribus minutis rotundis obscuris inferioribus minus obscuris basilibus oblongis haud lunato- curvulis, perichætialia acutiora cæterum caulinis similia; theca in pedunculo brevi globoso-ovata, levis, operculo subulato; calyptra pilis brevibus erectis inspersa.— Tahiti (Menzies!), Pacific Islands (Beechey! Nightingale !), Piteairn's Island (Beechey !). 8. M. Powellii, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. 1868, p. 168; rami elongati, in cæspitibus latis aggregati ; folia dense inserta a basi brevi erecta recurva divarieata lineali-lanceolata sensim ad apicem acutum angustata nervo rufescente subexcurrente carinata integerrima, cellulis basilibus elongatis pellucidis subrectis dimi- dium folii longitudinis occupantibus sensim in rotundatas obscuriusculas transeuntibus, perichætialia interna breviora lanceolato-subulata pellucida; vaginula pilis paucis brevibus; theca in pedunculo breviusculo, parva, ovalis, ore parvo, operculo subulato, peristomio dentibus brevibus pallidis ; calyptra ramentis appressis pilosa.—Samoan Islands, Tutuila, on Coeoa-nut trees near the sea-level (Powell! n. 110).—This species nearly resembles JM. incurvifolium, but differs in its gradually narrowed acute leaves. 9. M. Beecheyanum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. 1868, p. 167 ; rami elongati, ezespitosi; folia dense inserta a basi brevi erectiore recurva patentia apicibus incurvis a media sensim subloriformi-angustata, apice ob- tusiuscula subacuta, nervo pellucidiore in carina profunde exarata percurrente, integerrima, cellulis inferio- ribus eurvatis pellucidis usque ad tertiam partem folii longitudinis productis, inde parvis rotundatis obscuriusculis, perichætialia breviora erecta pellucidiora, vaginula ramentis exsertis pilosa; theca in pedunculo brevi ovalis, operculo longe subulato, ore parvo state obtuse plicato gymnostoma; calyptra ramentosa.—Samoan Islands, Tutuila, on living trees, mostly Hibiscus tiliaceus, 20-500 ft. (Powell! n. 1). 10. M. glaucum, Mitt. Linn. Soe. Journ. 1868, p. 167; rami elongati, ramulosi, late cæspitosi ; folia quinquefaria dense inserta in spiras ad dextram ascendentes disposita elongate lanceolata apice obtusa, nervo in mucronem excurrente, dimidio folii inferiore erectiore, superiore recurvo divaricato carinato, apice subeucullato-carinata integerrima, cellulis inferioribus pellucidis areuatis ad nervum ultra folii medium productis, superioribus minutis rotundatis obscuris, perichætialia plura conformia æquilonga erecta pellucida ; theca in pedunculo breviusculo, ovata, ore parvo operculo subulato; peristomium parvum, dentibus brevibus pallidis ; calyptra ramentis appressis eam longitudine haud excedentibus pilosa.—Samoa Islands, Tutuila, forming extensive mats on Breadtruit-trees nearly at the sea-level (Powell ! 109).—Like M. gracile in habit, but va leaves having a longer pale base, their apices complicate, so as to appear more acute than they are in reality. П. CRYPTOCARPUS, Dozy et Molk. Muse. Frond. Archip. Ind. p. 37. t.15. Caulis repens, radicans, ramos breves erectos exinde in prolongationibus propriis diversifoliis apice fertilibus eductis fovens. Theca immersa, FLORA VITIENSIS. 381 gymnostoma. Calyptra parva, mitriformis.—A remarkable genus, in its foliage and habit, before the fertile prolongations are produced, exactly corresponding with Macromitrium, but in the production of special short-leaved shoots, on which the fruit is borne, analogous only to those species of Campylopus, like O. exas- peratus, which are referable to the subgenus or group Thysanomitrium. 1. C. eymosus (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; caulis radicans, foliis sursum curvatis appressis lanceolatis ; rami erecti, humiles, in cæspitem congesti, foliis patenti-incurvis ligulatis obtusis, nervo in mucronem excurrente, margine basin versus papillis elongatis setiformibus ciliatis, cellulis superioribus rotundis obscuris inferioribus angustis p subito in fertilibus, in foliis abbreviatis, quinquefariis imbricatis e basi erecta patenti-recurvis ate ovatis obtusis, nervo flavo in mueronem exeurrente, margine basi erenulata mutatis; folia perichætialia erecta, oblonga, obtusa, inferne cellulis angustis pellucidis areolata; theca ovata, ore nigro-fusco nitido; ramus fructifer infra perichætium innovans, interdum subeymoso-divisus.—lsle of Pines, on stones on the main peak (Milne!). Barren branches about two lines high, the fertile prolongations from half to three- quarters of an inch high, simple or much divided at the top. The apices of the perichætial leaves are about equal with the mouth of the capsule. This appears to differ from the C. apiculatus, Dozy et Molk. Muse. Archip. Ind. t. 15, in the following partieulars :—the leaves of the barren shoots, or those of the base of the fertile ones, are much narrower, not more than half the width in proportion to their length, and from this cause are not imbricated, as represented in the plate at figs. 3 and 4; in the foliage of the fertile pro- longations aud the perichætium there appears to be no difference. О. brachiatus, Hook. et Wils. Icon. Plant. Rar. t. 746 B. ( Macromitrium), differs in the same respects from C. apiculatus, the leaves being very much narrower, and without the ciliiform papillæ at their base. Another specimen sent from Kalangan, Borneo, by Motley, differs in habit, and in the foliage of its fertile prolongations being more lax and curved. Tribus IV. Funarræ.—Peristomium internum, plus minus evolutum, processibus planis vel nullis. Calyptra sepe inflata, rostro tubuloso. I. FUNARIA, Schreb. Тһеса inequalis, levis vel plicata. Peristomium externum dentibus 16 obliquis apicibus cohærentibus, internum laciniis teneris dentibus oppositis. 1. F. hygrometrica, Hedw. Fund. vol. i. t. 5. f. 12; caulis brevis ; folia comalia incurvo-imbricata, concava, ovali-acuminata, integerrima, nervo brevissime excurrente, cellulis laxis levibus rhombeo-hexagonis areolata ; theca in pedunculo elongato humido curvato sicca recto horizontalis, pyriformis, ore magno obliquo deorsum spectante, operculo convexo, peristomio completo ; flos masculus in ramo brevi, foliis subserrulatis.—lsle of Pines, in burnt places (Milne!). The specimens of this cosmopolite species differ in no particular from the usual European state. Tribus V. BARTRAMIRE.—7Theca ut plurimum globosa plicataque. Peristomii interni processus carinati, per carinam fissi. Folia limitibus cellularum prominulis papillosa. I. BARTRAMIA, Hedw. Muse. Frond. Caulis erectus, dichotomus vel ramis infra florem egredientibus verticillatim ramosus, Folia pellucida vel obscura. All the Polynesian species yet known belong to the natural group which was designated by Bridel PAilonotis; these differ in habit from the group of species with thickened dark green foliage, and which are considered .Eubartramie. In Philonotis the stems are usually slender, and are branched with a number of equal innovations, arising from just below the inflores- cence in a vertieillate manner. The leaves are small and usually nearly pellucid, with narrow nerves, the areolation composed of cells which have their upper extremities prominent, and in many species on account of this peculiarity, and the margin of the leaf being recurved, their leaves appear more serrate than they really are. : T В. asperifolia, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x. p. 185; dioica ; caules humiles, graciles, in cæspites latos aggregati; folia patentia ovato-lanceolata, ramea oblongo-lanceolata, omnia neryis dorso superne serratis pereurrentibus, marginibus anguste recurvis serrulatis, cellulis pellucidis, superioribus oblongis, inferioribus subquadratis, perichætialia longiora a basi latiora subulata serrulata; theca in pedunculo elongato, sub- globosa, inzequalis, horizontalis, plicata, opereulo depresse conico; peristomium depressum, internum exter- numque dentibus fere levibus; flos masculus parvus, foliis a basi rotundata subulatis erectis.— Samoa, Tutuila, on damp earth and on rocks by watercourses, 20-100 ft. (Powell! n. 28). A small pale green spe- cies, with stems from a quarter to half an inch high, with small short and rough leaves from the prominence of the serrature of the margins and nerves. ; e : 2. B. obtusifolia (sp. nov.); cæspitosa; caulis crassiusculus, ruber ; folia glauco-viridissima, erecto-patentia, incurva, laxe imbricata, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, concava, nervo infra apicem evanido, dorso cellulis prominulis subdentato, margine fere ad apicem usque anguste reflexo subcrenulata, apice erecta, cellulis laxissimis ovali-hexagonis pellucidis areolata.— Ysabel (Veitch! in Herb. Hooker). A small species with stems, in the imperfect state in which it was gathered, about half an inch high; distinct from the Javan В. laxissima, C. Mueller, in its obtuse leaves. Another species was gathered in Hawaii by Menzies. [PUBLISHED JUNE 1, 1871.] Зр 382 | FLORA VITIENSIS. Tribus VI. Bryezx.—Theca ut plurimum clavata, levis. Peristomit interni processus carinati, integri vel rarissime divisi. Folia levia. Calyptra dimidiata. * Flores in caule primario vel in innovationibus terminales. 1 Folia undique inserta. I. Гертозтомом, R. Brown, Linn. Soc. Trans. vol. x. p. 180. Peristomium simplex, internum, mem- brana indivisa. 1. Z. macrocarpum, Hedw. Muse. Frond. vol. ii. t. 10 (Bryum); caules inferne tomento rufo intertexti ; folia patentia, oblongo-spathulata, obtusa, carinato-concava, margine superne revoluta, integerrima, nervo in pilum brevem simplicem vel elongatum ramosum excurrente, cellulis hexagonis parietibus angustis utriculo anguloso contracto repletis; perichetialia conformia, margine latius revoluta, nervo longius excurrente, magis ramoso; theca in peduneulo elongato ovali-elliptica, erecta, opereulo parvo conico-hemisphærico.— Tahiti (Banks and Solander!); Norfolk Island (Allan Cunningham! Herb. Hooker).—Specimens smaller than those from New Zealand. All the species of this genus in the large size of their capsules, and in their general appearance, correspond with Bryum, but differ in the firm and dense areolation of their leaves. The genus is peculiar to the islands of the Pacific Ocean, including Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, and the western and extreme southern shores of S. America. II. Ввхом, Linn. Peristomium duplex, internum sepius perfectum, rarius imperfectum.—A very extensive genus, all the species of which are generally conspicuous for the large size of their elliptical pyriform or clavate, erect or more frequently pendulous capsules. A great difference exists among the species in the size and substance of the leaves, but they appear to be so intimately connected by intermediate states that it is difficult to define groups which, at first sight, appear sufficiently remote to form natural sections. ж Dicranobryum, C. Mueller, Syn. vol. i. p. 309.— Theca erecta inclinatave. Peristomium internum incompletum. 1. В. coarctatum, C. Mueller, Syn. vol. i. p. 312; Dozy et Molk. Bryol. Javan. t. 115; synoicum; caulis humilis; folia comalia parva, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, nervo crassiusculo rufo excurrente, margine in- tegerrima inferne recurva, cellulis parvis oblongis; pedunculus elongatus; theca oblonga, inclinata vel erecta, eollo levi vel tuberculis prominulis distorto, operculo conico acuminato, annulo magno, peristomio externo dentibus angustis, interno processibus abbreviatis angustis in membrana alte exserta impositis, ciliis nullis.—Friendly Islands, Vavau and Lefuka (Harvey !) ; Samoa, Tutuila, on stones and walls (Powell ! n. 16).— This species was first described as dioicous, and is also so described and figured in the * Bryologia Javanica’ above referred to, but Javan specimens from Junghuhn have the antheridia present in the fertile flower in the same manner as in the specimens from Polynesia; some European species which have synoicous fertile flowers produce also male flowers only on branches arising from the same stem. The affinity of this small species is with B. atropurpureum, Web. et Mohr, and with this it accords in the colour of its foliage aud fruit, as well as in having the neck of the capsule distorted; but in the defective internal peristome it agrees with some Indian and tropieal American species. All these species differ from those of the grou which has been named Brachymenium, in being always found growing on the earth, and not on the bark of trees. ** Webera, Hedw.—Theca inclinata pendulave. Peristomium internum processibus ciliisque plus minus perfectis. Folia nitida, immarginata. 2. В. nutans, Hedw. Muse. Frond. vol.i.t. 4; synoicum; caulis humilis ; folia inferiora patentia lan- ceolata, nervo sub apice evanido, margine superne serrulata, cellulis ubique æqualibus elongatis, comalia duplo longiora lineali-lanceolata, interiora minora angustiora argutius serrulata, nervis percurrentibus ; peduneulus elongatus ; theca nutans vel pendula, sporangio breviter ovali, collo subzequilongo, sicca eras- siusculo corrugato subplicato, operculo convexo acuto; peristomium breviusculum, internum ciliis cohær- entibus.—St. Paul's Island (Milne!) ; Isle of Pines (Strange !).—These specimens appear to possess no difference in aspect, size, or structure from the usual European form. *** Eccremothecium, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. 1868.—Theca inclinata pendulave. Peristomium internum processibus ciliisque sæpius perfectis, Folia rarius nitida, sæpius limbo marginata. 3. В. megalostegium, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exped. 1859, p. 9. t. 7.; dioicum, dense cæspitosum ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis, costa excurrente breviter cuspidatis, marginibus integerrimis planis; capsula clavata, pyriformi-ineurva, nutante vel pendula, late annulata, pachydermi macrostoma ; opereulo permagno, sub- hemisphærico, apiculato.— Hawaii, forests on the sides of Mauna Loa (American Expedition !) ; Raoul Island, FLORA VITIENSIS. 383 Kermandec Islands (M'Gillivray !) ; Samoa, Tutuila (Powell!).— Compared by the author to В. pallens, Sw., and B. turbinatum, Hedw., and described as from 1-2 inches high, but the figure represents it from half an inch to an inch high. The specimens from the Kermandec Islands are shorter even than this, but corre- spond very well in the form of the leaves. It seems to be a small species allied to the European B, erythro- carpum, Schw., and the B. chrysoneuron, C. Miiller, so frequent in New Zealand. 4. B. Billardierii, Schw. t. 76; “ саше mediocri bifido, foliis oblongis oblique cuspidatis immarginatis dentatis, theca pendula ineurva."—New Belgium (Labillardière !) ; Lord Howe's Island (Milne !).—* Caulis rimarius semiuncialis, pone florem ramos aliquot simplices edens, semiunciales aut unciales; folia densa et in rosulam congesta in саше primario et ad apices ramorum, sparsa in inferiore ramorum раме; folia con- eava, carinata, patula, oblonga, apice dentata, sæpe obliqua, absque margine notabili, siecitate undulata et paululum complicata, amæne viridia; nervus crassus, ferrugineus, ex apice folii emergit absque comitante parenehymate et recurvatur, quindecies ibi brevior est quam folium ; areolæ reticuli e rhomboide sub- rotundi; seta sesquiuncialis aut biuncialis, apice ad horizontem curvata; theca oblonga, incurva, et per curvaturam suam pendula, ore vix contracta, ut seta operculum et peristomium externum e fusco brunnea ; operculum plano-convexum, mucronulatum.”—The specimens collected by Milne consist of only a few ineomplete stems, but seem to agree with the figure and the above description given by Schwægrichen. It is probable that the B. rufescens, Hook. f. et Wils. Fl. Tasmanica, p. 192. t. 174. f. 1, belongs to this species, for it corresponds with the description and figure in the form ud margin of its leaves, as well as in the nerve being exeurrent into a terete point. 5. B. leptothecium, Tayl. in Phytologist, 1844, p. 1094; caulis gracilis; folia in rosulis congesta, patentia, oblongo-obovata vel spathulata, nervo apice cum limbo marginali coalito in mueronem brevem recurvum producto; cellulis superioribus oblongo-hexagonis, utriculo contracto repletis, limitibus angustis marginalibus angustis in seriebus pluribus congestis limbum tenerum denticulatum sistentibus; theca in peduneulo elongato sporangio cylindraceo subrecto, collo sensim angustato curvato pendula, operculo depresso-conico.—Society Islands, barren (Bidwill! in Herb. Hooker).—Stems nearly an inch high, and to all appearance not different from the states so frequent in Australia and Tasmania. 6. B. Commersoni, Brid. Mant. p. 119; Sehw. t. 80; caulis plus minus elongatus, laxe cæspitosus; folia ubique per caulis longitudinem æqualia vel in rosulis congesta patula obovato-spathulata acuminata, nervo breviter excurrente mucronata margine inferne integerrima e medio usque ad apicem denticulis brevibus serrata, cellulis hexagono-ovalibus ehlorophyllosis, parietibus mollibus, marginalibus longioribus limbum indistinetum formantibus, perichætialia interna minora; theca in pedunculo elongato horizontalis, elongato-cylindracea, arcuata, opereulo conico acuto.—Lord Howe’s Island, low ground abundant, but barren (Milne ! Herb. Hooker, 47).— Specimens small and short, but agreeing in the dull, dark green colour of the younger and pale fulvous tint of the older leaves, as well as in the areolation and margin with B. Beyrichianum, Hornsch., and B. umbraculum, Burchell, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 133, between all which the correspondence is so close as to lead to the supposition they may be states of only one widely spread species. III. CRYPToPODIvM, Brid. vol. ii. p. 30. Caulis erectus. Folia undique æqualia, angusta, e cellulis parvis firmis areolata. Тһеса in pedunculo brevi levis. Peristomium completum. 1. C. Bartramioides, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 18 (Brywm); caulis simplex vel innovationibus ramosus; folia inferiora parva appressa sensim superne longitudine inerescentia, superiora patentia vel subsecunda a basi suboblonga sensim subulato-angustata rigida setacea, nervo marginibusque supra basin oblongam usque ad apicem dentibus brevibus geminatis serratis, cellulis firmis rotundis parvis inferioribus suboblongis, peri- chætialia a basi latiora lanceolata subulata caulinis similia thecam ovalem inclinatam longe superantia ; peduneulus vix theca longior; peristomium dentibus lineali-subulatis firmis, internum processibus cari- natis parce pertusis, ciliisque tribus æquilongis interpositis in membrana usque ad dentium medium exserta impositis.—Sandwich Islands (Gaudichaud !) —A remarkable Moss, having the rigid stems and foliage of Rhizogonium spiniforme, but with its fruit terminal, and not exserted beyond the leaves. It is not allied to Bartramia. tt Folia tristicha, dimorpha. IV. Catomnton, Hook. f. et Wils. Theca erecta, gymnostoma. 1. O. denticulatum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x. p. 192; folia lateralia omnia superficiebus superioribus ad idem latus spectantia, patentia, oblonga, nervo in mucronem excurrente, margine a medio ad apicem usque denticulata; folia media appressa, dimidio breviora, suborbiculata, superne dentata; folia omnia cellulis parvis rotundatis interstitiisque pellucidis firmis, perichætialia longiora spathulata lineari-lanceo- lataque; theca in peduneulo gracili, ovalis, erecta, operculo subulato. Planta maseula flore apicali gemmi- formi.—Samoa, Upolu, on trees (Powell! n. 103).— Corresponding in size, habit, and appearance with C. letum, Hook. f. et Wils. Fl. New Zealand, pl. 87. f. 5, but with denticulate leaves, and the capsule appears to have a smaller mouth. The stem is said in the ‘Handbook of the Flora of New Zealand’ to be creeping, but this is not observable in the specimens of the Samoan species. | å | | | р 2 384 FLORA VITIENSIS. +tt Folia tetrasticha. V. DREPANOPHYLLUM, Rich. in Hook. Muse. Exot. Folia bifarie compressa, falciformi-curvata, plana. 1. D. semilimbatum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x. p. 194. t. 5. E; caules in cæspitem aggregati, dichotome divisi, erecti?; folia distiche compressa, nervo rufo in mucronem brevissimum excurrente, lamina folii latere superiore (i. e. caulis apicem versus) ambitu semiorbiculari, limbo cartilagineo incrassato rufo superne suberenulato integerrimove, fere ad apicem usque continuo marginata, lamina latere inferiore multo angustiore immarginata, apiee subcrenata, basin versus angustata et decurrente (ambitu igitur folii ovali-oblongo acuto, nervo uno latere propinquiore) ; cellule quadratæ rotundatæque, firme, pellucidæ, læves ; folia perichætialia magis oblonga, acutiora, cæterum caulinis similia.—Samoa, Tutuila (Powell! n. 185).— Very much smaller than the Equatorial American D. fulvum, Rich.; but, so far as can be judged from the specimens without fruit, closely allied and, in all probability, congeneric with it. ** Flores in ramulo brevissimo basilari. VI. RHIZOGONIUM, Brid. vol. ii. p. 664. Caules erecti, subsimplices, rarius ramosi. Folia undique æqualia vel compressa, versus apices caulium decrescentia. Theca longe pedunculata, peristomio perfecto. * Pyrrhobryum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x.—Folia undique inserta, rigida, cellulis densis rotundis areolata. Theca plicata. 1. R. spiniforme, L. ( Hypnum) ; folia angustissime lineari-lanceolata, nervo percurrente, dorso dentato, margine duplicato-serrata, perichetialia ovato-subulata simpliciter serrulata ; theca oblonga, opereulo brevi- rostro, peristomio interno processibus quam dentes brevioribus in membrana fere ad eorum medium ex- serta impositis, ciliis obsoletis.— Samoa, Upolu, on trees (1000-2000 feet) (Powell! n. 90); Sandwich Islands (Douglas! n. 60).— Possibly distinet from the widely-distributed P. spiniforme, so common in tropical Ameriea. 2. В. pungens, Sull. Proceed. Amer. Acad. of Arts and Sc. vol. iii. ; dioicum ; cæspite denso hispido e viridi spadiceo; caulibus bi-triuncialibus basi fructiferis erectiusculis simplicibus inferne tomento atropurpureo dense vestitis; foliis laxiuscule dispositis patenti-divergentibus carinato-concavis semiuncialibus (arista in- clusa) strictiuseulis rigidis pungentibus elliptico-lanceolatis, costa valida subtereti in aristam dorso et lateribus grosse dentatam lamina quintuplo longiorem excurrente instructis, basi valde incrassatis, e cellulis minutis densis subquadratis compositis, margine duplicato-dentato vel potius bilamelloso, lamellis dentatis peri- chætiis radicalibus brevissime stipitatis; foliis perichætialibus exterioribus lanceolatis dentatis, interioribus oblongis integerrimis, omnibus laxius reticulatis basi vaginantibus costa excurrente valida dentata longis- sime aristatis; archegoniis longiusculis numerosis (40-50) copiose paraphysatis, paraphysibus 7-10-septatis archegonia paululum superantibus.—Sull. 1. e.—H awaii district of Puna on the south-west coast (Amer. Exped.).— This must be considerably larger than any other species yet known. 3. R. setosum, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1868, p. 174 ; dioicum; folia in ramis sterilibus patentia, recta subsecundave, apicalia erecta appressa, a basi sensim subulato-angustata, elongata, setacea, rigida, nervo crasso percurrente, superne dorso dentato, margine incrassata, basi integerrima superne bre- viter duplieato-dentata, a medio usque ad apicem dentibus validioribus simplicibus serrata, cellulis parvis rotundis limitibus latis; perichætium in ramo brevi, foliis a basi parva ovata longe anguste subulata curvata, nervo excurrente marginibusque superne dentatis. Habitus R. spiniformis.— Samoa, Upolu, on trees on the way to Lanutoo, 2000 ft. (Powell! п. 11). In size, mode of growth, and in the colour of its foliage, like Р. spiniforme, but with leaves scarcely half as wide, more bristle-like and rigid; the teeth towards the apex of the leaf are evidently a continuation of the margin, so that the nerve is not terete and excurrent as is said to be the case in P. pungens, which must also be a much larger Moss. ++ Photinophyllum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x.—Folia undique inserta, cellulis majusculis pellueidis areolata. Theca levis. 4. R. subbasilare, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 10 (Hypnum) ; caulis erectus; folia patentia oblongo-lanceolata planiuscula nervo infra apicem evanido, marginibus superioribus, denticulis simplicibus serratis, cellulis oblongis pellucidis parietibus angustissimis, perichætialia ude acuminata; theca in pedunculo elongato cylindracea, horizontalis nutansve, operculo conico.—Samoa, Tutuila (Powell). Far different from the species of the preceding section in its pellucid, loosely areolate but firm leaves. Tribus VIT. SkrroPRYLLEX.— Folia verticalia margine inferiore in caulem descendente integro, superiore basi fisso caulem equitante. I. FissrpENs, Hedw. Caulis sim : 5 plex, abbreviatus үе! elongatus ramosusque. Folia bifariam equitantia, carina late alata foliiformi, d 5 4 — Flores terminales, laterales vel basilares. Theca levis, erecta vel inclinata ; FLORA VITIENSIS. 385 peristomii dentes bifidi. Calyptra parva, dimidiata, vel basi subintegra.—Å very extensive genus of mostly small and very elegant Mosses, remarkable for the peculiar structure of their leaves, in which the true leaf— lamina vera—is considered to be that part. which embraces the stem, and out of the axil of which the in- florescence arises ; but beyond the apex of this, and along its keel the leaf is so expanded that when the stems are viewed laterally, the whole leaf appears as if flat, and inserted vertically upon the stem. 1. F. lagenarius, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1868, p. 184; monoicus, pusillus; folia circiter 10-juga, patentia, oblongo-linearia, acuta, nervo pellucido percursa, lamina vera usque ad medium producta, apice subæquali, una eum lamina dorsali apicalique limbo carente minutissime crenata, cellulis minutis rotundis inter se remotiusculis vix obscuris minute papillosis; pedunculus foliis superioribus æqui- longus ; theca inclinata, cylindracea, pallida, laxe areolata, post operculi conico-subulati de apsum infra os constricta sublageniformi; peristomium dentibus teneris luteis brevibus irregularibus.—Samoa Islands, Tu- tuila, on Cyathea leucolepis, Mett., 1000-2000 ft. (Powell! 22).—The entire plant is about three lines high. From F. scabrisetus this species differs, in its less obscure leaves, and in the elongated capsule. 2. Е. inconspicuus, Mitt. 1. с. p. 185; monoieus; pusillus; folia circiter 6-juga, patentia, lineari-lanceo- lata, acuminata, nervo pellucido percurrente, lamina vera usque ad medium producta subæquali, omnibus laminarum marginibus crenulatis, limbo carente, cellulis minutis rotundis pallidis obscuris papillosis; theca in pedunculo breviuseulo, parva, obovata, inclinata, opereulo subulato.—Samoa, Tutuila and Upolu, on Cyathea leucolepis, 1000-2000 ft. (Powell! n. 121).—Stems with the leaves about a line high. Pale green or rusty brown. Seta half as long again as the leaves. 8. Е. scabrisetus, Mitt. 1.с.; monoicus; caulis elongatus; folia circiter 12-juga, patentia, approximata, elliptico-lanceolata, nervo angusto pellucido percurrente, lamina vera ad medium usque producta subæquali, a basi usque ad medium hyalino-limbata, lamina dorsali basi rotundata, marginibus ubique tenuissime crenulatis, cellulis minutis obscuris viridibus minutissime papillosis ; theca in pedunculo brevi aspero, ovalis, inclinata, operculo subulato obliquo; flos masculus in axillis foliorum superiorum.— Samoa Islands, Tutuila (Powell! n. 63).—Stems about 4 lines high, and with the leaves about 1 line wide. The seta is about a line or a line and a half long. The capsule with vesicular cells and a red mouth. 4. Е. abbreviatus (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; monoicus; caulis brevis, semilinearis; folia 4-8-juga, approximata, patentia, elliptico-lanceolata, acuta, nervo pellucidiore percursa, lamina vera usque ad medium producta apice subæqualis usque ad medium ejus longitudinis tenui hyalino-limbata, lamina dorsali basi decurrente api- calique subintegerrima, cellulis minutis obscuris levibus; theca in peduneulo brevi pallido, ovalis, erecta, opereulo subulato obliquo; peristomium dentibus rubris. Flos masculus vel terminalis vel in ramulo brevissimo basilaris.— Raoul Island (M‘Gillivray! in Herb. Hooker). A minute species, different from any of the preceding. Твівгв I. DICRANEZE.— Folia viridia, вере elongata, angusta, nitida, nervo sepe dilatato, cellulis basilaribus ad angulos sepe majoribus coloratis. Peristomii dentes integri vel furcati. The following five genera of this tribe are represented in Polynesia, but have not yet been found in Viti, viz. :—1. CERATODON : 1. C. purpureus, L. Sp. Pl. p. 1574 (Mnium), from St. Paul's Island (Milne !), Isle of Pines (Strange). II. Hotomirrivm: 1, H. vaginatum, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 64 (Trichostomum), et Schw. t. 309, from Tahiti (Menzies !). ПІ. Dicranum: 1, D. Sandwichense, Sull. United St. Expl. Exped. 1859, p. 8; var. В. condensatum, caulibus abbreviatis (1-2-uncialibus) robustis, foliis confertis ; var. y. elongatum, caulibus elongatis (10—12-uncialibus), foliis dissitis patentissimis, from Kaala Mountains (Oahu), 8. Mauna Kea, Hawaii; y. banks of the Crater, East Maui, Hawaiian Islands; 2, D. speirophyllum, Mont. Voy. de la Bonite Crypt. p. 275, from Sandwich Islands (Gaudichaud!). IV. CampPyLorus: 1, C. umbellatus, W. Arnott, Disp. 34 (Trichostomum umbellatum, Schw. Gaudich. and Freyc. p. 224), from Hawaii, on the volcano (Macrae! Haines !), Oahu (Beechey ! Seemann! Gaudichaud !) ; 2, C. introffewus, Hedw. Sp. Muse. t. 29 (Dicranum), from St. Paul's Island (Milne! Strange !), Isle of Pines (Strange!). V. L&vcorowa: 1, L. tenuifolium, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. 1868, p. 192, from Tutuila and Upolu, on trees (Powell! n. 98). I. Dicranella, C. Müller, Syn. vol. 1. p. 430 (Angstræmeæ ejusd. sect.); Schimp. Syn. p. 69. Caulis erectus, apice fertilis. Folia cellulis elongatis areolata. Theca brevis, plus minus ovalis, plicata vel lævis, erecta vel inæqualis, in pedunculo recto vel eurvato. Peristomium dentibus 16 brevibus soli- dis vel irregulari modo fissis. Calyptra dimidiata, —Musci terrestres, humiles, caulibus ut plurimum simplicibus, foliis parvis brevibus angustis mollibus, thecis parvis collibus equaliter contractis vel callosis inzequalibus. RE A genus containing a great number of small Mosses, more abundant in species in South America than 386 FLORA VITIENSIS. elsewhere, those species with erect and smooth capsules approaching very nearly to Cynontodium, Hedw., or, as the species belonging to the group so named have been more recently designated, Leptotrichum, Hampe, notwithstanding tbat this last has already been used fora group of Fungi, and that Hedwig’s genus was founded on species which may be said to be typical species of Leptotrichum, but from these species the Dicranelie are usually distinguishable by their short, frequently plicate capsule, and shorter not filiform peristomial teeth. From the various groups of species comprised in the genus Dicranum, this genus differs in the small stature of the species, and in the entire absence of alary cells; the species with curved sete simulate very nearly the smaller species of the genus Campylopus, but differ from this in the same respects as they do from Dicranum. 1. D.fiaccidula, Mitt. in Seem. Bonpl. 1861, p. 365 (Leptotrichum) ; dioica, cæspitosa ; caulis humilis, simplex; folia patentia stricta vel subsecunda a basi sensim angustata sublanceolata apice subacuta integerrima mollia subnitida, nervo viridi percurrente ubique a folii lamina distineto, cellulis elongatis angustis mollibus, perichætialia paulo majora subconformia ; theca in pedunculo gracili erecto aurantiaco elliptico-ovalis, ore parvo operculo subulato recto, annulo lato ; peristomium dentibus brevibus solidis.— Viti (Seemann!). Also in Tutuila, Samoan Islands, on muddy banks (Powell ! n. 15). A small species with thin soft foliage, more nearly allied to the tropical African D. nitidula, Mitt. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xxiii. t. 5. f. 1, than to any other. Tab. 98a. Fig. 1, plants of the natural size; 2, a leaf from the stem; 3, a perichætial leaf; 4, the capsule and its opereulum ; 5, a portion of the peristome, all magnified. 1. D. trichophylla, Mitt. in Seem. Bonpl. 1861, p. 366 (Leptotrichum) ; dioica; caulis simplex vel furcatus, plus minus elongatus; folia basi erecta quadrata vaginantia, cellulis inferioribus elon- gatis pellucidis areolata, nervo in subulam angustam trichoideam flexuosam integerrimam excurrente, basin versus anguste lamina folii marginata, perichætialia ad basin partis subulatæ paululo latiora ; theca in pedunculo humido cygneo-curvato pendula, sicca spiraliter flexo suberecta, ovali-elliptica, ineequali plicata, basi callosa, infra os parvum subobliquum contracta, operculo subulato obliquo, annulo lato, peristomio dentibus angustis dicranis.— Viti (Seemann! 862 part), Ovalau (Milne! in Herb. Hooker, 356 a). Stems 4 to 14 in. high. Leaves dull brownish-green, little altered when dry. Allied in the form of its leaves to D. proscripta, Hsch., but very different in appearance and in its capsule : from D. euphoroclada and D. nana, C. Mueller, from Java, it differs in the more exactly quadrate dilated base of its leaves. Tab. 985. Fig. 1, plant of the natural size; 2, a leaf showing at the side the areolation and a cross- section; 3, a capsule, with operculum and calyptra; 4, a portion of the peristome, all magnified. TRiBvs Il. LEUCOBRYEÆ.—FOlia albida, e nervo maxime dilatato formata. Peristomii dentes integri vel dicrani. II. Octoblepharum, Hedw. Musc. Frond. vol. iii. p. 15; caulis erectus, apice fertilis. Folia undique zequalia vel tristicha, nervo sæpe incrassato planiuseulo, perichætialia parum diversiformia. Theca plus minus longe pedunculata, erecta, levis. Peristomium dentibus 16 vel 8. Calyptra cucul- lata. Leucophanes, Brid. vol. i. p. 763. The following species have not yet been found in Viti :—1. O. dentatum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. 1868, p. 178.—Samoan Islands, Upolu, near the crater called Tafua-å-Upolu, 1000 ft. (Powell! n. 19); taller and with more recurved leaves than O. Schimperi (Arthrocormus), Dozy et Molk. Muse. Archip. Ind. t. 27. Tab. 98 c, Fig. 1, plant of the natural size; 2,a leaf with three cross-sections at different parts of its length, the point and a portion near the base more enlarged, all magnified. 2. O. albidum, Linn. Sp. Plant. 1583 (Bryum).—Sandwich Islands (Lay et Collie!). 8. O. inerassatum (sp. nov.), Mitt. mss. ; cæspitosum ; caulis humil is; folia densa, a basi anguste oblonga, erecta, e cellulis oblongis areolata et limbo angusto marginata, in subulam crassam trigonam levem apice obtusiusculo oblique acuto serrulato producta, nervo in parte oblonga $ folii latitudinis in subula trigona totam occupante ; medio e stratis cellularum superimpositarum 9 formato.—Samoan Islands, Tutuila (Powell !); closely resembling O.dentatum, but with leaves more straight FLORA VITIENSIS. 387 and not so much narrowed at the points, the margins of the trigonous upper portion more pellucid, so as to give the idea of their having a narrow lamina, of which, however, on making a cross-section, there is no trace, and the limbation of the base is narrower; a few oblong septate brown bodies have been seen attached to the apices of the leaves, similar to those observable in Syrrhopodon and Calymperes. Tab. 98g. Fig. 1, plant of the natural size; 2, a leaf, with a portion near the base, more enlarged, a cross-section of the upper part and the point as seen laterally, all magnified. 4. O. asperum, Mitt. Linn, Soc. Journ. 1868, p. 178.— Samoan Islands, Upolu, on trees, 1000 ft. (Powell! n. 113). Tab.98d. Fig. 1, plant of the natural size ; 2, а leaf, with portions more enlarged, and two cross-sections, all magnified. 5. O. scabrum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. 1868, p. 178.—Samoan Islands, Tutuila (Powell! n. 126). Tab. 98 / Fig. 1, stem of the natural size; 2,a leaf with two cross-sections, and portions showing the structure at the respective parts, all magnified. 6. O. recurvum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. 1868, p. 179.—Samoan Islands, Tutuila (Powell! n. 104). 1. O. scolopendrium, Mitt. in Bonpl. 1861, p. 366 (Syrrhopodon) ; cæspitosum; caulis elon- gatus, subsimplex, erectus ; folia usque ad medium eorum longitudinis cauli appressa, sese amplectantia, inde subulata, squarroso-patentia vel recurva, siccitate immutata, nervo rigido subtereti denticulis papillisque scaberrimo carinata, margine limbo incrassato dense papilloso denticulato apicem versus denticulis validioribus armato ibique cum nervo confluente, cellulis omnibus hyalinis quadratis tra- pezoideisque areolata. — Viti (Seemann ! n. 843). Three inches high or more, very nearly resembling Syrrhopodon tristichus, but more rigid, and with leaves of a very different structure. Tab. 98e. Fig. 1, stem of the natural size; 2, a leaf, with the point further enlarged, and cross-sections and portions showing the structure opposite the respective parts, all magnified. 2. O. smaragdinum, Mitt. Bonpl. 1861, p. 366; cæspitosum; caulis humilis; folia a basi erectiore laxe appressa, patentia, elongate lanceolata, lineali-attenuata, apice latiuscula, acuta, sub- carinata, nervo basi folii latitudinis tertiam partem occupante, in partem superiorem patentem totam folii constituente, linea angusta obscuriore percursa, e stratis duobus cellularum superimpositarum composito, margine basi angustissime limbata, apice et per carinam apicem versus serrulata, cellulis laminæ folii rhombeis.— Viti (Seemann ! inter п. 863). EE to O. densifolium, but with the areolation of the nerve more obscure and greener, and the cells smaller, Tab. 982. Fig. 2, plant of the natural size; 1, a leaf with various portions, including two cross-sections, all magnified. 3. O. densifolium, Mitt. Bonpl. 1861, p. 366 (Leucophanes); cæspitosum ; caulis elongatus, ramosus; folia dense inserta, elongate lanceolata, inferne erecta, superne patentia squarrosave, sub- complicata, apice obtusa, serrulata, mucrone parvo angusto, nervo totum folii constituente e cellularum stratis duobus composito ad margines inferiores, limbo angusto e cellularum elongatarum seriebus circiter tribus formato circumdata; theca in pedunculo longiusculo, oblongo-cylindracea.—Viti (Seemann ! inter 862; Milne! in Herb. Hooker). Tab. 98k. Fig. 1, plant of the natural size; 2, a leaf, with a portion showing the cells at the margin, also a cross-section, magnified. ПІ. Leucobryum, Hampe, Linnea, xiii. p. 42. Caulis erectus, apice fertilis vel inferne procum- bens, е ramulo brevissimo laterali fructiferus. Folia undique æqualia vel pentasticha, marginibus superne involutis. Theca in pedunculo elongato, inæqualis, horizontalis, plicata, operculo longirostro. Peristomium dentibus dicranis. - Calyptra cucullata. The following are Polynesian species, as yet not found in Viti, viz.:—1. Г. glaucum, Linn. Sp. Plant. 1582 (Bryum).—Sandwich Islands (Gaudiehaud!). 2. 1. (Pegophyllum) Seemanni (sp. nov.), Mitten; caulis elongatus, furcatim ramosus; folia falcata, ad latera cauli arcte appressa, secunda, lineali- ` lanceolata, sensim angustata, lævia, apice obtusiusculo acuto parce dentato, marginibus supra folii medium involutis, lamina folii e cellulis angustis inferne in seriebus 6-8 dispositis infra apicem evanida, cellulis 388 FLORA VITIENSIS. nervi oblongis rectangulis, cellulis alaribus obsoletis.—Oahu (Seemann ! Herb. Hooker).—Stems 2-3 inches high. Leaves 3 lines or more long, so strongly laterally compressed that the stems are flattened, not altered in the dry state, of a very pale fulvous-green nearly white, and with an almost satin-like gloss. This fine Moss comes nearer to L. Javense than to any of the numerous species of the Indian Archipelago, but from this it differs greatly in appearance on account of its compressed foliage. 4. L. rugosum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x.—Samoa Islands, Manua, on trees (Powell! n. 101). 5. Г. Javense, Beauv. Prodr. p. 88 (Sphagnum).—Sandwich Islands (Lay et Collie!). 1. L. sanctum, Hampe; Dozy et Molk. Bryol. Javan. t. 12; caules in cespitem laxum mollem congesti ; folia subsecunda, recta vel falcata, a basi erectiore oblonga, concava, patentia, subu- lata, lævia, apice obtusiuscule acuta, paucidentata, margine involuta, lamina folii angustissima, e cellulis elongatis angustis in seriebus 3-5 dispositis infra apicem desinente, cellulis nervi oblongis rectangulis; folia perichætialia a basi ovali anguste subulata, acuta; theca in pedunculo elongato brevis, subhorizontalis, plicata, basi strumosa, operculo subulato ; peristomii dentes furcati.— Viti (Milne!). Also in Samoa, Upolu, on trees, 1200 ft. (Powell! n. 82); Pacific Islands (Beechey !) ; Aneitum (Milne! 368, Herb. Hooker). Å very soft species, with its leaves most usually somewhat faleate, but this is less evident in the Samoan specimens. 2. L. laminatum, Mitt. in Bonplandia, 1861, p. 366; cæspites densi; folia dorso rugosa, mar- gine lamina distineta marginata, apicem versus minute serrata.— Viti (Seemann ! n. 844). In size, this Moss resembles the Z. aduncum, Dozy et Molk. Bryol. Javan. t. 11, but its leaves are wider above the middle than in that species, and the lamina is more distinct. Trisus III. SYRRHOPODONTEÆ.—FOlia viridia, obscura, cellulis inferioribus in medio folio hyalinis. Peristomii dentes parvi, integri vel divisi. Å tribe of tropical Mosses, easily distinguishable by the hyaline enlarged cells oceupying a greater or less space in the base of the leaves. ТУ. Syrrhopodon, Schw. Suppl. ii. 100. Calyptra levis, dimidiata. The following have not yet been gathered in Viti, viz. :—1. S. Platycerii (sp. nov.), Mitt.; pusillus; caulis humilis; folia a basi erectiora, patentia, anguste lanceolato-linealia, subligulata, apice obtuse acuta, margine superne flexuosa, apiee minute dentieulata, nervo pellucido pereursa, cellulis hyalinis usque ad 2 folii longitudinis productis inde ad apicem minutis rotundis glauco-viridibus; theca in pedunculo gra- cillimo ovalis, operculo subulato eam superante, peristomii dentibus validis.— Lord Howe's Island, on Pla- tycerium (M'Gillivray and Milne! Herb. Hooker).—A small species like S. Gaudichaudi, Schw., from South America, but with leaves more narrow, the limb distinct all round the margin, and, when dry, not closely contorted and appressed, but loosely erecto-patent.— Tab. 98 7. Fig. 1, plant of the natural size ; 2, a leaf and the apex further enlarged; 8, the capsule, with operculum and calyptra; 4, portion of peri- stome :—all magnified. 2. S. involutus, Schw. t. 132.— Pacific Islands (Herb. Hooker !) ; Samoa (Powell !) ; also in the Island of Banca (ex Herb. Van der Sande Lacoste!). 3. S. rufescens, Hook. et Grev. in Brewster’s Edinb. Journ. of Sc. iii. p. 227.— Marian Islands (Gaudichaud !) ; found also at Singapore and in the Island of Labuan. 4. б. gracilis (sp. nov.), Mitt.; humilis, laxe cæspitosus, ramosus; folia а basi obovata erecta, cellulis hyalinis areolata, margine superne limbo bi-tridentato interdum integerrimo cir- cumdata, exinde patentia, lineali-ligulata, obtusa, breviter acuminata, nervo lævi pellucidiore percursa, limbo meg hyalino integerrimo marginata, cellulis minutis rotundis obscuris papillis intus extusque promi- is scaberrimis; pedunculus gracillimus, elongatus; theca minuta, ovalis.— Pacific Islands (Milne), grow- ing with a specimen of 8. croceus.—A very small species, of a pale whitish colour. Tab. 98 k. Fig. 1, plant of the natural size; 2, а leaf, with a portion further enlarged to show the hyaline margin and a cross-section :—magnified. 5. S. eroceus, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. 1859.—Samoan Islands, Tutuila, and all the islands, on trees, (2000-2500 feet), Powell, п. 12. Tab. 98 и. Fig. 1, stem of the natural size; 2, a leaf, with cross-section and portions further enlarged opposite the respective parts :—all magnified. 6. S. glauco-virens, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. 1868, p. 176.—Samoan Islands, Tutuila, and Upolu, on trees (Powell! n. 99). Tab. 98 m. Fig. 1, stem of the natural size; 2, a leaf, with a cross-section and portions more enlarged opposite the respective parts:—all magnified. 7. S. strictifolius (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis humilis; folia a basi erecta, obovata, margine integerrima, cellulis hyalinis areolata, patentia, anguste FLORA VITIENSIS, 389 lineali-elongata, stricta, haud canaliculata, apice obtuse acuta, limbo erasso tereti scabro marginata, nervo crasso sub summo apice desinente, cellulis minutis rotundis obscuris areolata.—Samoan Islands, Tutuila (Powell !).—Like S. glauco-virens, but with narrower, more rigid leaves. Tab. 987. Fig. 1, stem of the natural size; 2, a leaf, with a cross-section and a portion more enlarged to show the structure :—all mag- nifed. 8. S. Mülleri, Dozy et Molk. Bryol. Javan. t. 42 (Calymperidium).—Samoa, Upolu, on trees (Powell! n. 120). 9. S. aristifolius, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1868, p. 176.—Samoan Islands, Upolu, on trees, 1000-2000 ft. (Powell! 89). 10. S. fasciculatus, Hook. et Grev. Schw. t. 299.—Samoan Islands (Powell!), Pitcairn's Island (Herb. Hooker), also in Borneo (Motley !), Ternate (Dickson !), Chili (Cuming !), Malay Peninsula (Wallich!). 11. S. constrictus, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exp. 1859, p. 6.—Sandwich lslands, South Sea Islands (Nightingale! Herb. Hooker), Samoan Islands, Tutuila (Powell! n. 49). 12. S. crassinervis, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1868, p. 189.— Samoa, Tutuila, on bark of trees (Powell! n. 129). * Eusyrrhopodon.—Caulis erectus. Folia limbo pallido vel hyalino marginata. + Folia basi integerrima. l. S. albovaginatus, Schw. t. 131; dioicus; caulis humilis, laxe cæspitosus; folia inter se remotiuscula, dimidio inferiore erecta, e cellulis hyalinis areolata, dimidio superiore patentia divergen- tiaque lineali-ligulata, strictiuscula, planiuscula, sicca recurva, apice obtusa, margine limbo angusto apice denticulato cireumdata et in parte superiore anguste inflexa, nervo percurrente dorso papillis aspero, cellulis obscuris papillis grossiusculis aculeiformibus prominulis; theca in pedunculo gracili ovali cylindracea, operculo subulato breviore.— Viti (Milne! Herb. Hooker), Samoa (Powell !), Rauwack (Gaudichaud !), Isle of Pines (Strange !). 2. S. lævigatus (sp.nov.), Mitt.; caulis gracilis, elongatus, parum divisus, laxe cæspitosus; folia tristicha, tertio parte inferiore eorum longitudinis erecta, latiora, complicata, e cellulis hyalinis teneris areolata, limbo cartilagineo levi marginata, exinde patentia lineali-subulata canaliculata, nervo crassiusculo intus levi extus versus apicem dentibus hyalinis remotiusculis armato, cæteroquin levi, margine limbo cartilagineo apicem versus denticulato circumdata, cellulis minutis rotundis glauco-viridibus obscuris; theca in pedunculo breviusculo (3-lineari) oblongo elliptica, fusca.— 5. tristichus, Mitt. in Linn. Soc. Journ. 1868, p. 176.—Ovalau (Milne! in Herb. Hooker), Samoa, on trees near the crater of Tafua-a Upolu, 1000 ft. (Powell! n. 74). In external appearance closely resembling S. tristichus, Nees, Bryol. Javan. t. 44; but in that species the nerve throughout the patent portion of the leaf, and for a short distance below it, is equally erose with densely placed minute dentiform papillæ. 3. S. luteus, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1868, p. 188; rami elongati, laxe cæspi- tosi; folia a basi brevi erectiore ad insertionem constricta, superne parum latiora, patentia, sicca contorta subsecunda, linearia, elongata, sensim acuminata, nervo pereurrente, margine undulata serrulata, limbo inferne latiore apicem versus evanido, cellulis hyalinis spatium parvum occupantibus, reliquis omnibus parvis anguloso-rotundatis obscuriusculis, papillis inconspicuis parietibus pellucidi- oribus ; folia perichætialia erectiora, caulinis similia ; theca in pedunculo brevi cylindracea.—Ovalau, on stones in the mountains (Milne !) ; also Samoa, Tutuila (Powell! 106). A little more slender than S. fasciculatus, with narrower leaves, more acute at their points, and scarcely dilated at their bases. V. Calymperes, Sw. Spreng. et Link, Jahrb. 1818, vol. i. t. 1. Calyptra plicata, basi am- plexans, apicem versus fissura laterali operiens, Folia lata, subspathulata, sicca contracta. —ZTyophi- lina, C. Mueller, Syn. vol. i. p. 523. Å genus corresponding in all respects with Syrrhopodon, excepting only the calyptra, which is larger, strongly plicate, and opens by a longitudinal fissure for the egress of the spores. The following*species [PUBLISHED JUNE 1, 1871.] 9 E 390 FLORA VITIENSIS. have not vet been found in Viti, viz.:—1. C. Dozyanum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. 1859 (C. Moluccense, Dozy et Мок. Bryol. Javan. t. 37).—Samoan Islands, Tutuila (Powell! п. 18); found also in Java, and a specimen was marked by Dickson as received from India. Stems seldom more than half an inch high, more frequently shorter; leaves when dry incurved, the margins involute, with no trace of the callous limb. 2. O. porrectum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. 1868, p. 172.—Samoan Islands, Tutuila, on bark (Powell! n. 10). Tab. 98 o. Fig. 1, stems of the natural size; 2, a leaf, with section and portion enlarged; 3, an anomalous leaf, with section, magnified. 3. C. serratum, A. Braun, Bryol. Javan. t. 50,—Samoan Islands, Tutuila, on Tree-ferns (Powell! n. 47) ; also in Java. 1. С. lorifolium, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. 1868, p. 173; dioicum; caulis humilis ; folia a basi oblonga, latiora, cellulis hyalinis quadratis distinctis fere ad apicem usque areolata, ad latera fascia latiuscula e cellulis parvis angustis elongatis firmis, et limbo tenerrimo e cellulis apicibus exstantibus crenulato marginata, subito contracta, longe loriformia, erecto-patentia, sicca laxe curvata suberis- pata, apice acuminata, nervo percurrente, limbo obscuro parum inerassato remote serrulato apice paucidenticulato circumducta, cellulis incrassatis pellucidis rotundatis oblatisque ; folia perichætialia conformia, apicibus ad orificium thecæ eylindraceæ attingentibus; peduneulus ruber; operculum conico-subulatum ; calyptra plicata, apice acuminata, scabra, basi infra thecam descendens, torta.— Viti (Milne!). Also Samoan Islands, Manua, on Alsophila lunulata, on the ascent of the Olotane mountain, 1400 feet (Powell! 47), and in Borneo. 2. C. Taitense, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exped. 1859, p. 6. t. 4 (Syrrhopodon) ; caulis laxe cæspi- tosus, elongatus; folia densa, a basi erecta parum latiore patentia, ligulata, planiuscula, apice subito contracta, obtusa, nervo crassiusculo in mucronem crassum lamina foli angusta marginatum apice cupuliferum producto, limbo basi angusto lamina tenui angustissimo crenulato marginato supra basin erectiorem obscuro extus biangulato angulis breviter serrulatis usque ad acuminis basin producto, cellulis hyalinis ad apicem usque partis erectioris continuatis, cellulis superioribus minutis rotundis obseuris; folia perichætialia conformia, apicibus vix ad thecæ cylindricæ os attingentibus, oper- culum subulatum ; calyptra angulis scabris.— Viti, damp places in high ground (Milne! 352, Herb. Hooker), Aneitum (Milne !), Samoan Islands, Tutuila (Powell! n. 25), Tahiti (American Exploring Expedition). Trisus IV. HYPOPTERYGIEÆ.—Caulis primarius repens, ramos ascendentes vel erectos inferne stipitiformes superne in frondem erectam vel horizontalem divisi. Folia dimorpha, majora dis- ticha oblique inserta asymmetrica, minora symmetrica transversim inserta. Theca in pedunculo exserta, peristomio perfecto vel ciliis carentibus. Calyptra dimidiata. Genus unicum. VI. Hypopterygium, Brid. The following two species are not yet represented in Viti:—1. H. oceanicum, Mitt. in Hook. Handb. Fl. N. Zealand, pt. 2. p. 487.—Kermandee Islands, Raoul Island, and Sunday Island (Milne and M'Gil- livray !), Norfolk Island (Cunningham and Dr. Thomson! Herb. Hooker) 2. Н. (Euhypopterygium) flaceidum (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; stipes elongatus, viridis, sparsifolius, supra in frondem flabelliformem ramosum divisus; folia ramea divaricata, ovali-ovata, obtuse acuta, nervo supra medium evanido margine limbo e cellularum seriebus tribus conflatis formato superne denticulis brevibus serrato cireumdata, cellulis ellip- tico-ovalibus areolata; folia stipuliformia orbiculata, nervo in mucronem excurrente.—Pacific Islands (collector unknown).—Stems 13 inch high. Frond 1 inch wide. Leaves yellowish-green. Very similar to H. Vriesii, Bryol. Javan. t. 140, but with leaves not so acute, more flaccid, and more pellucid. 1. H. (Lopidium) struthiopteris, Brid. vol. ii. p. 716; rami erecti vel adscendentes, inferne substipitati, superne pennæformi-pinnati; folia majora sublanceolato-ligulata, apice latiuscula, nervo concolori in mucronem brevem excurrente, margine integerrima vel suberenulata basi latere infe- riore inflexa, cellulis parvis rotundis areolata ; folia minora parva, lanceolata.—Viti (Seemann !). The specimen consists only of a single stem, but it corresponds with those received from Java. FLORA VITIENSIS. 391 Trisus V. RHACOPILEZÆ.—Folia inæqualia, biformia, omnia siccatione sursum involuta, pagina interiore ad caules latus superius spectante. The following genus has not yet been found in Viti:—I. PoWELLIA, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x. p. 187, P. involutifolia, Mitt. 1. c.—Samoan Islands, Tutuila, on a Cocoanut-tree a little inland; Fangasá Bay (1-2 feet) (Powell! n. 43). VII. Rhacopilum, Beauv. Prodr. p. 36. Caules prostrati, radicantes, parum vel subpinnatim ramosi. Folia diversiformia, in caulis latere superiore minora, stipuliformia. Fructus е caulis latere oriundus; theca in pedunculo trigono elongato cylindracea, suberecta horizontalisve, demum plicata, peristomio perfecto, calyptra dimidiata vel plurifida sæpe pilosa.—Musci terrestres v. in arborum truncis putridis degentes, cæspites latos depressos formantes, foliis intense viridibus siccitate incurvis. A genus well distinguished by the peculiarity of its leaves being of a different form on the upper side of the stems from those which are inserted on the lower side; these latter, too, have always their inner sur- face turned upwards, so that, at first sight, their insertion might be supposed to be distichous. All the species are very similar, but differ in size and some minute particulars. 1. R. spectabile, Reinw. et Hsch. Bryol. Javan. t. 144 et 145; dioicum; folia majora late ovata acuta margine serrata nervo in mucronem excurrente, minora basi ovata lanceolata, omnia cellulis rotundis vel ovali-rotundatis areolata, perichætialia ovato-lanceolata subulato-attenuata in- tegerrima ; theca longe pedunculata, elongata, horizontalis, demum deflexa, basi substrumosa.—Viti (Seemann !). Also Samoa and Tutuila (Powell! n. 65). These specimens differ a little from the common state of the species found in Java in having the areola- tion rather more lax, but in size and appearance they correspond closely. 2. R. cuspidigerum, Schw. in Freycinet, Voyage, 1826, p. 227; dioicum?; folia majora ovata obtusiuseula margine subintegerrima plus minus incurva convolutacea, minora ovato-lanceolata, omnia nervo in mucronem excurrente cellulis parvis densis rotundis obscuris areolata.—R. convolu- tum, C. Mueller, Syn. ii. р. 13?—Viti (Milne!). Also in Sandwich Islands (Gaudichaud), Samoa and Tutuila (Powell! n. 39), Norfolk Island (Thompson !), Isle of Pines (Strange ! M'Gillivray !). The original specimens gathered by Gaudichaud are rather smaller and more compact than those from the other localities, but there does not appear to be any definite character whereby they may be distin- guished from the states so frequently included in collections from Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. The leaves are entire or irregularly crenulate. Tarsus VI. HOOKERIEZE.— Folia inæqualia, seriebus utrinque 2 lateralibus longioribus sæpe verti- caliter planis, seriebus reliquis minoribus appressis, rarius æqualia. Calyptra mitriformis. The following genus has not yet been found in Viti, viz. :—PILOTRICHUM: 1, P. rugifolium, C. Mueller, Syn. ii. p. 177.—Hawaii (Menzies, in Herb. Hooker, where also is another specimen from Dickson without locality). VIII. Hookeria, Sm. Caulis procumbens, vage vel pinnatim ramosus. Folia binervia vel enervia, diversiformia. 1. H. papillata, Mont. Ann. des Sc. Nat. 1845, p. 93 (Hookeria); synoica; caules procum- bentes, subpinnatim ramosi; folia compressa, superiora media oblonga, intermedia ovata, lateralia ovato-ligulata, omnia apice obtusa breviter apieulata angulatave, margine apicem versus crenulata, nervis fere ad apicem continuis dorso superne serrulatis, cellulis parvis rotundis, papilla inconspicua medio imposita ; folia in seriebus inferioribus acutiora, pellucidiora, cellulis suboblongis ; perichzetialia erecta, inferne ovata, inde ligulata acuta, interna ovata latiora; theca in pedunculo elongato levi ovalis, horizontalis, collo sensim angustato ; calyptra scabra.—H. oblongifolia, Sull. Proceed. of the ЗЕ 2 392 FLORA VITIENSIS. Amer. Acad. of Arts and Sc. 1854; Island of Gau, Viti (Milne !). Also in Samoa (Græffe |) and Tutuila (Powell ! n. 69). Foliage obscure, glaucous green. In size, habit, and appearance, this species, which appears to extend through the Indian Archipelago to the Islands of Polynesia, but has not yet been observed in Australia or Tasmania, corresponds closely with the numerous species found on the eastern side of the Andes in S. America, in all which there is great uniformity on the foliage, which is generally very obtuse, of a dull obscure æruginous-green, and they form a natural group, which has been elsewhere called Callicostella. IX. Chætomitrium, Dozy et Molk. Caulis repens vel procumbens, pinnatim ramosus. Folia binervia, uniformia. Å genus of very elegant species, chiefly found in the Indian Archipelago, one other only is yet known to inhabit Ceylon, they approach very nearly to some forms of Lepidopilum, so abundant in tropical America, but differ in habit: in Chætomitrium the stems are procumbent and rooting, and the fruit arises from them or from the lower part of the principal branches ; in Lepidopilum the fruit arises from the upper part of free branches, and the teeth of the outer peristome have usually the external lamina very narrow in proportion to the internal. The following species have not yet been found in Viti:—1. С. speciosum, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exped. 1859, p. 23. t. 22 ( Holoblepharum).—Samoan Islands (Amer. Exped.). 2. O. Tuitense, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exped. 1859, p. 22. t. 23.—Society Islands, Mountains of Tahiti (Amer. Expl. Exped.) 8. C. de- pressum, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1868, p. 190.—Samoa, Tutuila, trees in low shady woods, very rare, only once found (Powell! п. 81). 4. О. frondosum, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. бос. 1868, р. 189..—Samoan Islands, Tutuila, on trees by the ascent to Matafao, 1500-2000 ft. (Powell! n. 68). 1. C. rugifolium, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exped. 1859, p. 23. t. 22 (Holoblepharum) ; dioicum ; caulis prostratus, ramis brevibus approximatis, pinnatus ; folia compressa, ovato-lanceolata, apicem versus excavata ibique pagina inferiore denticulata, marginibus inflexis constricta, breviter binervia, margine crebre serrulata, cellulis angustis noduliferis; folia perichzetialia imbricata, apicibus in cus- pidem creberrime denticulatum productis ; pedunculus longiusculus, ubique setulis hispidulus ; theca ovalis, inclinata, operculo rostrato; calyptra setulis villosa.— Viti, on trees (Amer. Exped.) ; Ovalau, in the mountains (Milne ! n. 864). Also in the Solomon Islands. X. Distichophyllum, Dozy et Molk. Musci Archip. Ind. p. 99.—Caulis erectus ascendens vel procumbens. Folia tenera, uninervia. The following are Polynesian species of this genus :—1. D. Freycineti, Schw. t. 279 (Hypnum).—Sand- wich Islands (Douglas !) ; Oahu (Beechey!). 2. D. paradoxum, Mont. Voy. de la Bonite, p. 296 ( Hookeria Pterygophyllum).—Oahu (Beechey !) ; Sandwich Islands (Gaudichaud!). 3. D. (Discophyllum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x.) flavescens, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x. p. 191.—Samoa, Upolu, on trees (Powell, 93). ra 1. D. Vitianum, Sull. Am. Expl. Exped. t. 24; caulis humilis, simplex vel inferne divisus ; folia compressa, media intermediaque parum minora oblongo-ligulata acuta, lateralia spathulata apiculata, nervo infra medium evanido, limbo angusto integerrimo flexuoso e seriebus cellularum duabus composito marginata, cellulis superioribus rotundo-hexagonis, inferioribus ovali-hexagonis ; theca in peduneulo brevi papilloso horizontalis; calyptra basi lacero-fimbriata, setulis inspersa.— Ovalau, trees in the mountains (Milne!) ; Samoan Islands (Powell! n. 94). Foliage pale glaucous-green, with iridescent cells. This species is allied to the Javan D. spathulatum, Dozy et Molk. TriBus VII. NECKEREÆ.—Fructus in ramis frondiformibus e caule oriundis immersus vel exsertus. The two following genera have not yet been met with in Viti:—I. CALYPTOTHECIUM, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x. 1. C. prelongum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x. p. 190.— Society Islands, with fruit (Bid- will, Herb. Hooker) ; Samoa, Upolu, on trees, barren (Powell! n. 102). Tab. 97. Fig. 1, a stem of the natural size; 2, а leaf; 8, perichætium; 4, a portion of the peristome, all magnified. II. (EbroLaDivu, FLORA VITIENSIS. 393 Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x. p. 194. 1. Œ. involutaceum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x. p. 195.— Samoan Islands, Tutuila (Powell! п. 140). 2. GE. purpuratum (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis primarius repens, foliis parvis appressis oblongis subulato-acuminatis, ramos crassos in cæspitem demum congestos дух ион folia ramea tumide imbricata, patentia, oblongo-ovalia, margine involutacea, conniventia, inde in subulam loriformem planam apice serrulatam producta, basi brevissime binervia, cellulis angustis ad angulos majo- ribus fuscis in maculam congestis.—Aneitum, on bark of trees (Milne! n. 878). This fine Moss forms large patches composed of densely tufted branches, about half an inch long, these arise from the closel creeping slender rhizomiform stem, and are of the same thickness as in Œ. rufescens, Hornsch., althoug shorter. The foliage is shining green or reddish purple. XI. Crypza, Brid. Caules primarii repentes radicantes. Rami fertiles eflagelliferi, fructiferi abbreviati vel elongati. Тһеса immersa. Calyptra parva, plurifida. 1. C. gracilis (sp. nov.), Mitt.; monoica ; rami elongati, graciles, rigiduli, ramulis inordinatim dispositis pinnatim ramosi ; folia erecto-patentia, laxe imbricata, late ovata, obtusiuscule acuta, mar- gine inferne recurva, superne erecta, apicem versus crenulata, nervo sub apice desinente, cellulis superioribus parvis oblongo-ovalibus, basalibus ad angulos decurrentes rotundatis subquadratisve ad nervum paucis elongatis; fructu ex apicibus ramulorum vel in ramulo brevi e latere ramulorum oriens; theca subsessilis, oblonga, in foliis perichætialibus oblongis subulato-acuminatis acumi- nibus margine dorsoque serrulatis immersa, operculo depresse conico acuminato; peristomium depressum, dentibus pallidis, internum æquilongum, processibus angustis obscuriusculis ; calyptra parva, fusca, apice papulosa.— Viti (Seemann ! Milne!) ; Samoa (E. Greffe! ех Herb. Е. Mueller). Nearly allied to О. Gorveana, Mont., from Chili, but with shorter leaves, and a smaller and more de- pressed peristome, also to C. dilatata, Hook. f. et Wils. Fl. Nov. Zealand, t. 88. f. 2, but more slender, with more nearly ovate leaves, and those of the perichætium more than twice as wide. Tab. 98 P. Fig. 1, a stem of the natural size; 2, leaves with cells more enlarged; 3, the perichætium and capsule; 4, portion of peristome; 5, calyptra, all magnified. XII. Spiridens, Nees ab Esenb. Nov. Act. vol. xi. p. 143. Caulis erectus, basi radicans, superne simplex vel plus minus pinnatim divisus. Folia undique inserta, e basi erecta teneriora, laxius areolata, immarginata, amplexante angustata, planiuscula, firma, patentia vel squarrosa, pagina fasciis e dupli- cibus stratis cellularum compositis striata, limbo incrassato, denticulis parvis serrato-marginata, nervo superne szpe cum limbo coalito longe producto, inferne sæpe in parte folii erectiore obsoleto, cellulis polymorphis parvis elongatis pentagonis rotundisque immixtis levibus. Fructus in ramulo brevissimo e superioribus partibus caulium vel ramorum oriens; folia perichetialia parva. Theca magna, breviter pedunculata, operculo rostrato, peristomium magnum externum dentibus firmis elongatis, internum processibus ciliisque angustis in membrana exserta impositis. Calyptra cucullata. : The genus Spiridens includes a small number of species, but themselves among the largest of Mosses, they appear to grow in a tufted manner, without any trace of creeping stem, and in this particular differ from the equatorial Ameriean species of Prionodon, with which in many other particulars they agree. All the species eorrespond very nearly in size, babit, and appearance; some appear to be almost undivided, others are in the upper part of the stems branched in an irregularly pinnate manner. The leaves are de- scribed by Schimper as composed in their upper part of a double layer of cells, but this only occurs where the leaves are marked with thickened bands, and these are sometimes absent, so that the normal structure is, as usual among Mosses, a single stratum. The following two species have not yet been found in Viti, viz.:—1. S. capilliferus, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x. р. 194, from Samoa, Tutuila, on Tree-ferns, 1500- 2000 ft. (Powell! n. 128). Tab. 97. Fig. 1, a stem of the natural size; 2, a leaf, magnified. 2. 5. Vieil- lardi, Schimp., Spiridens Revis. p. 9. t. 2, from New .Caledonia (Dr. Vieillard); Pacifie Islands (Nightin- gale! Herb. Hooker) ; this is the only species yet known in which cilia are present between the processes of the internal peristome. l. S. aristifolius, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x. p. 193; caulis elongatus, superne plus minus ч 394 FLORA VITIENSIS. ramosus ; folia a basi ovali erecta, recurva, patentia, subulata, sensim in acumen aristiforme sub- teres attenuata, dentibus aculeiformibus ad apicem aristæ minoribus brevioribusque serratis incras- satis; lamina folii supra basin erectam transversim rugulosa; perichætialia a basi ovali inferne enervi convoluta, superne in aristam thecam oblongam curvatam superantem producta, apice remote den- tata; operculum subulatum; peristomium dentibus pallidis angustis elongatis, internum processibus parum brevioribus in membrana ad å dentium longitudinis exserta impositis.— Viti (Milne!) ; Samoan Islands, Tutuila, and Upolu (Powell! n. 127). This species corresponds generally with S. Reimvardti, Nees, from the Moluceas, but its leaves are more *attenuated into a bristly point. Tab. 97. Fig. 1,a stem of the natural size; 2, leaves with portions more enlarged; 3, perichætium and capsule; 4, a portion of the peristome, all magnified. 2. S. flagellosus, Schimp. Nova Acta, vol. xxxiii. t. 4; caulis superne ramosus ; rami patentes apice attenuati, ramulos flagelliformes attenuatos prodentes; folia caulina a basi latiora, erecta, patentia divergentiaque, subulata, apicibus réctis vel incurvis, siccitate semitorta curvataque ; nervo cum marginibus incrassatis denticulis pluribus parvis angustis serratis coalito, in acumen elongatum trigonum sublæve continuo, pagina inferne fasciis obscurioribus striata; folia in ramulis flagelli- formibus erecto-patentibus pallidioribus striata; fructus S. aristifolio simile, peristomio interno mem- brana basilari latiore, — Viti (Seemann ! n. 840, Wilkes) ; Aneitum (Milne !) ; Isle of Pines (Strange !). The erect portion of the leaf in this species is much dilated, being half as wide again when spread out as the patent part. The fruit is described from Dr. Schimper's figure. : Tab. 97. Fig. 1, stem of the natural size; 2, a leaf, with portion more enlarged, magnified. 3. S. Balfourianus, Grev. Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. 1848, t. 18; caulis superne ramis patentibus irregularibus subfasciculatim pinnatus; folia a basi versus insertionem angustata, erectiora, sensim patentia, siccitate curvata subcontorta, ambitu late ovali-lanceolata, subulato-acuminata, fasciis paucis angustis striata, nervo apice cum limbo coalito in acumen aristiforme producto dentibus marginalibus minutis brevibus usque ad apicem continuatis.— Viti (Milne !) ; Tahiti (Sibbald ! Collie!) ; Society Islands (Bidwill in Herb. Hooker). Some of the specimens very much branched above, in size and appearance nearly resembling S. flagel- laris, but with leaves having their erect portion not dilated, and at the base very much narrowed, and the patent upper part twice as wide as in that species. Schimper in his monograph of Spiridens, figures the leaf of S. Balfourianus with large and leafy teeth, a character in opposition to that given by Greville, who figures it narrower than in S. Keinwardti. XIII. Pterobryum, Hornsch. Rami fertiles inferne simplices, stipitiformes, superne in frondem pinnatam arbusculosamve ramosam divisi. Folia undique sequalia vel compressa. Тһеса immersa vel exserta, peristomio parvo depresso, dentibus inter se et cum peristomii interni rudimentis cohæ- rentibus. Calyptra parva, integra. The following Polynesian species have as yet not been met with in Viti, viz. :—1. Р. cylindraceum, Mont. Ann. des Sc. Nat. 1848, p. 109, from Pacific Islands (Beechey !) ; Samoa, Tutuila (Powell! n. 72). 2. P. Mauiense, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exp. p. 21. t. 19 (Meteoriwm), from Sandwich Islands, East Maui, on the north bank of the crater, 10,200 ft. (Amer. Exp.) ; Samoa, Tutuila (Powell !). 1. P. Vitianum, Sull. in Proceed. of the Amer. Acad. of Arts aud Sciences, 1855 (Pilotrichum) ; dioicum ; rami inferne simplices, superne in frondem arbusculosam pinnatim divisi; folia nitida, quinquefaria, imbricata, in apicibus ramulorum in cuspidem gemmaceam congesta, late oblonga, ex- cavata, subito in acumen subintegerrimum inferne convolutaceum producta, enervia, cellulis angustis basi ad angulos paucis abbreviatis, perichætialia erecta oblonga sensim subulato-acuminata apicibus erecto-patentibus; theca oblonga, fere sessilis, operculo acuminato, peristomii dentibus subulatis ; FLORA VITIENSIS. 395 calyptra ad medium operculi descendens, pilosa, basi integra.— Viti (Amer. Expl. Exped.), abundant on trees in the mountains (Milne! in Herb. Hooker) ; Samoa, Tutuila, on Cocoa-nut, Hibiscus, and other trees, 1000-2000 ft. (Powell! n. 7). Primary stem tough, creeping over the bark and branches of trees, when old leafless, from this arise numerous erect or ascending branches from 2 to 4 inches high, usually undivided for the space of half or three-quarters of an inch, above this they are regularly pinnate with the length of the branches deereasing towards their apices, or they are more or less closely set with irregular long and short branches in a suffru- ticose manner; a few stems have been seen which appear to have grown procumbent, and are somewhat elongated, but these do not show a tendency to become pendulous. XIV. Meteorium, Brid. Rami fertiles breviusculi, simplices vel pinnatim ramosi, e caule repente vel libero pendulo prolixe continuato oriundi. Folia undique æqualia vel subcompressa ; theca immersa vel exserta. Peristomium perfectum vel sæpius internum ciliis carens. Calyptra plurifida vel dimidiata. The following species have not yet been found in Viti, viz.:—1. M. æruginosum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x. p. 171. t. 5 B.—Samoa, Upolu, on trees (1000-2000 ft.), (Powell! n. 88). 2. M. (Eumeteo- rium) vuleanicum, (sp. nov.) Mitt.; rami ramulis curvatis pinnatim ramosi; folia laxe imbricata, oblonga, obtusissima, excavata, apiculo parvo angusto terminata, margine superne involuta, basi subcordata, cellulis ad angulos in maculam fuscam condensatis, superioribus angustis brevibus, ramulina conformia apiculo breviore.— Hawaii ad montem ignivomem (Macrae! in Herb. Musei Brit.).—In size and appearance nearly resembling M. molle, Hedw., but more rigid, and with its leaves tipped with an apiculus. 3. M. trichopho- rum, Mont. Ann. des Sc. Nat. 1843, vol. xix. p. 238 (Isothecium ?) ; б Mueller, Syn. vol. ii. р. 130 (.Neckera). —Sandwich Islands, on the bark of trees (Gaudichaud!). 4. M. Hornschuchii, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. 1859 (Trachypus).—Sunday Island, trees on the summit of the mountains (Milne! n. 90), Kermandec Islands, Raoul Island (M'Gillivray !), Pacific Islands (Beechey !). 5. M. helictophyllum, Mont. Voy. au Póle Sud (Cryphea).—Tahiti (Lesson, Jaquinot), Pacific Islands (Beechey !) 6. år lanosum, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1859 (M. longissimum, Dozy et Molk. Bryol. Javan. t. 202).—Pacific Islands (Beechey), Samoa, Tutuila, on trees in a damp place (1000-1500 ft.) (Powell, n. 4). 7. M. (Ærobryum) striatulum (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; rami elongati, flexuosi, ramulis divergentibus pinnati; folia compressa, late ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, serrulata, nervo angustissimo medio evanido, cellulis angustis papillosis areolata, humida lævia, sicca longitudinaliter quater plieata.— A neitum, in damp places (Milne!), South Sea Islands (Nightingale !).—Stems a foot or more long, slender, soft; foliage more close than in A. lanosum, and less glossy, ochraceous. Very similar to A. lanosum, but with a different appearance from the folds in the leaf when dry. l. M. intricatum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol x. p. 171. t. 5 A; dioicum; rami graciles, elongati, flexuosi, ramulis divergentibus curvatis laxe pinnatim ramosi; folia ramea undique erecto- patentia, torta, a basi cordata, auriculis crenatis, ovato-lanceolata, sensim acuminata, integerrima, nervo obsoleto, cellulis angustis elongatis brevissime obscureque pluripapillatis; folia ramulina superne latiora, haud acuminata, subserrulata, semitorta, medio inferne canaliculata, nervo tenui infra medium obsoleto; folia perichztialia patentia, longe acuminata; vaginula filis exsertis barbata; pedunculus crassiusculus, sublævis, foliis perichætialibus subduplo longior, eurvatus; theca oblongo- cylindracea, inzequalis, operculo subulato; peristomium dentibus elongatis irregularibus nonnullis inter se cohærentibus fissisve obscuris, internum processibus angustis obscuris brevioribus, membrana basilari carens ; calyptra inferne pilis paucis barbata. Flos masculus parvus, antheridia 8-10 paraphy- sibus paucis immixta fovens.—Viti (Seemann!). Also in Samoa, Tutuila, on living trees in the shady forests (20-1000 ft.) (Powell! n. 5). Foliage green, dark brown in age. In size, colour, and habit, this species — with M. helectophyl- lum ; but its longer capsule is exserted, and thus it comes nearer to M. floribun Dozy et Molk. Musc. Archip. Ind. t. 53, but from this it differs in the cordate-auriculate base of its leaves, and also in the teeth of the external peristome not being united on a base that is exserted above the mouth of the capsule. 2. M. Vitianum, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exped. t. 21; majusculum, caulibus longissimis pendulis 396 FLORA VITIENSIS. divisis rectangulate ramosis, ramis distantibus simplicibus vel pauciramulosis ; foliis horizontalibus laxis bifariis e basi lata cordato-ovata lanceolatis filiformi-attenuatis, toto ambitu serratis semicostatis plicato et ruguloso implanis, cellulis minutissimis lineari-fusiformibus unipapillosis.— Viti, on trees (Amer. Expl. Exped.). Leaves horizontal, loose, bifarious; texture thin and firm (Sull. 1. c.). XV. Garovaglia, Endlich. Caules erecti, simplices vel ramosi, basi tantum radicantes. Folia snbbinervia. Theca immersa vel breviter exserta. Peristomium sæpius imperfectum. Calyptra parva.—Esenbeckia, Brid. п. p. 753. Endotrichum, Dozy et Molk. Muse. Archip. Ind. The following species have not yet been found in Viti, viz.:—1. б. Powellii, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1868, p. 169.—Samoa, Tutuila, on living trees near Letaumata (1000 ft.) (Powell! n. 3). 2. G. cuspidata, Mitt. Hooker’s Journ. of Bot. 1856, p. 263.—New Caledonia (Vieillard). Also in Australia, Moreton Bay (F. Mueller!). 3. G. Samoana, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x. p. 169.—Samoa, Matie, and Tutuila, near Letaumata (1000 ft.) (Powell! п. 70). 4. 6. angustifolia, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1868, p. 170.—Pacific Islands (Nightingale ! Herb. Hooker). 1. G. setigera, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exped. t. 18 B (Endotrichum) ; caulis ascendens, simplex vel ramis paucis divisus, foliis densis imbricatis crassus; folia caulina late oblongo-ovata obtusa cuspidata quater plicata margine apicem versus crenulata, nervis fere obsoletis, cellulis parvis angustis quasi in seriebus transversalibus dispositis, perichætia inter folia caulina semi-immersa, foliis interioribus oblongis convolutis basi breviter binerviis superne in acumen aristiforme serrula- tum nervatum elongatum productis; theca immersa, oblonga, basi abrupte in pedunculo brevissimo constricta, operculo cupulato, rostro subulato; peristomii dentes crassi, intus valde trabeculati, interni processus angusti, carinati, in membrana usque ad 1 dentium longitudinis exserta impositi, calyptra conica, acuminata, plurifida.—Viti (Amer. Expl. Exped.), Ovalau (Milne! Seemann! n. 846), Samoa, Tutuila (Powell !). Stems from 2-6 inches high. Foliage straw-coloured, shining. XVI. Phyllogonium, Brid. Rami fertiles elongati, pinnati. Folia disticha, complicata, equitantia. Theca immersa vel breviter exserta, peristomio parvo depresso simplici externo. Calyptra parva, dimidiata. | Å small genus, of which, besides the Polynesian species, one is found in the Island of Bourbon and in tropical America, and another occurs in New Zealand as well as in Ceylon; the remainder are all South American. 1. Р. angustifolium, Schimp. in Herb. Mitten; dioicum; rami ramulis remotis inæquilongis pinnati; folia lateralia patentia æqualiter complicata apice excavata apiculo brevissimo recurvo, non- nulla interjecta inæqualiter complicata vel usque ad apicem fere planis, omnia integerrima enervia, cellulis angustis basalibus paucis areolata, perichætia elongata folis externis parvis ovatis acumi- natis patulis recurvis reliquis erectis lanceolatis acuminatis 2-3-plicatis, nervo infra apicem subserru- latum evanido vel breviore; theca immersa, subsessilis, elongata, cylindracea, operculo conico acuminato, peristomio dentibus irregularibus aurantiacis; calyptra parva anguste conica, basi filis paucis brevibus articulatis pilosa.— Viti (Milne!). Also in Nukahiva (Le Båtard), and Samoa, Tutuila (Powell !). Å bright green, irregularly-branched species, in its immersed capsule allied only to the South American Р. immersum, Mitt. XVII. Neckera, Hedw. Fund. vol. ii. p. 93. Rami fertiles per longitudinem æqualiter pinnatim ramosi vel basi substipitati. Folia compressa. Theca in perichætio ampliato immersa vel breviter exserta. Peristomium imperfectum. Calyptra parva, plurifida vel dimidiata. FLORA VITIENSIS. 397 The following two species have not yet been met with in Viti, viz.:—1. N.(Teniocladium, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x. р. 168) gracilenta, Van den Bosch et Lacoste, Bryol. Javan. t. 182.—Samoa, Tutuila” (Powell! n. 95). 2. N. implana, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1868, p. 169.—Samoa, Tutuila, on trees near Letaumata (1000 feet) (Powell! n. 34).—This species has its leaves more flattened and a little wider than in N. loriformis. 1. N. Lepineana, Mont. Ann. des Sc. Nat. 1848, p. 107; Bryol. Javan. t. 181.— Tahiti, Lepine (Beechey), Viti Levu (Milne! n. 337, Seemann! n. 863). Samoa, Tutuila, on trees; in fruit near Lanutoo, the Mountain Lake, Upolu (2500 feet) (Powell! n. 2). 2. ЇЧ. loriformis, Van den Bosch et Lacoste, Bryol. Javan. t. 183; rami stipitati, superne in frondem ramulis paucis inordinatis ramosi; folia in stipite sparsa, ligulata, in medio frondis a basi latiora, ligulata, patentia divergentiave, compressa, distichacea, subundulata, fere lævia, nervo fere ad apicem obtusum angulatum breviter mueronatum crenulatum continuo, cellulis obscuris supe- rioribus rotundis inferioribus elongatis.—Gau (Milne !), Viti Levu (Seemann ! n. 836), Samoa, Tutuila (Powell ! n. 118). Foliage less shining than in N. implana, having a rather glaucous appearance. Branches not so rigid, more curved, and attenuated. XVIII. Porotrichum, Brid. Rami fertiles, inferne simplices stipitiformes, superne in fron- dem arbusculosam pinnatim divisi. Folia teretiuscule imbricata vel compressa. Тһеса plus minus longe pedunculata, peristomio perfecto vel interno ciliis carente. Calyptra parva, dimidiata. The following species have not yet been found in Viti, viz.:—1. P. elegantissimum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x. p. 137, from Samoan Islands, Tutuila, on trees near Letaumata and elsewhere (1000 feet) (Powell! n. 33). 2. P. mucronatum, Van den Bosch et Lacoste, Bryol. Javan. t. 187, from Samoa, Tutuila, on the bark of trees (1000 feet) (Powell! n. 119). 3. Р. Aneitense (sp. nov.), Mitt.; dioieum ? ; stipes 1-13-uncialis, foliis parvis ovato-lanceolatis patulis sparsis obtectus, superne in frondem horizontalem ramis abbreviatis divisus; folia ramea subcompressa, imbricata, ovato-oblonga, obtuse acuta, nervo sub apice desinente levi, margine superne crenulata, cellulis omnibus parvis rotundatis areolata—Aneitum (Milne! in Herb. Hooker, 369). — Habit that of P. arcuatum, Mitt., of India, but smaller, with shorter and firmer leaves; in its size more nearly related to P. pandum, Hook. f. et Wils. Fl. N. Zealand, t. 89. f. 1, but with more obtuse leaves, with the nerve not continued to the apex. 1. P. dendroides, Hook. Musc. Exot. t. 69 (Neckera). Rami elongati, inferne stipite foliis imbricatis appressis obtecto, superne in frondem pinnatam vel flabellatam bipinnatamque decompo- siti; folia arcte compressa, patentia, oblonga, parum inæquilatera, acuta, subundulata vel levia, apice dentata, nervo medio evanescente, cellulis superioribus minutis ovalibus ; folia ramea breviora ovalia apiculata, perichzetialia parva apicibus loriformi-acuminatis patulis; theca ovalis, brevi-pedun- culata.— Viti (Seemann!). Also in Hawaii (Menzies! Douglas !). A large species with flattened foliage. It is allied to P. dendroides, Hornsch. et Reinwardt, from Java (Neckera Javanica, C. Müller), and to numerous Indian species, more particularly Р. flabellatum, Sm. (Hookeria), in all which the capsule is borne on a very short fruitstalk on the under side of the fronds. Trisus VIII. SEMATOPHYLLEÆ.—Fructus in ramulo brevissimo e latere caulis vel ramorum oriundo sepius longe pedunculatus. Folia enervia vel rarissime breviter binervia, cellulis basa- libus ad angulos paucis oblongis a reliquis sæpe colore diversis. The following have been found out of Viti:—I. Merornecium: 1, M. stratosum, Mitt., from Sam К, Tutuila (Powell! 27); 2, M. intertum, Mitt., from Samoa, Manua, on Breadfruit-trees (500 feet) (Powell! 42); 3, M. microcarpum, Harvey in Hook. Icon. Plant. Rar. t. 24. f. 12 (Pterogonium), from Samoa, Tutuila, on Orange-trees (Powell! п. 36). II. TaxiruELiuM: 1, T. Samoanum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. v. x. from Samoa, Upolu, on trees (2000 feet) (Powell! n. 132) ; 2, T. tenuisetum, Sull. Proceed. Amer. Acad. of Arts and Sc. vol. iii., from Samoa, Tutuila, American Expedition (Powell !), South Sea Islands (Nightingale !). [PUBLISHED JUNE 1, 1871.] 3r 398 FLORA VITIENSIS. XIX. Sematophyllum, Mitt. Caulis procumbens repensve, pinnatim ramosus. Fructus e caule vel e ramis oriundus. Theca oblonga, inclinata, operculo longo subulato, peristomio interno processibus in membrana impositis, ciliis nullis vel imperfectis. An extensive genus of Mosses, with nearly always nerveless leaves, in which the alar cells at the angles of the leaf are enlarged, and of a different colour from those immediately above them. The species not yet found in Viti are :—1, 8. brevicuspidatum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x. p. 183, from Samoa, Manua, on large trees (1500 feet) (Powell! n. 137), Sandwich Islands and South Sea Islands (Herb. Hooker!) ; 2, S. macrorhynchum, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x. 1868, p. 183, from Samoa, Manua, on large trees in moist places (2000 feet) (Powell! n. 115); 8, S. turgidum, Dozy et Molk., C. Mueller, Syn. vol. ii. p. 396 (Hypnum), from Samoa, Tutuila (Powell!) ; 4, 8. stigmosum, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1868, p- 181, from Samoa, Upolu, Matafao (1000 feet) (Powell! n. 21); 5, 8. lamprophyllum, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1868, p. 183, from Samoa, Upolu, on trees (1000 feet) (Powell! n. 114) ; 6, 8. fissum, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1868, p. 182, from Samoa, Upolu, on trees (Powell! n. 116) ; 7, S. opæodon, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exped. t. 11 B, from Sandwich Islands (Douglas!) ; 8, S. contiguum, Hook. f. et Wils., from Lord Howe's Island (Milne!), Isle of Pines (Strange! M'Gillivray !), St. Paul's Island (Strange !). 1. S. rigidum, Nees et Reinw. (Hypnum), Bryol. Javan. t. 238; dioicum ; caulis procumbens, arcuatus, apice radicans, inde prolifero continuatus erectus vel ascendens, arcuatus, arbusculoso- ramosus; folia patentia in cauli primario late ovalia subito in acumen subulatum denticulatum pro- ducta in ramis assurgentibus late ovato-lanceolata superne denticulata, ramulina elliptico-lanceolata margine incurva serrata, omnia cellulis angustis alaribus conspicuis flavis, perichætialia erecta acumine elongato loriformi dentato; theca in pedunculo longissimo ovalis, horizontalis, operculo conico acu- minato.—Hypnum Calderense, Sull. Amer. Exped. t. 15?—Viti Levu (Milne!). Also in Isle of Pines (Strange !), Samoa, Tutuila (Powell ! n. 55), Aneitum (Milne !). A very large and handsome species, which occurs also in Java. 2. S. papillatum, Harvey in Lond. Journ. of Bot. 1840; Hook. Icon. Plant. Rar. i. t. 23. f. 8 (Hypnum) ; dioicum ; caulis procumbens, arcuatus, ramulis pluribus breviusculis; folia caulina patentia ovata in acumen elongatum subulatum producta, ramea ovata subulato-acuminata, omnia concava margine serrulata, cellulis angustis dorso dense papillosis alaribus distinctis flavis, perichæ- tialia longiora longe subulata serrulata; theca longissime tenui-pedunculata, parva, oblonga, horizon- talis, demum curvata, operculo conico acuminato, peristomio interno, ciliis in uno coalitis.—Ovalau, on stumps of trees in high ground, frequent (Milne!). Also Samoa, Tutuila (Powell, n. 25). Far less in all its parts than S. rigidum, and, like it, found also in Java, as well as in Borneo and the Malayan Peninsula. It appears to grow in very extensive loosely-matted patches, spreading over decayed wood. 3. S. Borbonicum, Bel. Voy. Crypt. t. 11. f. 2 (Leskea) ; monoicum, depresse cæspitosum, ramis ascendentibus decurvis; folia compressa secunda curvata anguste elongate lanceolata concava serrulata, cellulis elongatis quadripapillatis alaribus magnis hyalinis, perichetialia erecta subulato- attenuata serrulata ; pedunculus minute scabrosus; theca parva, oblonga, horizontalis, operculo tenui longirostro.—Hypnum Pickeringii, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exped. t. 15 A.—Viti (Milne !, Seemann !). Also Solomon Islands (Milne), Samoa, Tutuila (Powell! n. 117), Isle of Pines (Strange !). Trisus IX. STEREODONTEZE.— Fructus in ramulo brevissimo laterali sæpius longe peduncu- etus. Folia binervia vel enervia, cellulis basilaribus ad angulos вере abbreviatis densioribus. The following members of this tribe have not yet been found in Viti:—I. Ехторох, С. Müll. 1. Е. pal- lidus (sp. nov.), Mitt.; monoieus; rami procumbentes, pinnati ; folia compressa late ovata acuta subacumi- natave brevissime binervia margine subserrulata, cellulis angustis ad angulos basalibus pluribus abbre- viatis quadratis, ramulina compressa ovali-elliptica acuta apice subserrulata, perichætialia erecta basi ovata FLORA VITIENSIS. 399 inde subulata apice recurva; theca in pedunculo elongato stramineo cylindracea, peristomio interno pro- cessibus rubris dentium externe equilongis.—New Ireland (Labillardiére), Tahiti (Menzies), Lord Howe's Island (Milne! M‘Gillivray !), Isle of Pines (Milne!), St. Paul's Island (Strange !), Aneitum (Milne !).— Less compressed than the Indian and Javan Æ. plicatus, C. Miller, with wider leaves. Il. CTENID1UM, Sebimp. 1. C. stellulatum (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; caulis ramulis brevibus pinnatus ; folia patenti-divergentia, a basi subcordato-ovata, sensim longe subulato-attenuata, obsoletinervia, margine ubique serrulata, cellulis angustis areolata, ramea compressa lanceolato-subulata argutius serrulata.— Society Islands (Bidwill !)— Stems one to two inches long. Foliage greenish-yellow, glossy, arranged at the Ry of the stems in a stellate manner. III. STEREODON, Brid.: 1, 8. Draytoni, Sull. Proceed. Amer. Acad. of Arts and Se. 1854, from Hawaii, forest at the eastern base of Manua Kea (American Expedition !); 2, 8. Eudoræ, Sull. Proceed. Amer. Acad. of Arts and Se. 1854, from Oahu and Hawaii (American Expedition!) ; 8, S. decur- rens, Sull. Proceed. Amer. Acad. of Arts and Sc. 1854, from Sandwich Islands, Oahu, and Hawaii Mountains (American Expedition). IV. Ртүсномхтох, Hook. f. et Wils. 1. P. aciculare, Brid. Muse. Ree. vol. ii. p. 2, 158. t. 5. f. 2 (Hypnum), from Samoa, Manua, on trees (Powell! n. 108), Norfolk Island (Cunning- nam !).—Abundant in New Zealand and Tasmania, also in Australia and the western coast of South America. ХХ. Leucomium, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. x. Caulis procumbens, subsimplex vel pinnatus. Folia compressa, æqualia, enervia, laxissime areolata. Theca parva, horizontalis pendulave, operculo longirostri ; peristomii externi dentes lamina exteriore integra vel divisa, interni ciliis plus minus perfectis nullisve. A small genus, consisting chiefly of tropical American species ; all have their leaves very laxly areolate, and the stems attached to decaying wood or to rotten leaves. 1. L. debile, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exped. p. 23. t. 21 (Hookeria) ; monoicum et synoicum ; caulis ramis paucis irregularibus ramosus; folia compressa lateralia patentia, omnia ovato-lanceolata subulato-attenuata integerrima enervia, cellulis amplis pellucidis areolata, perichetialia parva erecta vel erecto-patentia ovata acuminata; theca in pedunculo gracillimo rubro ovalis, horizontalis, eollo sensim attenuato, operculo subulirostrato ; peristomium internum ciliis carentibus.— Gau, on decayed trees (Milne ! n. 22), Samoan Islands, Tutuila (Powell! n. 24). Pale green, and when older pale whitish-brown and glossy; the leaves are not much altered in direc- tion when dry. XXI. Isopterygium, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. 1868. Caulis procumbens, ramis inæquilongis fasciculatim ramosis. Folia compressa, disticha, seriebus tribus superioribus (centrali interme- diisque) vix obviis, seriebus tribus inferioribus deficientibus, brevissime binervia, cellulis angustis levibus. Theca inclinata horizontalisve, oblonga, ciliis peristomii interni coalitis. : - Å group of mostly very small Mosses, with compressed, almost distichous leaves. 1. I. molliculum, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exped. t. 11 (Hypnum); monoicum; caulis decumbens, parce ramosus; folia compressa distichacea ovato-lanceolata acuminata integerrima enervia, cellulis angustis elongatis, perichætialia longius acuminata; theca in pedunculo elongato ovalis, subhorizon- talis, operculo acuminato.—Viti (Milne !). Also in Lord Howe's Island, on rotten wood (Milne and M'Gillivray !), and Raoul Island, Kermandec Islands (M‘Gillivray |). Å minute species, softer than the tropical American I. tenerum, Sw. (Hypnum). XXII. Ectropothecium, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. v. p. 10. Caulis procumbens, ramis brevi- bus æqualibus dense pinnatus. Folia compressa, diversiformia, breviter binervia, cellulis angustis latisve areolata. Fructus e caule oriundus. Theca in pedunculo elongato, brevis, horizontalis vel pendula, urceolata, operculo brevirostri, peristomii interni ciliis coalitis. A genus of numerous species, all of which are elegantly branched and prostrate. The foliage is most 8,2 400 FLORA VITIENSIS. frequently seeund, the leaves on the upper side of the stem larger than on the under, and usually of a dif- ferent form. The areolation is either (as in Sp. 1-6) with elongate, narrow, close-placed cells, or in some species (7-8) very lax and pellucid. 1, Е. pacificum, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1868, p. 180, from Samoa, without fruit (Powell!), Tobie Island, also in Eromanga (Bennett ! Herb. Hooker); 2, E. sodale, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exped. t. 12. f. B (Hypnum) (Hypnum molluscoides, Sull. Proceed. Amer. Acad. of Arts and Ne. 1853, е notula ejusd. in Amer. Expl. Exped. p. 15), from Society Islands (Eimeo ! Ame- rican Expedition), Tahiti (Beechey!), South Sea Islands (Nightingale!), Samoa, Tutuila (Powell!) ; 3, Е. Sand- wichense, Hook. et Arn. Botany of Beechey Voy. p. 109 (Hypnum), from Oahu, Sandwich Islands (Lay et Collie! Beechey !), Sunday Island (Milne !), Samoa, Tatuila (Powell!) ; 4, E. arcuatum, Sull. Proceed. Amer. Acad. of Arts and Se. 1854, from Sandwich Islands, East Maui (American Expedition); 5, Е. gracili- setum, Hornsch. et Reinw. Schw. t. 220, from Hawaii, District of Puna (American Expedition) ; 6, Е. fusces- cens, Hook. et Arnott in Beechey Voy. t. 19 (Hypnum), from Tahiti (Beechey !), Samoa, Tutuila, on stones and rocks in gullies and streams where the flow of water is frequent (Powell! n. 20); 7, E. in- Jłectens, Brid. vol. ii. p. 331, from Tahiti (Dumont et D'Urville), Samoa, Tutuila (Powell ?). 1. E. Tutuilum, Sull. Amer. Expl. Exped. t. 10. f. A (Hypnum) ; dioicum?; caules prostrati, pinnati ; folia compressa subsecunda media sublanceolata planiuscula lateralia inæquilatera curvata subcomplicata omnia nervis brevissimis, margine e medio ad apicem usque crebre serrulata, cellulis angustis, perichætialia basi late ovalia erecta inde in subulam angustam serrulatam patulam producta ; theca in pedunculo elongato breviter ovalis, demum pendula, operculo conico acuminato.—Viti (Milne!). Also in Samoa, Tutuila (American Expedition, Poweli !). Stems two or three inches long, with branches two to three lines in length. Foliage almost shining, greenish, becoming straw-coloured and brownish. Trisus X. HYPNEZE.— Fructus in ramulo brevissimo sepius longe pedunculatus. Folia uninervia. The following members of this tribe have not yet been found in Viti, viz.:—I. Hyrxum, L. Caulis procumbens repensve, ramis pinnatim dispositis vel ascendentibus in cæspitem congestis, interdum ascen- dens suberectus subarbusculosus. Folia undique æqualia, cellulis elongatis areolata. Theca erecta inclinata horizontalisve, æqualis vel gibba.—A very extensive genus of Mosses, divisible into some sec- tions, which are more easily seen than exactly capable of definition. Nearly all the Polynesian specimens belong to the group named by Schimper Rhynchostegium, the capsules having a long beaked operculum. 1. H. compressifolium (sp. nov.), Mitt.; synoicum; caulis decumbens, ramis irrregularibus subpinna- tim divisus ; folia compressa ovato-ovalia acuminata planiuscula, nervo ultra medium producto, margine serrulata, cellulis angustis elongatis, ramea ulteriora ovalia acuta distinctius serrulata, perichætialia subulata attenuata; pedunculus elongatus, ubique tenuissime scabrosus; theca ovalis, inæqualis, horizontalis, oper- culo subulirostrato.— Sunday Island (Milne ! n. 91), Raoul Island, Kermandee Islands (M'Gillivray !) — This species, in size and appearance, nearly resembles the Hypnum tenuifolium, Hedw., so frequent in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, and it is allied to Н. austrinum, H. f. et W., but differs in habit in the more strongly-nerved and more compressed foliage. In these particulars it differs also from the New Zealand Н. asperipes, Mitt., which has more cordate not compressed leaves. Fragments of a different species were collected in Samoa by Powell. 2. H. Wilkesianum, Sull. Proceed. of the Amer. Acad. of Arts and Sc. 1854.—Hawaii (American Expedition). II. Sctaromium, Mitt. Caulis primarius repens, ramos arbus- culosos vel vage elongatos producens. Folia æqualia, cellulis parvis brevibus obscuris densis. Theca in- clinata horizontalisve.—A group of species mostly of large size, with rigid stems and firm foliage, which is of a dull, obscure green colour. In some particulars this genus approaches some species of Porotrichum or Thamnium. 1. S. glauco-viride, Mitt.; rami inferne stipitati, superne ramulis sparsis pinnatim ramosi, elongati; folia patentia firma setacea a basi subovato-lanceolata biplicata sensim longe angustata, nervo pereurrenté usque ad apicem a pagina folii planiuseula distincto, cellulis minutis obscuris rotundis, peri- chætialia basi ovalia tenera inde longe subulata patula ; pedunculus elongatus, ruber ; theca oblonga, horizon- talis, opereulo subulato.— Sunday Island, trees on the summit of the mountains frequent (Milne! n. 94), Norfolk Island.— Dull glaucous-green. Closely resembling the Hypnum hispidum figured in Plate LXI. f. 2, of the ‘Flora Antarctica,’ but a little more slender, and the points of the foliage more narrow. 2. S. tricostatum, Sull. Proceed. Amer. Acad. of Arts and Se. vol. iii. CNeckera), Amer. Expl. Exped., cum icone.—Hawaii, forest at the eastern base of Manua Kea (Amer. Exped.), Oahu and Hawaii ad Mont. Kaah (Macrae! in Herb. Mus. Brit.). ІП. PrrEkruw, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1868, р. 176; caulis procumbens, bipinnatim ramosus, phyllodiis vestitus; folia uninervia, cellulis rotundatis papil- FLORA VITIENSIS. 401 losis areolata ; fructus lateralis; theca longe pedunculata; peristomium normale; calyptra magna, plicata, basi multifida. 1. P. velatum, Mitt. 1. c.—Samoa, Tutuila, on damp stones and decayed logs in woods and other shady places (10-50 feet) (Powell! п. 14). Found also in Borneo and Java (Motley !). XXIII. Hypnodendron, С. Müller. Caulis primarius repens, rhizomatiformis, ramos erectos inferne simplices superne in frondem decompositos producens. Folia in media fronde æqualia vel inæqualia et compressa. Theca inclinata horizontalisve, plicata, peristomio perfecto. A small genus of large and handsome species, conspicuous for their tree-like growth, of which the following have not yet been found in Viti, viz.:—1. H. rigidum, (sp. nov.), Mitt.; ramus erectus, inferne simplex, foliis appressis tenuiter acuminatis obtectus, demum denudatus, rigidus, superne in frondem sub- oblongam ramis simplicibus ramulosisve pluribus pinnatus; folia in frondis medio late subovata lanceolata, acuta, substriata, nervo percurrente dorso dentato, margine serrulata, cellulis angustissimis densis firmis areolata. — Aneitum (Milne !).—Fronds with the stipes four inches high. ` Foliage dull brownish-green. 2. H. Samoanum, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1868, p. 192.—Samoa, Tutuila, on trees und rocks in the beds of gullies (100-2000 feet) (Powell! n. 107). 3. H. Milnei (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; stipes bi-triun- cialis, ruber, rigidus, erectus, apice in comam frondiformem subdeltoideam subhorizontalem divisum ; folia in stipite laxe imbricata, patentia, late ovata, acuminata, nervo excurrente, margine serrata, cellulis elongatis ad margines folii minoribus brevioribus, basalibus ad angulos majoribus fuscidulis, folia in ramis ovato-lanceo- lata nervo excurrente dorso dentato marginibus dentibus duplicatis serratis.— Aneitum (Milne !).—Near to H. divaricatum, but differing in the stipes not being covered with rootlets, the leaves of the branches shorter, more dense and rigid. In the same respects this species differs from the H. comosum, H. Sieberi, and Н. comatum of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. 4. H.divaricatum, Hornsch. et Reinw. Nova Acta Acad. Cæs. Leop. 14. vol. ii. Suppl. t. 40.—Isle of Pines (Milne !). l. H. speciosissimum, Sull. Proceed. Amer. Acad. of Arts and Sc. 1854; Amer. Expl. Exped. t. 9 (Hypnum) ; rami stipite elongato rigido denudato, superne in frondem oblongam planam vel ramulis inferioribus nonnullis assurgentibus bipinnatam innovationibus e superiore latere frondis egredientibus proliferi; folia compressa erecto-patentia inferne ovato-lanceolata sensim longe subulato-acuminata rigida plana, nervo percurrente margine superne remote subserrulata, cellulis angustis elongatis densis firmis, folia ramea ramulinaque angustiora argute serrvlata, perichætialia erecta; theca in pedunculo breviusculo erecta, ovalis, operculo conico acuminato.— Viti (American Expedition). Also in the Malay Archipelago (Herb. Hooker!), and in the Philippine Islands (Cu- ming ! n. 2198). Stipes three inches long, the branched upper portion as long or longer. Foliage firm, unaltered in drying, not glossy, of a red-brown colour. 2. H. Vitiense, (sp. nov.) Mitt.; folia compressa, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, planiuscula, splen- dentia, nervo dorso superne denticulato percurrente, marginibus denticulis duplicatis brevibus serratis, cellulis angustis elongatis finitimis prominulis.— Viti (Seemann, n. 842). H. Junghuhniano omnibus partibus primo aspectu simillimum, sed foliis breviter duplicate serrulatis et colore pallidiore. In the list of Vitian species published in ‘Bonplandia’ this species was mistaken for И. Junghuhnia- num, which it so much resembles. 3. H. arborescens, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1859 (Trachyloma) ; rami erecti, inferne stipite foliis sparsis patulis, superne in frondem subovatam lanceolatamve pinnatim bipinna- timve ramosi ; folia e medio rami primarii compressa ovato-lanceolata acutissima, nervo excurrente, dorso dentieulato, margine denticulis duplicatis serrato, cellulis angustissimis subnodulosis, folia ramulina anguste lanceolata grossius serrata, perichætialia longiora erecta subulata subintegerrima ; theca in peduneulo elongato cylindracea, demum plicata inclinata subhorizontalisve, operculo recto sensim acuminato, peristomio dentibus intus valde trabeculatis interno processibus carinatis pertusis 402 FLORA VITIENSIS. ciliisque tribus interpositis in membrana usque ad medium dentium longitudinis exserta impositis.— Ovalau (Seemann! n. 845, Milne! n. 351). Also in Sandwich Islands (Herb. Hooker!), Samoa, Tutuila (Powell ! n. 111), Ceylon, and in the Malay Archipelago. Foliage green and shining, becoming in age straw-coloured and fulvous. XXIV. Thuidium, Schimp. Caulis procumbens ascendensve, interdum arcuatus, apicibus de- scendentibus radicantibusque, exinde prolifero-continuatus, paraphyllis obtectus, rarius pudus, ramis ramulisque bipinnatim dispositis bi-tripinnatus. Folia caulina æqualia, ramea ramulinaque diversi- formia, inæqualia, cellulis elongatis vel abbreviatis, sæpius papilliferis obseuris. Theca inclinata horizontalisve, rarissime erecta, peristomio perfecto vel ciliis interdum imperfectis obsoletisve. The following two species have not yet been gathered in Viti, viz.:—1. Т. plicatum (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; caulis procumbens, irregulariter bipinnatus; folia patentia, cordata, acuminata, plicata, breviuscula, margine inferne reflexa, superne minute crenulata, nervo sub apice evanido, cellulis rotundatis obseuriuseulis papillis minutissimis brevissimis, ramea subcompressa patentia cordato-acuminata plicata, ramulina imbricata ovata acuta concava erenulata dorso papillosa, perichætialia a basi lanceolata sensim longe attenuata serrulata ; theca in pedunculo elongato eylindracea inæqualis inclinata.—Sandwich Islands (Douglas! in Herb. Hooker). — More slender than 7. Samoanum, and less regularly-branched than 7. ramentosum. 2. Т. crenulatum (sp. nov.), Mitt.; monoicum; caulis bipinnatus; folia patentia cordata subulato-acuminata, nervo sub apiee evanido, margine erenulata, inferne subrecurva, cellulis rotundatis obscuriusculis, ramea compressa ramu- linaque ovata acuta nervo carinata crenulata, perichetialia longe subulato-attenuata subserrulata; theca in pedunculo elongato ovalis horizontalis, operculo subulato ; peristomium internum eiliis binis inter se cohærentibus trabeeulatis.—Sandwich Islands (Douglas! in Herb. Hooker 57).—Similar to 7. minutulum, Hedw. Muse. Frond. 4. t. 34. | 1. T. ramentosum, Mitt. in Bonpl. 1861, р. 366 (Leskea); caulis arcuatus, proliferus; folia caulina a basi lata hastata cauli angustiore subulata, nervo percurrente, margine reflexa integerrima, ramea hastato-ovata acuminata, ramulina ovata incurva papillosa, margine ut in rameis crenulato- serrulata, nervo infra apicem abrupto, dorso prominente cristato, perichetialia interiora in ramentis quamplurimis elongatis flexuosis intricatis serrulatis lacera.— Viti (Seemann ! inter 863). Very like the T. cymbifolium, Dozy et Molk. Bry. Javan. t. 221, from Java and India, but more slender. 2. T. Samoanum, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1868, p. 186; caules procumbentes, erecti arcuatique, pinnæformiter bipinnati; folia caulina appressa a basi subtriangulari-ovata sensim in acumen ligulatum obtusiuseulum producta lævia, nervo infra apicem evanido, margine crenulato, cellulis rotundis, papillis fere obsoletis, perichætialia interna a basi lata sensim angustata et in acumen elongatum loriforme flexuosum obtusum crenulatum producta, marginibus inferne ciliis pluribus elongatis angustis ciliata; theca in pedunculo elongato cylindracea, arcuata, horizontalis.— Viti (Seemann!). Also Solomon Islands, Guadalcamar (Milne !), Samoan Islands, Tutuila, and Manua, on large stones in gulleys (100-2000 feet) (Powell ! 105). Nearly allied, as so many of the species of this genus are, the present, although externally closely corresponding with 7. ramentosum, is well distinguished by its obtuse cauline leaves. 3. Т. erosulum, Mitt. Journ. of the Proceed. Linn. Soc. 1868, p. 186; monoicum; caulis repens, intricatus, bipinnatim ramosus ; folia patentia triangularia subulato-acuminata, nervo sub apice evanido, marginibus reflexis subintegerrimis, cellulis obscuris, papillis brevissimis; folia ramea ovata acuta, ramulinaque ovata obtusiuseula compressa, nervo pallido dorso scabro carinata, margi- nibus crenulatis, cellulis papillosis obscuris areolata, perichætialia ovata superne denticulata exinde longe subulata anguste attenuata subintegerrima, nervis pereurrentibus; pedunculus elongatus, scaber; theca oblonga, subhorizontalis, operculo subulato ; peristomium internum ciliis іп unum FLORA VITIENSIS. 403 coalitis.—Island of Wakaya, Viti (Milne!). Also in Samoan Islands, Tutuila, on stones, rocks, and roots of trees in shady places (10-50 feet) (Powell! 29). In size and mode of growth this agrees nearly with Pelekium velatum, but its fruit and calyptra are those of Thuidium. 2. NEMATODONTES.— Peristomii dentes e filis liberis vel in processus dentiformes coalitis compositi. TRiBus XI. POLYTRICHEJE.— Peristomii dentes breves, apicibus ad columellæ apicem in tympani formam expansum adherentibus. An extensive tribe of Mosses, with a somewhat creeping, subterraneous rooting stem, from which arise erect, usually simple, very rarely branched, and subdendroid stiff stems, clothed with frequently firm and rigid leaves, scarcely altered in drying; in some species, however, they are soft and curled when dry. Тһе fruit arises from the apex of the stem, and is usually borne on a stout seta. The capsule is either cylin- drical and smooth, or more or less strongly angled, even sometimes cubical. The calyptra is almost naked, or more or less completely covered and hidden by appressed hairs. XXV. Pogonatum, Brid. Theca cylindracea, levis vel indistincte plicata. Calyptra indumento villoso obtecta. P. aloides, Hedw., is confined to the Hawaiian Islands (Gaudichaud). l. P. Vitiense (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis elongatus, simplex vel innovans; folia subimbricata, a basi latiore erecta pellucida, cellulis inferioribus oblongis, superioribus abbreviatis transverse oblongisque areolata, inde in folium oblongum patenti-incurvum acutum planiusculum intus lamellis brevibus ubique obtectum producta, margine apicem versus denticulis paucis serrulata, perichætialia longiora, a basi erecta longiore latioreque late ovali cæterum caulinis similia; theca in pedunculo elongato, breviter oblonga, inclinata vel horizontalis, scaberrima, 4-carinata; calyptra indumento pallide fulvo appresso, thecam totam obtegens.—Viti (Milne !). Caulis 1}-3-uncialis. Folia viridia, sicca subnigra. Pedunculus j-l-uncialis. Habitus P. Teysmanni, Dory et Molk. similis, foliis autem latioribus.— Three or four barren stems of a Pogonatum were gathered in Tutuila by Mr. Powell, but, although appearing to come very near the species above described, the leaves are narrower and longer. Tab. 97, fig. 1. Stems of the natural size; fig. 2, a leaf, with transverse section, magnified. Trisus XII. BUXBAUMIÆ.—Peristomium duplex, externum imperfectum vel subobsoletum, internum e membrana conoidea indivisa apice truncata, plicis extus acutis. XXVI. Diphyscium, Mohr. Caulis humilis, interdum fere nullus. Folia ligulata, perichæ- tialia magna diversiformia. Theca magna, subovata, obliqua, ad operculum erectum ascendens. 1. D. submarginatum, (sp. nov.) Mitt.; caulis brevis; fola patentia, spathulato-ligulata, margine cellulis minoribus incrassatis fuscescentioribus sublimbata subdenticulata, cellulis parvis rotundatis obscuriusculis areolata, perichætialia a basi anguste subulata, nervo excurrente sublævi, sensim attenuata.— Viti (Seemann !). Three plants only, adhering to the rootlets of a specimen of Thuidium ramentosum. B. HETERODICTYI.— Folia cellulis biformibus areolata. Tarsus XIII. SPHAGNE ж. Caules erecti, simplices vel furcati, ramis simplicibus adscendentibus vel recurvis in fasciculos confertis undique e caule egredientibus vestitus. Folia apice sepe dissilientia, angustissime limbata, cellulis amplis poris pertusis, sæpius fibro repletis, parietibus e 404 FLORA VITIENSIS. cellulis angustioribus viridibus formatis. Fructus ex apice rami proprii e centro fasciculorum oriundus. Theca sessilis, globosa, demum in prolongatione rami fertilis pedunculiformi exserta, opereulo convexo; calyptra tenuissima, medio transversim rupta parte infericre vaginula ad- hærente obvelata. Flores masculi antheridiis globosis pedicellatis in axillis foliorum, ad apices ramorum amentiformes congesti. Genus unicum :— XXVII. Sphagnum, Dill Caulis erectus, fastigiato-ramosus, ramis flagelliformibus. Folia caulina pentasticha, ramulina diversiformia densius texta, omnia ecostata, Fructus e ramulis oriun- dus. Тһеса globosa, solida, operculo hemisphærico, annulo peristomioque destituta. S. acutifolium, Ehrh., has been found at St. Paul's Island, on the summit of the mountain (Milne! n. 22). 1. S. cuspidatum, Ehrh.; caulis plus minus elongatus, fasciculis ramorum remotiusculis, cor- tice distincto nullo; folia caulina ovata acuta, limbo indistincto, ramea imbricata ovato-lanceolata limbo lato marginata, cellulis majoribus fibro repletis; folia in ramo fertili oblonga ovaliave, cellulis majoribus inanibus.— Viti (Seemann ! n. 839). This species is easily recognized from most of its eongeners by the absence of any distinet pellucid cortical cells. The Vitian specimens are without fruit, but have all the appearances of being precisely the same as European. Orpo CIX. JUNGERMANNIZE. (AvcroRE W. MITTEN.) The following genera have not as yet been found in Viti, viz. :— I. Coxoscyruus, Mitt. gen. nov. Caulis procumbens ascendensve, ramosus. Folia sursum secunda, integra paucidentatave. Amphigastria magna. Perianthium proprium nullum, e foliis involucralibus in conum convolutis apice dentibus paucis inflexis formatum. 1. С. inflexifolius, (sp. n.) Mitt. ; caulis procumbens, elongatus, parum divisus; folia antice inflexa, subovata, obtusa, margine dorsali sinuata integerrima, ventrali convexa, caulem versus bidentata, amphi- gastria magna rotunda, apice bidentata, lateribus tridenticulatis ; folia involueralia teretiuscule imbricata.— Samoa, inter cæspites Syrrhopodontis crocei, Sendtneræ juniperinæque, sparsim crescens (Powell !).—Rami 2 uncias longi, cum foliis lineam lati. Folia castaneo-fusca, imbricata.— Similar in habit, colour, and appear- ance to Lophocolea devexa, Mitt. Journ. of the Linn. Soc. vol. vii. p. 165, and to the Chiloscyphus trapezoides and С. Tjiwideensis, Van der Sande Lacoste, Hep. Javan. t. 7, all probably belong to the same genus. The Samoan specimens have the inner involueral leaves convolute, so as to form a flask-like perianth, but they do not appear to be anywhere combined with each other or with the stipule; at their bases they are adherent to the lower part of the calyptra. In C. devexus the involucral leaves are arranged in a similar manner; but as only young states of the fructification were present, it was supposed that the species was allied to some austral South American species of Lophocolea, as L. Gayana (Chiloscyphus), Mont., the fructification being evidently terminal, but supposed to be incomplete. The occurrence, however, of the same kind of involuere with young capsules leaves no doubt but that a true and tubular perianth is want- ing in both the Afriean and Samoan species. The place of this genus is somewhat obseure. In habit, and in the substance of its leaves and its conspicuous stipules, it corresponds most nearly with some species of Lophocolea and of Leioscyphus. II. LOPHOCOLEA, Nees ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 151. 1. L. Gaudichaudi, Mont. Voy. de la Bonite, Bot. Crypt. t. 148. f. 4.—Sandwieh Islands (Gaudi- chaud, Hillebrand !). 2. L. Beecheyana, Tayl. Lond. Journ. of Bot. 1846, p. 365.—Hawaii (Beechey !). _ 8. 1. explanata (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; caulis repens, ramosus ; folia explanata, convexa, ovata, apice sinu parvo excisa, basi eum amphigastrio parvo bifido, segmentis extus unidentatis, anguste coalita vel libera, involu- eralia ovalia, margine ubique ciliata; perianthium angulis alatum, ala anteriore latiore, lateralibus labiisque dentato-ciliatis.— Samoa (Powell )).— Caulis unciam longus, cum foliis lineam latus. Folia pallida, tenera. 4. L. rectangulata (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis procumbens, elongatus ; folia explanata, plana, oblonga, sub- rectangulata, apice abrupta bidentata, margine ventrali cum amphigastrio tridentato, laciniis utroque uni- FLORA VITIENSIS. 405 сам coalito.—Samoa (Powell !)—Caulis 1-2 uncias longus, cum foliis 14 lineam latus. Folia tenera, азса. 5. Г. convezula (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; caulis brevis, radicans infra perianthium innovans; folia explanata, imbricata, convexa, ovata, apice sinu parvo obtuso obtuse bidentata, rarius integra, rotundata; amphigastria parva, bifida, laciniis unidentatis, basi libera ; folia involucralia majora, flabelliformia, amphigastrioque magno grosse dentata.—lsle of Pines (Strange!)—Caulis 8-6 lineas longus, cum foliis semilineam latus. Folia pallide albo-viridia, crassiuscula. 6. Г. spinosa, Gottsch. ; idem Ldbg. et Nees Syn. Hep. p. 170.—Hawaii, inter Lejeuniam occulatum legit Gottsche. ПІ. CHANDONANTHUVS, Mitt. in Hooker, * Handbook of the New Zealand Flora, vol. ii. р- 753. 1. С. hirtellus, Web. Prod. p. 50 (Jungermannia).— Pacific Islands (Herb. Hooker !). IV. PLEOTOCOLEA, Mitt. Linn. Soc. Journ. vol. viii. p. 156. 1. P. micrantha (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis humilis, radiculosus; folia ovali-rotunda, patentia, semi- verticalia, involueralia majora, margine dorsali recurva ; perianthium parvum, elongato-ovatum, арісо ultra folia involueralia non productum.—Sandwich Islands (Hillebrand!)— Caulis 2-3 lineas altus. Folia 2 lineam longa, involueralia lineam metientes viridia. Perianthium lineam brevius.— Larger than the Indian P. polyrhiza, Hook., but agreeing with it and with P. Junghuhniana and P. Hasskarliana, Nees ab E. (Jungermannia), both found in Java, in the perianth, which is plieated throughout its length, and not con- tracted at its apex into a tubular mouth, thus differing from Jungermannia as here considered, in which the terminal perianth is terete below, plieate towards the apex, and the mouth contracted and dentato- ciliate. V. SPHAGNOECETIS, Nees ab E. ; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. 148. 1. S. gracilis (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; caulis elongatus, parce radiculosus; folia explanata, orbiculata, cellulis - interstitiis latioribus pellucidis discretis areolata; amphigastria obsoleta.—lns. Sandwich (Gaudichaud).— Caulis unciam brevior, eum foliis + lineam latus.—Similar in habit to S. communis, but less, with almost round leaves, and the marginal cells, instead of being prominent as in that species, are smaller, and less easily definable than those of the interior of the leaf. VI. Gorrscnea, Nees ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. 13. 1. G. aligera, Nees ab E. Hep. Javan. p. 67; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 17.—Pacific Islands (Nightingale! in Herb. Hooker, n. 288), Samoa (Powell! n. 75). VII. TRICHOCOLEA, Dumort. ; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 236. 1. T. tomentella, Ehrh.—Samoa (Powell !). VIII. SENDTNERA, Endlicher, Gen. p. 1342. 1. 8. juniperina, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occid. 1855 (Jungermannia).—Samoa (Powell! n. 142), Hawaii, (Douglas! Tolmie! Herb. Hooker). IX. MASTIGOPHORA, Nees ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 241. 1. ЛГ diclados, Brid. ; Web. in Prodr. Spreng. Syst. Veg. vol. iv. p. 224.— Pacific Islands (Nightingale! Herb. Hooker), Samoa (Powell !), Upolu (Greffe !). X. HERPOCLADIUM (gen. nov.), Mitt. Caulis vage prolifero-ramosus, flagellis elongatis descendentibus ventralibus. Folia amphigastriaque conformia, verticaliter inserta, integra aut apice bifida. Perianthium versus apicem caulis elongatum. Flores maseuli in caule primario, antheridia in axillis foliorum caulinarium disposita. å 1. H. bidens (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; caulis procumbens, geniculatus, ramis remotis elongatis, flagellisque ex axilla amphigastriorum oriundis divaricatis, ramosus ; folia amphigastriaque coæqualia, patentia divari- catave, ovato-oblonga, apice subobliqua, sinu brevi angustissimo oblique bidentata, laciniis acutis, e cellulis oblongis firmis erassiuseulis areolata; folia involueralia imbricata; perianthium angustum, elongatum, inferne teres, apice obtuse trigonum, ore dentatum.—Sandwich Islands, inter Jungermanniam flexicaulem aliasque species Hepaticarum (Hillebrand !).—To the unassisted eye this curious plant appears, when in the dry state, very much like a slender state of Sendtnera juniperina, but when the foliage 18 moistened it is seen that the leaves are as if entire, for the cleft at the apex is so narrow that it is not at first percep- tible, and the amphigastria being hardly distinguishable from the leaves, give the stems the appearance of having three equal series of leaves. The perianth is similar to that of Lepidozia, but the whole habit and appearance of the stems and foliage is different from both Lepidozia and nat ате The only other known species referable to this genus is the Jungermannia tenacifolia, Hook. f. et Tayl. Crypt. Antaret. pl. 64. f. 6, which, although closely resembling the species from the Sandwich Islands, has its leaves and stipules undivided. [PUBLISHED JUNE 1, 1871.] За 406 FLORA VITIENSIS. XI. MASTIGOBRYVM, Nees, Lindenb. et Gottsche Syn. Hepat. 214. 1. M. pallidum (sp. nov.); caulis diehotomus, arcuatus, decurvatus; folia divarieata, devexa, ovato- ligulata, apice abrupta, tridentata, basi anguste cum amphigastrio quadrato-rotundato apice suberenato coalita.—Samoa, Upolu (Powell! forma major sub n. 91, et gracilior sub n. 83), Aneitum (Knight).— Caulis 2 uncias longus, cum foliis latitudine in forma majore bilinearis, in forma graciliore sesquilineares. Folia pallide viridia, subglauca. Affinis M. Nove-Hollandie, foliis autem margine integerrimis. 2. M. subacutum (sp. nov.) ; caulis ascendens, dichotomus ; folia divarieata, subdevexa, ovato-ligulata, apice oblique truncata, tridenticulata, integerrima, margine ventrali sinuata, recurva, basi eum amphigastrio orbieulato quadrato integro apice suberenato anguste coalita.—Samoa, Upolu, on trees (1000-2000 ft.) (Powell! n. 87).— Caulis biuncialis latitudine, eum foliis trilinearis. Folia olivaceo-viridia.— M. Nove- Zelandiæ simile, sed foliis apice angustiore oblique truneato subaeutis breviter dentatis. 3. M. pusillum (sp. nov.); caulis pusillus, horizontalis, dichotomus ; folia patula, ovato-oblonga, obtusa vel oblique abrupta, tridentata, integerrima, per medium cellulis majoribus pellucidioribus vittata; amphi- gastria parva, quadrato-rotunda, integra, basi anguste cum foliis connexa.—Samoa (Powell !).—Caulis sub- uneialis, parum divisus, cum foliis 2 lineam latus. Folia pallide viridia.—M. integro simile, sed amphigas- triis eaulem latitudine haud excedentibus et foliis cellulis majoribus vittatis diversum. 4. M. serrulatum (sp. nov.) ; caulis ascendens, parce dichotome divisus; folia divaricata, late ovata, apice abrupta, uni-bi-tridentata, margine ventrali sinuata, dorsalique serrulata; amphigastria orbiculato- ovata, integerrima vel apice subdentata.—Samoa, Upolu, on trees (1000-2000 ft.) (Powell! n. 86).— Caulis З uncias altus, eum foliis latitudine lineam parum superans. Folia оПуасео-Ғаяса.--Л/. eroso simile, foliis autem divaricatis, latere ventrali magis sinuatis evidentiusque serrulatis. 5. M. cordistipulum, Mont. Voy. de la Bonite, Crypt. t. 149. f. 1 (Herpetium).—Sandwieh Islands (Gaudiehaud, n. 89; Hillebrand, n. 11; Tolmie; Douglas, п. 70), Hawaii (Beechey! Macrae !). 6. M. dentatum (sp. nov.) ; caulis ascendens, dichotomus ; folia devexa, ovato-ligulata, apice dentibus tribus aeuminatis, margine ventrali sinuato, basi aurieula rotundata denticulata; amphigastria magna, quadrato-rotundata, basi eordata, ubique dentibus spinosis ciliata.— Samoa, Manua, damp trees (2000 ft.) (Powell! n. 92).—Caulis triuncialis latitudine, cum foliis bilinearis. Folia olivacea, fuscescentia.— М. para- доға, Sande, Lacoste Syn. Hep. Javan. t. 9, simile, sed foliis ad basin marginis yentralis dilatata et lobulo dentato auctis diversum. XII. MASTIGOPELMA (gen. nov.), Mitt. Caulis superne simplex, inferne ramos stoloniformes et innova- tiones emittens. Folia amphigastriaque integra. Fructus basilaris.—The small species upon which this genus is proposed to be established differs in habit from Mastigobryum, the ascending stems not being continuous indefinitely as in that genus, but the growth of new and simple stems is renewed from the pes and the fructification appears to arise from the stoloniform shoots, which form the substratum of the plants. 1. M. simplex (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; caulis ascendens, inferne foliis abbreviatis parvis rotundatis appressis sparsim dispositis stolonibus attenuatis repentibus intertextus, superne innovationibus simplicibus, ramosus; folia planiuscula, patentia, late ovalia, margine dorsali apiceque rotundato denticulata; amphi- gastria parva, subquadrata, apiee erosa patula ; involucrum ad ramorum basin, foliis complicatis patulis apice denticulatis.—Samoa, growing on rotten wood in a tufted manner (Powell !).—Rami 3-4 lineas longi, latitudine, eum foliis 2-lineares, siccitate recurvi.—A small brown plant, which at first sight resembles in its simple stems and the form of its foliage some of the smaller species of Plagiochila. XIII. Lerrpozia, Nees, Lindenb. et Gottsche Syn. Hepat. 200. 1. L. infuscata (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis elongatus, solidus, fuseus, demum nigricans; folia patentia, subovata, tri-quadridentata, ramea suboblonga, quadridentata ; amphigastria parva, sub-semiorbiculata, indis- tinete quadridentata.—Samoa (Powell! n. 158).—Caules 2-4 uncias altus, ramis 11 unciam longis. Folia inconspicua. : 2. L. Sandwichensis, Lindenb. Sp. Hepat. t. 1.— L. filipendula, Tayl. Lond. Journ. of Bot. 1846, p. 368. —Sandwich Islands (Tolmie! Herb. Hooker).— Caulis 2 uncias altus, pallide fuscus. ‚ 3. Г. fistulosa (sp. nov.) ; caulis elongatus, fistulosus, pallidus, ramis breviusculis curvatis decurvis ; folia minuta, appressa, ovato-quadrata, tri-quadridentata ; amphigastria semiorbicularia, subintegra.—Samoa (Powell !).—Caulis biuncialis, ramis 3-4 lineas longis attenuatis, pallide fuscus.—Z. Sandwichensi colore similis, sed gracilior, foliis brevioribus. 4. L. brevidentata (sp. nov.); eaulis procumbens, elongatus, pinnatus ; folia explanata, parva, sub- quadrata, breviter quadridentata, segmentis acutis; amphigastria parva, patentia, quadridentata.—Samoa ( Powell )—Caulis cum foliis vix + lineam latus.—L. capilligere, Sch. (Jungermannia) simillima, sed folia dentibus brevioribus. : 5. L. australis, Lehm. et Lindenb. in Lehm. Pug. vol. vi. —Z. reptans, B. australis, Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. 205. Z. triceps, Tayl. Lond. Journ. of Bot. 1846, p. 369.— Hawaii (Menzies !).— FLORA VITIENSIS, 407 Caules quadrilineares, depressi. Folia fusco-viridia, pallida, dentibus obtusiusculis.—Similar to the European L. reptans. ү XIV. Риузтотгом, Nees ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hep. 234. 1. P. sphagnoides, Richard.; Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 47 (Jungermannia).—Hawaii (Herb. Hooker, fide Syn. Hepat. 721). 2. P. conchæfolium, Hook. et Arn. іп Beechey's Voy. t. 23 (Jungermannia).— Hawaii (Beechey !), Sandwich Islands (Hillebrand! n. 8). 3. Р. evolutum (sp. nov.), Mitt.; rami ascendentes, incurvati; folia secunda imbricata, lobo dorsali ovato apice oblique sinu parvo acuto bidentato margine superiore basin versus subdentato, lobo ventrali subæquilongo ovato evoluta, concava, basi margine incurva; folia involucralia exserta, laxe appressa; | wag in glomeris decurvatis disposita, cylindracea, lævia, ore obtuso inftexo.—Hawaii (Macrae ! Herb. Mus. Brit.).—P. sphagnoidi P. conchæfolioque similis, sed diversum lobulis evolutis. ХУ. Хотовсүрнгв (gen. nov.), Mitt. Caulis procumbens prostratusve, ex apice fertilis. Folia integra, planiuscula. Amphigastria parva. Perianthium nullum. 1. N. lutescens, Lehm. et Lindenb. (Jungermannia) ; caulis simplex, plus minus elongatus; folia hori- zontalia, expansa vel sursum curvata conniventiaque, ovali-rotundata vel apice subangulata ; amphigastria lanceolata, profunde bifida, laciniis contiguis; folia involueralia majora, sursum curvata, imbricata, apice angustiora dentata, inferne coneava.— Gymnomitrium lutescens, Gottsche; idem, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 4.—Samoa (Powell, n. 151).— Caulis interdum unciam longus, cum foliis lineam latus. Folia pallide albo-viridia, siecitate vix mutata.—There appears to be no difference between these specimens and those from India and Java. In this species the fruit appears to arise from the dorsal side of the apex of the stem. XVI. SACCOGYNA, Dumort. ; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 194. 1. 8. jugata (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; caulis elongatus, parum divisus ; folia explanata, ovata, basi dorsali connexa, apice obtusa, integra vel uni-bi-tridenticulata, cellulis rotundis obscuris, ad folii margines prominulis in- terstitiis angustis iutercalaribus nullis distinetis ; amphigastria parva, laciniis ovatis acutis.—Samoa, creep- ing over other Hepatice (Powell).—Caules 1-2 uncias longi, cum foliis 14 lineam lati. Folia pallide fusca. — S&S. australi Nove Zelandiæ minor, et foliis antice conjugatis distincta. XVII. CALYPOGEIA, Raddi; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 197. 1. С. Trichomanis, Spreng.— Sandwich Islands. XVIII. SYMPHOGYNA, Mont. et Nees; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 479. 1. S. subsimpleæ, Mitt. in Fl. Nov. Zeland. vol. ii. p. 166.—Sandwich Islands (Hillebrand, n. 3), Samoa (Powell).—The habit and appearance of this speces is that of Steetzia. I. Plagiochila, Nees et Mont.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 22. Caulis pri- marius repens, ramos ascendentes simplices dichotomos, rarius pinnatos ferens. Folia integerrima vel dentata; amphigastria nulla vel in speciebus paucissimis obvia. Perianthium compressum, lzeve, ore truncato vel bilabiato. A very extensive genus, of which the species are most abundant in the intertropical regions. They are not susceptible of being divided into well-defined sections. The following are Polynesian species not vet found in Viti, viz. :—1. P. fissidentoides, Tayl. Lond. Journ. of Bot. 1846; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 636.—Sandwich Islands (Menzies ).— Compared by Taylor to Р. bursata. Р. Vitiense may be the complete state of P. fissidentoides, but it does not suggest any comparison with P. bursata, with which Taylor eontrasts it. 2. P. bialata (sp. nov.), Mitt.; rami graciles, subsimplices, infra perianthium innovatione singula proliferi; folia remotiuscula, explanata, lata, subovata, obtusa, margine ventrali apiceque arce dentata, dorsali integerrima recurva, involucralia majora magis dentata; perianthium late obovatum, biis subtruncatis dentatis antice posticeque anguste alatum, ala angusta brevidentata.—Samoa (Powell !). —Rami 1-2 uncias alti, eum foliis sesquilineam lati. Folia obscura, fusca. 3. P. pacifica (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; rami elongati, superne dichotome divisi ; folia explanata, patentia, dimidiato-cordata, subligulata, obtusa, in ramis attenuatis conformia, apice truncato-bidentata, apice margineque ventrali spinoso-dentata, dorsali recurva, defitibus parvis remotis inconspicuis.—Sunday Island, ad arbores (Milne! n. 87).—Rami 2-3 uncias alti, cum foliis latitudine bilineares. 4. P. longispica (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; rami humiles vel elongati, apice dichotome divisi; folia explanata, divergentia, semieordato-oblonga, obtusa, in partibus ulterioribus tn, margine ubique dentibus parvis spinulosis dentata, dorsali recurva, ventrali basi in auriculam parvam tumidam revoluta, involucralia parum diversa ; perianthium obovatum, ala nulla, ore truncato dentato, spice 3 a 2 408 "FLORA VITIENSIS. mascule elongate interdum ramosæ, foliis perigonialibus brevibus concavis integerrimis.—Samoa (Powell! n. 58).—Rami 1-4 uncias alti, latitudine cum foliis bilineares. Folia luteo-viridia vel olivacea. Spice masculæ 2—12 unciam longs, curvate. 5. P. auriculata (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; rami elongati, simplices vel fasci- eulatim diehotomi ; folia explanata, a basi latiora, semicordata, angustata, ligulata, obtusa, margine ubique dentibus elongatis angustis ciliata, angulo ventrali in auriculam inflatam revoluto, involueralia magis ciliata. — Samoa (Powell! n. 6).—Rami 1-2-unciales, latitudine cum foliis bilineares Folia mollia, olivaceo-viridia. 6. P. combinata (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis innovatione singula infra perianthium orta iterum iterumque continuatus ; folia opposita, remotiuscula, patula, oblongo-elliptica, apice bidentata, margine dorsali præcipue apicem versus paucidentata, basi antice posticeque anguste combinata; folia involueralia margine dorsali ventralique magis dentata, perianthio late obovato, ala parva antica dentata, labiis grosse dentatis.—Sand- wich Islands (Hillebrand ! n. 29).— Caulis subuncialis, gracilis. Folia lineam longa, fulvo-viridia.—In the form of its leaves, this curious species resembles P. crea, Tayl, and is remote from any other with conju- gate leaves. 7. P. oblongiflora; rami graciles, parce dichotome divisi; folia remota, late ovata, obtusa, margine ventrali apiceque breviter dentata, dorsali integerrima, involueralia conformia; perianthium elon- gatum, oblongum, apice truncatum dentatum, ala nulla, spice masculæ sepe interrupte foliis perigonialibus obtusis vel acutis.—Samoa (Powell! n. 51).—Rami 1-2-uneiales, cum foliis sesquilinea lati. Folia firma, obscure fusca. 8. P. Owaihensis, Nees ab E. et Lindenb., Lindenb. Sp. Hepat. fasc. 1. t. 5.— Hawaii (Menzies |). 1. P. arbuscula, Brid. (Jungermannia), Lindenb. Sp. Hepat. f. 1. t. 4; rami elongati, superne dichotomi, flabelliforme divisi; folia explanata, patentia, dimidiata, ovata, apice oblique truncata, dentibus duobus validioribus, margine ventrali paucidentata, dorsali recurvo integerrimo, involu- cralia magis dentata ; perianthium ovato-oblongum, ore parvo, labiis rotundatis denticulatis ; perigonia in ramis elongatis interrupta, foliis apice subtridentatis.—Also in Viti (Seemann! inter n. 862; Milne !), Samoa (Powell!), Upolu (Greeffe !). Rami in speciminibus Vitiensibus triunciales, latitudine cum foliis 1-14-lineares. Folia nigro-fusca. 2. P. Vitiensis, Mitt. Bonplandia, 1861, p. 367; rami superne dichotomi; folia explanata, - patentia, oblongo-ligulata, apice obtusa, in superiora oblique truncata, margine dorsali recurva, integerrima, ventrali parum curvata, apicem versus apiceque dentata, involucralia latiora, apice mar- gineque ventrali spinoso-ciliata ; perianthium obovatum, ala nulla, ore labiis subtruncatis dentato- ciliatis.—P. patentissima, ex parte, Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hep. 36.— Viti (Seemann! n. 862). Also in Hawaii (Menzies ! in Herb. Hooker). Rami biunciales, cum foliis latitudine vix bilineares. Folia viridia. 3. P. Seemanni, Mitt. * Bonplandia, 1861, р. 367; rami elongati, simplices ; folia explanata, divaricata, semicordato-ovata, obtusa, in partibus superioribus ramorum attenuatis magis rotundata, margine toto ambitu breviter spinoso dentata, ventrali basi reflexa, dorsali recurva, basi subsinuata, e cellulis parvis rotundis interstitiis grossis areolata.—Viti (Seemann ! n. 864). Rami 2-5 uncias alti, latitudine cum foliis 4-lineares. Folia olivaceo-viridia.— P. superbe, Nees ab E., insulæ Mauritii simillima, sed foliis obtusis margine ubique dentatis. 4. P. geminifolia, (sp. nov.) Mitt. ; rami егесі, geniculati, proliferi, ramulis flagelliformi- attenuatis descendentibus; folia verticalia opposita, basi connexa, patentia, late obovata, apice rotundata, dentibus latis brevibus serrata, margine dorsali ventralique integerrima, involucralia dentibus majoribus lanceolatis denticulata; perianthium obovatum, compressum, labiis dentibus pluribus elongatis, ciliatum ; folia perigonialia imbricata, saccata, apice tridentata.— Viti (Seemann !). Also in Samoa (Powell! n. 50). Caules fertiles innovationibus uncialibus iterum iterumque proliferi, interdum 3-4 uncias alti, masculi unciales, apice attenuati arcuati descendentesque. So similar is this to P. opposita, Nees, found in Java and Ceylon, that until the perianths were detected it was supposed to be a state of that species, but it differs in the following particulars :—The cauline leaves are not rotund, but obovate or subeuneate; those embracing the perianth are strongly FLORA VITIENSIS. | 409 toothed with teeth which are also themselves dentate, and the perianth is broadly obovate; the lips rounded, and with many long teeth. Fragments of this species were mentioned in ‘ Bonplandia’ as P. opposita and P. Brauniana. II. Jungermannia, Linn. Caulis procumbens, subsimplex. Folia explanata vel sursum secunda, integra vel dentata, amphigastria parva vel nulla. Perianthium tubulosum, inferne leve, superne plicatum, ore contractum, dentatum. The three following species have not yet been discovered in Viti, viz. :—1. J. contracta, Nees ab E.; Gottsch. Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hep. 79.—Samoa (Powell!) 2. J. piligera, Nees ab E. ; Gottsch. Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. 81.—Sandwich Islands, with J. contracta (Hillebrand! Meyen!), Samoa (Powell !). 3. J. Esenbeckii, Mont. Ann. des Sc. Nat. 1843, p. 247.—Sandwich Islands (Gi дар 5. : 1. J. flexicaulis, Nees ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 87; caulis procum- bens, flexuosus, e ventre proliferus; folia densa, sursum secunda complicataque, cordato-orbiculata coneava, apice obtusa vel angulata, margine ventrali inflexo recto, dorsali flexuoso integerrima, . cellulis parvis areolata, involucralia integra vel obtuse bi-tridentata; perianthium apice denticulatum. — Viti (Seemann !), Sandwich Islands (Tolmie, Herb. Hooker; Hillebrand! n. 9). Р ring described from Java, where it is said to be frequent. It is found as far south as New ealand. ПІ. Chiloscyphus, Corda; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. 171. Caulis procum- bens. Folia explanata vel sursum secunda; amphigastria bi-quadri-pluridentata. Perianthium in ramulo brevi laterale, campanulatum, ore subtruncatum. The species comprised in this genus are in habit and general appearance intimately related to Lopho- colea, and, as in that genus, they are divisible into a green and a brown group, but in a less well-defined manner. The following are non-Vitian Polynesian species:—1. C. decurrens (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis pro- cumbens, elongatus ; folia sursum secunda, opposita, ovata, obtusa, integerrima, margine dorso coalita, ventre cum amphigastrio orbiculari dentato confluentia, cellulis rotundis spatiis intercalaribus distinctis » areolata ; folia involucralia parva, concava, dentata; perianthium tubulosum, superne plicatum, ore dentato ciliatum.—Sandwieh Islands (Nightingale), Samoa (Powell! n. 76). Also in Java and Penang. 2. C. coa- litus, Hook.—Aneitum (Milne! n. 874), Isle of Pines (Strange !). 1. C. confluens, (sp. nov.) Mitt.; caulis procumbens ; folia sursum secunda, opposita, subtriangularia, apice sinu parvo rotundato biciliato-dentata vel subintegra, margine dorsali sub- recta, undulata, basi connexa, ventrali rotundata, incurva, basi cum amphigastrio magno reniformi- rotundato, apice quadridentata, dentibus interioribus longioribus confluente.— Foliis biciliatis, Viti (Seemann !) ; foliis apice uni- vel sub-bidentatis, Samoa (Powell !). Statura habituque C. decurrenti simillima, sed foliis diversiformibus. 2. C. Endlicherianus, Nees ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. 184;. caulis pro- stratus, elongatus ; folia explanata, oblonga, obtusa, apice integerrima vel denticulis brevibus munita ; amphigastria parva, quadrispinosa, uno latere angustissime in folio proximo decurrente; perianthium compressum, apice dentatum.—Viti (Seemann !), Norfolk Island (Herb. Hooker), Solomon Islands (Milne !), Samoa (Powell! n. 157). This species, which is found also in Australia and New Zealand, seems to differ from C. argutus, so widely distributed in south-eastern Asia, in its more oblong leaves; in other respects the resemblance is very close. The Norfolk Island specimens have a terebinthine odour, whieh is scarcely perceptible in those from Samoa. IV. Radula, Nees ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. 253. Caulis procumbens, 410 FLORA VITIENSIS. pinnatus, rarius dichotomus. Folia lobo ventrali minore appresso, basi cauli adhærente, medio sæpe tumidulo radicellas emittente. Amphigastria nulla. Perianthium campanulatum, elongatum, com- planatum, læve, rarius plicatum, ore truncatum, bilabiatum. : | The following are non-Vitian species:—1. R. Javanica, Gottsche, idem Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. р. 257.—R. cordiloba, Tayl. Lond. Journ. of Bot. 1846, р. 375.—Hawaii (Menzies), Pacific Islands (Night- ingale; Herb. Hooker), Samoa (Powell, п. 160). 2. 2. decurrens (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis ramis breviusculis patentibus, plumæformi-pinnatus; folia explanata, dorso. convexa, divergentia, oblongo-ovalia, obtusa, margine ubique incurva, lobulo subquadrato caulem tegente, basi subeordato decurrente, margine exteriore revoluto, carina plicaturæ in caulem longe descendente.—Samoa (Powell!)—Caulis 3-4 uncias longus, ramis semiuncialibus, cum foliis lineam latus. Folia olivacea, subfusca.— R. Javanice similis, foliis autem angustioribus, lobulo majore, angulo insertionis exteriore et carina in caulem decurrente.—This robust species, at first sight, resembles some of the species of Madotheca. 3. R. cordata (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; caulis rigidus, procumbens, pinnatus ; folia imbricata, late ovata, obtusa, divergentia, basi dorsali semicordata, lobulo magno subrotundo, apice obtuse angulato, basi supra caulem late protracto rotundato semieordato auricu- lato, carina in caulem descendente, apice sinuata.—Sandwich Islands (Hillebrand !).—Rami biunciales, cum foliis lineam lati. Folia flavo-fusca.— Habit and size of R. decurrens, and, like it, more resem- bling Madotheca Stangeri in general appearance than any of the other species of Radula. 4. R. reflexa, Nees et Mont.; Mont. in Voy. de la Bonite Bot. Crypt. t. 147. f. 3.—Sandwich Islands (Gaudichaud !). 5. В. retroflexa, Tayl. Lond. Journ. of Bot. 1846, p. 378.— Pacifie Islands (Nightingale, Herb. Hooker.). 6. R. pinnulata (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis gracilis, procumbens, pinnatus; folia explanata, ovato-orbicu- lata, lobulo subquadrato angulo apicali semitorto, basali cordato, caulem tegente.—lsle of Pines (Strange). —Caulis 1-12 unciam longus, ramis sesquilinearibus, cum foliis latitudine semilineam metiens. Folia olivaceo-viridia.— R. buecinifere, Tayl., subsimilis, sed caule magis plumæformi pinnato. 7. В. acuta (sp. nov.), Mitt.; eaulis gracilis, pinnatim divisus; folia orbieulato-ovata, acuta apiculatave, subinteger- rima vel precipue margine dorsali denticulata, lobulo parvo acuto.—Isle of Pines (Strange), Pacific Islands, on a species of Trichomanes (ex Herb. Ward).—Caulis circiter semiunciam longus, cum foliis semilineam latus. Folia viridia, fuscescentia.—R. ancipiti, Sande Lacoste, Syn. Hepat. Javan. t. 10, simil- lima, sed foliis in caule primario sæpe integerrimis, lobulo diversiformi acuto. 1. R. spicata, Mitt. * Bonplandia,’ 1862, p. 19; caulis prostratus, vage divisus; folia subreni- formia, apice devexa, incurva, lobulo oblongo appresso usque ad medium marginis ventralis producto, apice obtuse angulato, perianthio oblongo compresso levi; amentula mascula parva, brevia.— Viti (Seemann ! n. 837). Caulis unciam longus, eum foliis semilineam latus. Folia olivaceo-fusca.—R. formosæ et R. scariose similis, sed foliis angustioribus et lobulo diversiformi. 2. R. amentulosa, Mitt. * Bonplandia, 1861, p. 367; caulis prostratus, vage ramosus; folia devexa, subreniformia, apice rotundata, lobulo satis magno obovato apice rotundato ad medium folii margine ventrali producto appresso; perianthium campanulatum, leve, spicis masculis parvis amentiformibus.—Viti (Seemann! inter n. 837). Caulis semiuncialis, latitudine eum foliis 2-linearis. Folia olivaceo-viridia. — R. formosæ similis sed minor, et folia angustiora, lobulo apice rotundato, sensim versus basin angustato; amentula mascula nune brevia triphylla, nune elongata exserta. 3. R. scariosa, Mitt. j Bonplandia, 1861, p. 367; caulis prostratus, vage ramosus; folia suborbiculata, convexa, apice incurva, lobulo subovali appresso ad medium usque marginis ventralis producto, apice rotundato scarioso-hyalino marginato, amentulis masculis brevibus, perianthio oblongo compresso lævi.— Viti (Seemann ! inter п. 837). Caulis semiunciam longus, eum foliis semilineam latus. Folia fusca.—R. formosa paululo minor, foliis magis orbieulatis convexisque. à V. Madotheca, Dumort. ; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p.262. Caulis procumbens, pinnatus. Folia lobo ventrali parvo appresso. Amphigastria integra. Perianthium campanulatum, compressum, ore integro bilabiato dentatove, FLORA VITIENSIS. 411 The following is a non-Vitian species :— M. viridissima (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; caulis elongatus, ramis divari- catis pinnatus; folia explanata, ovata, obtusissima, lobulo parvo anguste oblongo integerrimo; amphi- gastria ovato-oblonga, obtusa, integerrima.—Samoa (Powell! n. 161).—Caulis 34 uncias longus, ramis semiuncialibus latitudine, cum foliis lineam metiens. Folia intense viridia.—A JM. Stangeri foliis magis ovatis, amphigastrii forma magis ovata angustis, et lobulo angustiore diversa. 1. M. Stangeri, Lindenb. et Gottsche, iidem et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 280 ; caulis elongatus, ramis divergentibus pinnatus; folia dorso convexa, orbiculato-oblonga, lobulo late ovali, amphigas- trioque oblongo-rotundo, margine recurvo integerrimo ; folia involucralia denticulata, perianthio labiis denticulatis.— Viti (Seemann !), Tahiti (Collie in Herb. Mus. Brit.). Speeimens all without fruit, but to all appearance not different from the states of this species so abundant in New Zealand. | VI. Bryopteris, Lindenb.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. 284. Caulis primarius repens, radicans, ramos elongatos liberos ramosos ascendentes dependentesve prodens. Folia lobulo parvo involuto; amphigastria integra. Fructus e latere ad caulis apicem spectante ramulorum late- ralium oriundus. Perianthium plicatum. The following species is non-Vitian: —B. vittata (sp. nov.), Mitt.; rami graciles, elongati, ramulis breviusculis remotis, pinnatim ramosi; folia patenti-divergentia, ovata, acuta, margine apicem versus dentata, basi ventrali subdecurrentia, lobulo minuto suboblongo unidentato inflexo appendiculo parvo alæformi carinato, cellulis in folii medio majoribus ovalibus vittam fuscidulam formantibus reliquis rotundis ; amphigastria patentia, basi cordato-auriculata, subovata, apice sinu obtuso bidentata, lateribus reflexis conniventibus remote breviterque denticulatis.—Samoa (Greffe !), Tutuila (Powell !).—Rami 4-6 uncias longi, ramulis uncialibus patentibus, cum foliis lineam lati. Folia fusco-olivacea, вісса arcte inflexa.— The speeimens, which are not in a fertile state, are more slender with more remote branchlets than is usual in B. Sinclairii or B. striata, but in other respects closely resemble those species, from both of which, however, they are immediately distinguished by the leaves. * Eubryopteris.—Perianthium dorso planum, ventre unicarinatum. 1. B. Sinclairii, Mitt. * Bonplandia, 1862, р. 19; rami elongati, pinnati; folia patentia, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, apice denticulis paucis brevibus, margine ventrali incurva, lobulo parvo involuto in foliis ramulinis unidentato, cellulis parvis oblongis subobscuris; amphigastria oblongo- ovalia, apice obtusa, paucidentata, lateribus recurvis; folia involucralia lobulique elongate late lan- ceolati, acuti, breviter dentati; amphigastrium ad medium usque in laciniis duabus lanceolatis fissum; perianthium dorso planum, ventre unicarinatum, angulis denticulatis.— Viti (Sinclair! Seemann ! inter n. 843), Samoa (Powell! n. 152). Rami 4—12-unciales, ramulis subuncialibus simplicibus ramulosisve. Folia olivacea, firma, lineam longa, sicca inflexa. This species differs from Bryopteris filicina, Swartz, so widely distributed in South America, in its more elongated fronds, which are more produced at their apices, as if they would be indefinitely continuous. ** Ptychanthus, Nees ab E. ; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 289.— Perianthium subcompressum, 8—10-plicatum. 2. B. striata, Lehm. et Lindenb.; rami elongati, pinnati; folia divergentia, oblongo-ovalia, obtusiuscula subacutave, apice denticulata, lobulo minuto ovali involuto; amphigastria rotundata, apice retusa, denticulata; folia involucralia minora, acuta; perianthium obovatum, compressum, decemplicatum.—Viti (Milne). | Rami 8-4 uncias longi, ramis uncialibus, cum foliis lineam lati. Folia olivaceo-fuscescentia. These specimens do not appear to differ from those from India. VII. Phragmicoma, Dumort.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 292. Caules pro- 412 FLORA VITIENSIS. cumbentes ascendentesve, dichotome rarius subpinnatim ramosi. Folia lobulo inflexo uni-bi-tri- dentato. Amphigastria integra, rarissime bifida. Fructus terminalis demum ob innovationes in dichotomia. Perianthium læve vel plicatum. The following are non-Vitian species, viz.:—1. P. spathulistipa, Nees ab E. Hep. Javan. p. 38 (Junger- mannia).—Thysananthus spathulistipus, Lindenb. ; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 287.—Samoa (Powell, n. 167), Upolu (Græffe). 2. P. ligulata, Lehm. et Lindenb. in Lehm. Pugil. vi. p. 39 (Junger- mannia).—P. ligulata, Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 301.—Tahiti (Beechey), Samoa (Powell). 3. P. cuneistipula (sp. nov.), Mitt.; rami breves, parce furcatim divisi; folia patentia, orbiculato-ovata, sub- acuta, margine ventrali incurva, lobulo parvo quadrato unidentato, amphigastria obovata, subduneata, apice subsinuata ; folia involucralia eonformia, amphigastrium retusum ; perianthium tripheatum.—Isle of Piues (Milne, Strange), Pacific Islands (Beechey).— Каті 4 lineas longi, cum foliis 2 lineam lati. Folia fusco- olivacea. 4. P. tumida, Nees et Mont.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hep. p. 300 ( Phragmicoma).— Samoa (Powell). 5. P.olivacea, Tayl. Lond. Journ. Bot. 1844, p. 568.—Samoa (Poweil), Raiatea (Sibbald). 6. P. securifolia, Endl. Prodr. Fl. Ins. Norfolk; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 300.— Norfolk Island (Endlicher). 7. P.aulacophora, Mont. Ann. des Se. Nat. Bot. tom. xix. p. 259; Voy. au Póle Sud, t. 19. f. 1; rami procumbentes, inordinate dichotomi; folia imbricata, sensim perianthium versus majora, suborbieulata, margine ventrali medio sinuata, lobulo oblongo, apice bidentato; amphigastria orbiculata ; folia involucralia concava, apice emarginata, lobis subæqualibus inferiore acuto; amphigastrium magnum, integerrimum ; perianthium oblongum, breve, immersum, demum capsula matura exserta emergens, pluries plieatum.— Samoa (Powell), Manga Reva, ad radices arborum (Hombron). 8. P. immersa (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; caulis brevis, ramosus; folia divergentia, oblongo-orbiculata, margine ventrali lobulo rotundato involuto ; amphigastria orbieulata; folia involueralia subrotunda, majora, margine dorsali apiceque dentata, lobulo parvo dentiformi; amphigastrium magnum, integerrimum, orbiculatum ; perianthium inelusum, obovatum, dorso planum, ventre bicarinatum, angulis denticulis spinulosis curvulis in serie duplici dispositis ciliatis. — Samoa (Powell |) — Caulis 3-4 lineas longus, eum foliis £ lineam latus. Folia eastaneo-fusca. 9. P. fecta (sp. nov.), Mitt.; eaulis procumbens, ramosus; folia divergentia, ovali-rotunda, lobulo ovato inflexo; amphigastria parva, orbiculata; folia involucralia magna, lobulo oblongo angulo recto terminato; perian- thium rotundato-obovatum, margine late alatum, ala apice dentata, dorso planum, ventre carinis duabus superne dentatis.— Raoul Island, Kermandec Islands (M‘Gillivray).—Caulis semiunciam longus, cum foliis semilineam latus. Folia olivacea, involueralia perianthium tegentia. 10. P. subnuda (sp. nov.); caulis elongatus, prostratus, ramis remotis, subpinnatus; folia divergentia, ovato-rotunda, obtusa, integerrima, lobulo ovato involuto; amphigastria orbieulata ; folia involucralia ovalia, subdentata, lobulo oblongo plano, apice rectangulo; perianthium obovatum, emergens, dorso planum, leve vel plica parva, ventre bicarinatum plicis, ala angusta inconspicua remote breviterque dentata.— Sandwich Islands (Hillebrand).— Caulis sesqui- uneiam longus, eum fohis lineam latus. Folia nigro-fusea. 11. Р. contractilis (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; eaulis repens, pinnatus, ramis fertilibus ascendentibus; folia divaricata, ovali-oblonga, obtusa, margine dorsali apiceque denticulata, ventrali integerrima, lobulo parvo oblongo inflexo unidentato ; amphigastria rotundo- vbcordata, apice dentieulata; folia involucralia ovata, acuta, margine dorsali dentata, lobulo angusto incon- spieuo; amphigastrium rotundo-ovale, apice denticulatum, dentibus duobus mediis majoribus; perianthium obovatum, compressum, dorso planum, ventre apicem versus plica parva humile carinatum, margine superne denticulatum.—Samoa, ad arborum corticem (Powell!).— Caules repentes, unciam longi, ramis ascenden- tibus 2-3-linearis, eum foliis lineam lati. Folia olivacea, siceitate eontracta, e cellulis subovalibus mollibus areolata. 1. P. plana, Van der Sande Lacoste, Hep. Javan. t. 10 (Thysananthus) ; rami graciles, elon- gati, rigiduli, dichotomi vel subpinnati; folia parva, patentia, ovali-oblonga, apice obtusa, acuta apiculatave, integerrima, margine ventrali curvata, interdum flexuosa, lobulo parvo oblongo, apice apiculo hamato ad folii marginem curvato, cellulis in folii medio majoribus ovalibus, vittam forman- tibus reliquis rotundatis; amphigastria rotundato-obovata, apice crenata subintegerrimave, basi medio impressa; folia involucralia erecta, elongata, apice denticulata; amphigastrium oblongum, apice sinu rectangulo bidentatum, subdenticulatum ; perianthium oblongum, angulis superne dentieulatis.— Viti (Seemann !), Samoa (Powell), Sunday Island (Milne). Rami 2 uneias longi, cum foliis vix semilineam lati. Folia pallide olivaceo-viridia, rigidula, sicca ineurva, involueralia ad perianthii apicem attingentia.— Specimens all rather more elongated than in Javan examples. 2. P. bilabiata (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis breviuseulus, dichotome divisus ; folia patenti-diver- FLORA VITIENSIS. 413 gentia, rotundato-ovata, apice obtusa, margine ventrali rectiusculo, lobulo suboblongo, apice uniiden- tato, inde sensim in folium apicem versus angustato ; amphigastria orbiculata ; folia involucralia minora, oblonga; perianthium obovatum, inferne teretiuseulum, apice compressum, dorso depresse planum, ventre convexum bilabiatum.— Viti (Seemann !). Caulis 4-6 lineas longus, cum foliis lineam paulo angustior. Folia flavo-viridia. 3. P. calcarata, (sp. nov.) Mitt.; rami procumbentes, ramulis brevibus irregularibus ramosi ; folia dense imbricata, patentia, rotundato-oblonga, obtusa, margine ventrali inflexa, lobulo oblongo, apice dente calcariformi terminato ; amphigastria transverse latiora, subreniformia, apice recta ; perian- thium oblongum, obtusum, rostratum, triplicatum.—Viti, Ovalau (Seemann !). Rami 1-1} uncias longi, eum foliis lineam lati. Folia olivaceo-fusea.—L. twmide habitu et statura simillima, nec colore diversa, sed foliis lobulo dente unico calcareformi et perianthio ventre unicarinato diversa. 4. P. eulopha, Tayl. Lond. Journ. of Bot. 1846, p. 391; caulis elongatus, parce ramosus ; folia divaricata, oblonga, apice rotundata, incurva, margine ventrali medio sinuata, lobulo oblongo unidentato; amphigastria transversim latiora, subreniformia, margine recurva; folia involucralia majora, acutiuscula, lobulis amphigastrioque orbiculato denticulis ciliata; perianthium obovatum, immersum, dorso planum, ventre biplicatum, carinis omnibus spinoso-denticulatis.— Viti (Seemann), Pacific Islands (Nightingale). Caulis 1-11-uncialis, cum foliis semilineam latus, Folia fusca. 5. P. renistipula, (sp. nov.) Mitt. ; caulis elongatus, flaccidus, ramosus ; folia divergentia, ovato- rotunda, apice rotundata, denticulata, margine dorsali inflexo, ventrali lobulo parvo saccato ovato; amphigastria rotundo-reniformia; folia involueralia apice evidentius dentata, lobulo parvo acuto; amphigastrium magnum, ovali-rotundum ; perianthium obovatum, compressum, dorso uni- ventre bicarinatum, plicis denticulis spinosis ciliatis.—Viti (Seemann !). Caulis sub-biuncialis, vix eum foliis semilineam latus. Folia nigro-fusca. VIII. Lejeunia, Gottsche et Lindenb., iidem et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 308. Caules procumbentes, ascendentes vel prostrati, dichotomi vel pinnatim ramosi. Folia lobulo inflexo interdum obsoleto. Amphigastria bifida, rarius integra, in paucis speciebus duplicata vel nulla. Fructus in ramulo brevissimo lateralis. Perianthium læve aut plicatum. Sk Phragmicomoidee, Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 310. The following are non-Vitian Polynesian species belonging to this section, viz.:—1. L. eryptocarpa (sp. nov.) ; rami breves, parce divisi; folia patenti-divergentia, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, margine ventrali sub- recta, lobulo parvo rotundo-quadrato, apice rotundato; amphigastria orbieularia, foliis triplo minora; perian- thium foliis rameis obtectum, obovatum, dorso planum, ventre convexum, margine superne dentibus spinu- losis ciliatum.—Hawaii, supra Leptogium azureum repens (Menzies !), Samoa, ad Chætomitrium „frondosum adherens (Powell), Isle of Pines (Strange). —Rami unciam longi, cum foliis lineam lati. Folia tenera, olivaceo-fusca.—Species Z. transversali similis, sed minor. Perianthium absque foliis involucralibus propriis in axilla ramuli brevissimi laterali sessile. 2. L. squamata, Nees ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 322.— Hawaii, ad Radulam pallentem (R. Javanica?).—A pale green, much-branched species, of which the typical form of the Syn. Hepat. is stated to grow in India and in Hawaii. 1. L. procumbens, (sp. nov.) Mitt.; caulis procumbens, parum ramosus ; folia dense imbricata, divergentia, ovali-rotundata, apice incurva, margine ventrali recto, basi lobulo parvo rotundato involuto; amphigastria magna, transversim latiora, subreniformia.— Viti (Seemann). Caulis subuncialis, eum foliis lineam latus. Folia pallide albo-viridia, cellulis parvis obscuriusculis, [PUBLISHED JUNE 1, 1871.] ӛн 414 FLORA VITIENSIS. § 2. Omphalanthus.—Omphalanthus, Lindenb. et Nees ; iidem et Gottsche Syn. Hepat. p. 308. To this section belongs,—3. Z. pedunculata (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis elongatus, flaccidus, ramulis paucis brevissimis inconspicuis ; folia divergentia, oblongo-ovalia, obtusa, apice inflexa; lobulo parvo invo- luto, apice dentato; amphigastria magna, orbiculata, basi eordata; folia involucralia conformia; amphi- gastrium apice sinu parvo excisum; perianthium pyriforme, obtusum, quinqueplieatum, inferne sensim in pedunculum teretem attenuatum.—Samoa (Powell).—Caulis 24 uncias longus, ramulis 1-6-linearibus, cum foliis 1 lineam latus. Folia castanea, fusca, subnigra.— Z. filiformi statura similis, perianthio autem longe diversa. z § 3. Typice, Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 325. The following non-Vitian species belong to this section :—4. Z. polyploca, Tayl. Lond. Journ. Bot. 1846, p. 396.—Pacific Islands (Herb. Hooker), Tahiti (Sibbald), Samoa (Powell). 5. L. anisophylla, Mont. Ann. des Se. Nat. 1843, p. 263; Gottsche, Lindenb, et Nees Syn. Hepat. 377.—Sandwich Islands (Gaudichaud). A5 2. L. Hawaiiensis, Gottsche; idem Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 351 ; caulis elongatus, ramosus; folia divaricata, subdecurva, ovalia, acuta, interdum obtusa, apice inflexa, lobulo parvo ovato involuto ; amphigastria cordata, sinu aperto ad medium fissa; folia involucralia parva, acuta, lobulo lanceolato; amphigastrium ovatum, laciniis utrinque extus unidentatis; perianthium clavatum, teres, apice obtusum, subinflatum.—L. microloba, Tayl. Lond. Journ. of Bot. 1846, p. 399.— Viti (Seemann !), Hawaii (Menzies), South Sea Islands (Nightingale), Samoa (Powell). Caulis 1-2 uncias longus, cum foliis vix semilineam latus. Folia pallide fusca. 3. L. uvifera, Mont. Cent. vol. vi. n. 4. t. 6. f. 1; Syll. p. 77; caulis gracilis, elongatus, parum ramosus ; folia divergentia, ovalia, obtusa, apice incurva, integerrima, dorso convexa, lobulo ovato brevi saccato in caulem descendente, apice unidentato; amphigastria contigua, suborbiculata, ad medium usque bifida, laciniis acutis; folia involucralia minora, subovata; perianthium clavatum, inferne teres, apice obtusum, acute quinqueplicatum, mucrone demum in laciniis angustis fisso ter- minatum.— 4L. gracilipes, Tayl.—Viti (Seemann), Samoa (Powell), Aneitum (ex Herb. Knight), Pacific Islands (Herb. Hooker). Caulis subuncialis, eum foliis vix semilineam latus. Folia pallidissime luteo-fusca, lobulo satis magno tumido vel interdum fere obsoleto. 4. L. crassiretis, (sp. nov.) Mitt. ; caulis gracilis, elongatus; folia divergentia, ovali- rotunda, obtusa, lobulo parvo ovato involuto, cellulis grossiusculis interstitiis crassis areolata; amphigastria parva, rotunda, sinu subrectangulo ad medium fissa; folia involucralia obovata, lobulo lanceolato; perianthium obovatum, obtusum, compressum, dorso yni- ventre bicarinatum.— Viti (Seemann !). Caulis subuncialis, cum foliis semilineam latus. Folia pallide fusco-olivacea. $ 4. Ceratanthe, Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 395. To this section belongs the following non-Vitian species :—6. L. oceanica (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis rocumbens, inordinatim subpinnatim ramosus; folia divaricata, ovato-rotunda, apice incurva, lents obulo parvo involuto; amphigastria magna, rotunda, basi cordata, apice sinu angusto breviter bidentata, lateribus ineurvis; folia involucralia amphigastriumque apice dentata; perianthium obconicum quinque- cornutum.—Samoa, on Garovaglia Powellii (Powell !), Raiatea (Collie !).—Caulis 2-uncialis debilis latitudine cum foliis vix semilineam metiens. Folia castanea. é § 5. Acrogoniæ, Mitt. Linn. Trans. 1860, p. 58.—Perianthium pentagonum, turbinatum, angulis subcornutis. The following non-Vitian species belong to this section :—7. D. radiata (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; caulis pro- stratus, ramosus ; folia patentia, alterna, oblonga, obtusa, oblique acutave subdenticulata, lobulo parvo ovato inflexo, cellulis majoribus circiter tribus æquidistantibus sepe vix conspicuis; amphigastria parva, ad basin usque fissa, laciniis angustis; folia involueralia parva, lobulo obsoleto ; ampbigastrium oblongum, apice FLORA VITIENSIS. 415 breviter bifidum ; perianthium obovatum, apice truncatum, angulis quinis neutis.—Samoa, ad folia plan- tarum et in frondibus Hymenophyllorum ramis stellatis repens (Powell !).—Caulis 3-4 lineas longus, cum foliis 4-4 lineam latus. Folio nigro-fusca.—Similis est Z. trematodi. 8. L. pentadactyla, Mont. Cent. vol. vi. n. 3; Syll. p. 75.— Tahiti, in foliis Crossostylis biflore (Lepine). 5. L. tripuncta, (sp. nov.) Mitt.; caulis repens, ramosus ; folia patentia, alterna, sublanceolato- ovata, margine dorsali ventralique dentibus spinosis divaricatis 2-3 armata, cellulis in folii medio tribus majoribus pellucidis æquidistantibus in lineam dispositis, lobulo magno saccato, dimidium folii occupante laevi; amphigastria ad basin usque in laciniis angustis divergentibus furcata.— Viti, in foliis Spiridentis (Seemann !). Exilissima species, ramis cum foliis vix 1 lineam latis. 8 6. Eulejeunia.— Perianthium 2-5-plicatum. The following Polynesian species belong to this section :—9. L. Samoana (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis in cæspitem depressum intricatus; folia divergentia, rotundo-ovata, obtusa, lobulo ovato involuto; amphigastria parva, rotunda, sinu parvo bidentata; folia involucralia conformia; amphigastrium ovale, breviter obtuseque bidentatum ; perianthium obovato-oblongum, obtusum, deplanatum, dorso subconcavum, ventre convexum. — Samoa, ad corticem (Powell !).—Caulis cum foliis å lineam latus. Folia fusca. 10. Z. effusa (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis repens, parum ramosus; folia divergentia, oblique ovata, obtusa, integerrima, lobulo ovato involuto apice unidentato; amphigastria nulla; involueralia apice latiora, rotundata, lobulo oblongo obtuso ; perianthium obcordatum, compressum, dorso planum, ventre medio convexum.— Samoa, ad frondes Zricho- manis applane repens (Powell).— Caulis 2-6 lineas longus, eum foliis 4 lineam latus. — Folia albo-viridia.— Species pusilla, foliis integerrimis, cellulis exterioribus rotundatis, interioribus autem duplo triplove majori- bus oblongis. 11. L. cancellata, Nees et Mont. ; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 385.—Sand- wich Islands (Gaudichaud).— Planta exigua, aliquot linearum longitudine, fuscula, «САРАН 12. L. pacifica, Mont. Ann. des Se. Nat. 1843; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. 378.—Sandwich Islands (Gaudi- chaud). 13. L.vesicata (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis arcte appressus, repens, ramosus ; folia rotunda, obtusissima, lobulo ovato subsaccato ; amphigastria orbieulata, ad 4 usque bifida; folia involueralia subaeuta, lobulis acutis; amphigastrium oblongum; perianthium oblongo-obovatum, obtusum, quinque-plicatum, carinis plicarum cellulis vesieulosis tumidulis asperis.—Pacifie Islands (Beechey!), Isle of Pines, Main Peak (Milne !), Samoa (Powell ).—Caulis in maculas latas depressas vi prae latitudine eum foliis 4 lineam metientes. Folia pallide olivaceo-viridia, cellulis rotundatis pellucidis interstitiis grossis obscuris areolata. —L. Wightii, Indie orientalis similis, sed paululum majora, foliis e cellulis grossioribus areolata. 14. Г. arrectifolia (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; exilis; caulis repens, prostratus; folia assurgentia, ovali-oblonga, obtusa, lobulo satis magno saccato; amphigastria nulla; folia involucralia minora, lobulo unidentato; perianthium obovatum clavatumve, quinque-angulatum.— Isle of Pines, ad folia Spiridentis adherens (Strange !), Samoa, in frondibus Trichomanis repens (Powell!) 15. Г. variifolia (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; caulis horizon- talis, repens, cæspitosus; folia heteromorpha, assurgentia, rotunda obovatave, lobulo oblongo inflexo planove, sepe obsoleto; amphigastria nulla; folia involucralia majora, rotunda; perianthium pyriformi- clavatum, obtusum, superne æqualiter pentangulum.— Samoa, ad corticem repens (Powell !).— Caulis bre- vissimus, cum foliis + lineam latus. Folia olivaceo-fusca.— Species minuta, ramulis nonnullis, foliis assur- gentibus, lobulo obsoleto, Jungermannias parvas integrifolias simulans. 16. Z. alternifolia (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; caulis repens, ramosus ; folia remotiuscula, alternantia, rotundata, obtusissima, lobulo totam marginis ven- tralis occupante dimidium folii æquante subovato tumido, apice unidentato; amphigastria obsoleta; folia involucralia rotundata, lobulo acuto longe in caulem descendente; amphigastrium ovale, bifidum ; perian- thium ovale, obtusum, compressum, dorso planum uni- ventre bicarinatum.—lsle of Pines, ad folia Spiridentis repens (Strange !).— Exilissima, ramis semilineam longis, foliis nudo occulo inconspicuis pallide viridibus, cellulis minutis areolatis. 17. Z. lancifolia (sp. nov.), Mitt.; exilissima; caulis elongatus ; folia alterna, patentia, lanceolato-ovata, acuta, lobulo dimidium folii occupante obsoletove ; amphigastria nulla; folia involueralia brevia, amphigastriumque oblongum, bidentatum ; periauthium ovale, apiculatum, compressum, dorso uni- ventre biplicatum.— Samoa, ad folia Garovaglie Samoanæ repens (Powell).—Caulis 3-5 lineas longus, tenuissimus. Folia inter se remota, minutissima, pallide albo-viridia. 18. Z. occulata, Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 357.— Hawaii, ad Radulam Javanicam.—This species received its name from the presence of two or three enlarged hyaline cells во placed as to appear like an eyelet in the leaf near to the stem. 19. Г. mierodonta, Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 337.—Hawaii, ad Radulam Javanicam. 20. L. crenulata (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis procumbens, ramosus; folia imbricata, rotunda, crenata, lobulo parvo ovato involuto obsoletove ; amphigastria parva, subrotunda, bidentata ; folia involueralia obtusa obtuse acutave ; amphigastrium oblongum ; perianthium obovatum, obtusum, compressum, dorso uni- ventre biplieatum, angulis erenatis.—Samoa, inter muscos late cespitans (Powell !).— Caulis 3-6 lineas Suz 416 FLORA VITIENSIS, longus, cum foliis + lineam latus. Folia viridia subfuscaque, eellulis grossiusculis interstitiis erassis obscuris areolata.— L. vesicate similis, foliis autem crenatis. 21. Z. retusula (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis exilis, pro- stratus; folia alterna, patentia, ovali-oblonga ovatave, apice rotundato, lobulo parvo ovato, margine ubique егова, cellulis in papillam dentiformem productis areolata; amphigastria nulla; folia involucralia lobulo lato acuto ; perianthium obovatum, retusum, compressum, dorso concavum, ventre biplicatum, plicis erosis. —Aneitum, ad filicem quandam (Milne !) —Caulis eum foliis + lineam latus. Folia albo-viridia.—L. papil- late Mitt., e Nova Zelandia, similis, papillis autem multo humilioribus. 22. Z. pentagona (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; eaulis brevissimus ; folia patentia, laxe imbricata, subovali-oblonga, crenata; amphigastria nulla; folia invo- lueralia minora; perianthium obovatum, tumidum, obtuse quinque-angulatum, angulis erenatis.—Samoa, ad frondes Trichomanis (Powell !).—Caulis eum foliis 1 lineam latus. Folia albido-viridia. 23. Z. uncinata (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis repens, ramosus ; folia alterna, patentia, subovato-lanceolata, uncinata, decurva, acuta, e cellulis prominulis areolata, margine dorsali dentibus 1-4 plus minus conspicuis interdum obsoletis armata, ventrali integerrima, lobulo maguo ovato tumido involuto; amphigastria parva, furcata ; folia involueralia amphigastriumque spinuloso-dentata, ad perianthium obovatum obtuse pentangulum levem appressa —Samoa, ad basin саит Syrrhopodontis erocei (Powell), Sandwich Islands, ad caules Mastiqobryii cordistipuli repens (Gaudichaud).— Caulis 3-6 lineas longus, latitudine cum foliis 4 lineam metiens. Folia fusco-olivacea, involueralia adeo ad perianthium appressa ut primo adspectu facile præter- visa.—L. hamatifolie similis, perianthio autem levi, et foliis magis hamatis divisa. 24. Г. subquadrata (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis repens, ramosus ; folia alternata, patentia, assurgentia, subquadrata, acuta, inflexa, margine dorsali bi-tridentata, ventrale apicem versus uni-bidentata, lobulo magno ovato obsoletove, cellulis conformibus lævibus areolata; amphigastria ad basin usque in laciniis angustis fissa ; folia involucralia amphi- gastriumque ovalia, apice bifido dentata; perianthium obconicum, angulis. acutis dentatis.—Samoa, ad frondes Trichomanis (Powell).—Caulis 3-4 lineas longus. Folia minutissima. 25. L. Levis (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; caulis repens, ramosus ; folia patentia, laxe imbricata, ovato-lanceolata, margine dorsali ventralique denticulis paucis brevibus distantibus serrata, cellulis levibus areolata, lobulo ovato involuto tumido; amphigastria furcata, laciniis angustis.—South Sea Islands (Nightingale ).— Г. uncinate statura habituque simillima, foliis autem margine ventrali dentatis e cellulis levibus areolatis. 6. L. polyantha (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis prostratus, ramosus; folia divaricata, ovata, obtusa, lobulo parvo involuto ; amphigastria parva, ad medium bifida ; folia involucralia subacuta, lobulo elon- gato acuto; perianthium obcordatum, compressum, dorso planum, ventre biplicatum, lateribus integer- rimis subdenticulatisve; spice masculæ elongate, foliis imbricatis, margine cellulis majoribus limbatis,— Viti, ad frondem Trichomanis (Harvey !), Aneitum, ad frondem filici repens (Strange), Samoa, in Trichomanis frondibus (Powell). Caulis parvulus latitudine, cum foliis 4 lineam metiens. Folia pallida. 7. L. convexifolia, (sp. nov.) Mitt.; caulis ramosus; folia divergentia, imbricata, ovali- oblonga, dorso convexa, obtusa, lobulo elongato involuto, usque ad medium marginis ventralis pro- ducto, apice dente calcariformi hamato ; amphigastria parva, orbiculata, sinu parvo angustissimo bifida; folia involueralia conformia; amphigastrium oblongum, apice breviter bideutatum ; perian- thium obovatum, obtusum, compressum, dorso uni- ventre biplicatum.—Viti (Seemann !), Pacific Islands (Nightingale), Samoa (Powell !). Caulis vix unciam longus, cum foliis 4 lineam latus. Folia albo-viridia, firma, cellulis parvis rotundis areolata.— Г. firme, Mitt., Indie orientalis similis, sed minor et lobulis foliorum apice calcaratis. 8. L. superba, Mont. Cent. vol. vi. n. 5. t. 6. f. 2; Syll. p. 83; caulis prostratus, ramosus ; folia patula, semiorbiculata, apice in cucullum obtusum vel acutum tumidum producta, margine ventrali recto per longitudinem totam involuta, cellulis prominulis crenata vel levis, dorsali 3-5- dentata, recta flexuosave, e cellulis rotundatis mollibus parietibus torvuloso-constrictis areolata ; amphigastria duplicata, ad basin fere in laciniis angustis divergentibus fissa ; folia involucralia minora, ovalia, integra, carina parva, crenata; perianthium oblongum, apice truncatum, compressum, dorso planum, ventre uni- vel inæqualiter biplicatum, angulis apice acutis obtusiusculisve crenatis.— Tahiti, in Neckeria cylindracea parasitans (Lepine), Samoa, ad filices sparsim repens (Powell), Viti (Seemann !). ‚ Caulis 2-3 lineas longus. Folia 2 lineam longa, pallide fusco-viridia.— L. calyptrifolie similis, sed major. FLORA VITIENSTS. 417 IX. Frullania, Raddi; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 408. Caulis pinnatus, rarius dichotomus. Folia parva, rotundata, lobo ventrali sæpe parvo galeiformi vel clavato inflato, rarius explanato a cauli discreto, licinula parva dentiformi interdum interposita. Amphigastria rotundata, bifida, rarissime integra. Perianthium leve aut plicatum. The following are non-Vitian Polynesian species, viz.:—1. F. Hutchinsie, Hook. Brit. Jung. t. 1 (Jungermannia).—Sandwich Islands (Tolmie), Samoa (Powell !), Tutuila (Veitch). 2. Е. hypoleuca, Nees. ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 443.— Hawaii (Meyen ; Herb. Nees ab E.), Sandwich Islands (Gaudiehaud). 3. F. explicata, Mont. Ann. des Sc. Nat. 1843, p. 256; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 452.—Sandwich Islands (Gaudichaud). 4. Е Meyeniana, Lindenb.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 455.— Hawaii (Meyen; Herb. Nees ab Е.). 5. F. oceanica (sp. nov.), Mitt.; caulis pinnatus; folia divergentia, orbiculari-ovata, apiculo incurvo mucronata, lobulo a cauli distante clavato subpatente ; amphigastria cordato-orbiculata, bifida; folia involueralia lobulis amphigas- trioque laciniis lanceolato-subulatis subintegerrimis ; perianthium oblongum, mucronatum, dorso planum, ventre unicarinatum.— Hawaii (Beechey; Macrae), Sandwich- Islands (Hillebrand), Samoa (Powell).— Е. Pacifica robustior, intensius colorata, subnigra. 6. F. squarrosa, Nees ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 416.—Sandwieh Islands (Hillebrand, n. 13, ex parte). 7. F. alolotis, Nees ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 417.—Lord Howe's Island (Milne!). 8. F. pusilla (sp. nov.), Mitt.; eaulis proeumbens, inordinatim pinnatus; folia divergentia, ovato-rotunda, obtusa, lobulo magno galeato deeurvo, apice infra folii marginem descendente; amphigastria cuneato-rotunda, sinu parvo bifida ; folia involueralia obtusa, lobulis binis lanceolatis margine undulatis; amphigastrium profunde bifidum, laciniis lanceolatis subdentatis; perianthium breve, obovatum, dorso planum, ventre uniplicatum, inferne tota superficie lacinulis obtectum, apice nudum.—Isle of Pines, Main Peak (Milne!).—Caulis semiunciam longus, cum foliis semilineam latus. Folia Разса.— F. aloloti similis, sed lobulo majore. 9. F. Gaudichaudii, Nees et Mont.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 435.—Jubula Gaudichaudi, Nees et Mont. . Ann. des Se, Nat. 1836, cum icone f. 2.—Aneitum (Milne). 10. F. intermedia, Nees ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 434.—Solomon Islands (Milne), Samoa, Manua, near the mountain Olotane (2000 ft.) (Powell, n. 41), Aneitum (Knight, n. 158). 11. F.angulosa (sp. nov.); caulis sub- pinnatus; folia explanata, divergentia, orbiculato-ovalia, apice anguloso-subdentato, lobulo parvo, cauli approximato dependente anguste lanceolato explanato, in ramulis ulterioribus parva, obovata, inflata, decurvata; amphigastria patentia, orbiculato-ovata, sinu latiuseulo, laciniis aeuminatis; folia involueralia oblonga, lobulo amphigastrioque quadripartito serrata; perianthium ovale, triplicatum, plicis sublævibus.— Samoa (Powell).—Caulis 4-5 uncias longus, ramis uncialibus. Folia viridia.—F. nodulosa et F. intermedia gracilior. 2 1. Ғ. trichodes, Mitt. Bonplandia, 1869, p. 19; caulis elongatus, gracilis, pinnatus; folia subremota, patentia, ovali-orbiculata, obtusa, concava, ramea angustiora, margine angulis parvis irregulari implana, cellulis omnibus oblongis, lobulo clavato cauli parallelo vel paululum declinato interdum evoluto; amphigastria suboblonga, incurva, inferne marginibus sinuato-recurvis, apice bifidis, sinu angusto, laciniis latiusculis, folia amphigastriumque involucrale spinuloso-dentata.— Viti (Seemann !), on the branches or stems of Garovaglia setigera, n. 846. Caulis 4-uncialis, ramis 2-3 lineas longis.—. pacifica gracilior. Folia involucrum versus plura dentata. Ў 2. F. pacifica, Tayl. Lond. Journ. Bot. 1846, p. 406; caulis elongatus, gracilis, ramis brevius- culis, pinnatus; folia divergentia, ovata, breviter apiculata, apiculo incurvo, lobulo clavato a cauli remoto parallelo lacinia parva interjecta vel evoluto lanceolato ineurvo; amphigastria orbiculata, bifida ; folia involucralia lobis lanceolatis acuminatis integerrimis; perianthium oblongum, trigonum, mueronatum.—Pacific Islands (Nightingale), Samoa, Manua, near the mountain Olotane (2000 ft.) (Powell, n. 44), Viti (Seemann). Caules biuneiales, ramis sesquilineam longis, cum foliis å lineam lati. 3. F. meteoroides, Mitt. Bonplandia, 1862, p. 19; caulis elongatus, gracilis, pinnatus bipin- natusque ; folia caulina ovali-orbiculata, paululum devexa, apice incurva involutave rotundata, apiculo minuto subobsoleto terminata, lobulo evoluto lauceolato erecto, cauli approximato, in ramis cylindrico 418 FLORA VITIENSIS. subclavato erecto subdeclinatove a cauli remotiore; amphigastria suborbiculata, bifida, sinu laciniisque acutis; folia involucralia longiora, late lanceolata, lobulis late ovato-lanceolatis, amphigastrioque dentato-laceris; perianthium emergens oblongum, obtusum, apiculatum, dorso levi ventre unicari- natum.—Viti (Seemann! n. 834; Milne). 4. F. vaga, (sp. nov.) Mitt.; caulis procumbens, subpinnatim divisus; folia divaricata, oblongo- rotundata, apice inflexa, lobulo cauli approximato hamato decurvato ; amphigastria rotunda, trans- versim paululo latiora, apice sinu parvo brevissime fissa, lobulum tegentia.— Viti (Seemann !). Caulis biuncialis, eum foliis sublineam latus. Folia castanea. 5. F. nodulosa, Nees ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 443; caulis, ramis elongatis divergentibus, pinnatus bipinnatusve, ramosus ; folia divergentia, orbiculata, margine apice ventralique inflexa, lobulo parvo cauli approximato claviformi dependente ; amphigastria orbicularia, basi cordata, medio carinata, apice sinu parvo rectangulari bidentata, margine recurva; folia involu- eralia, marginibus incurvis subintegerrimis; amphigastrium lacero-serratum ; perianthium ovatum, dorso convexum, ventre unicarinatum, angulis subdentatis.— Viti (Seemann !), Tahiti (Menzies !). 6. F. deflexa, Mitt. Bonplandia, 1862, p. 19; caulis elongatus, bipinnatus; folia orbiculata, obtusa, lobulo clavato vel pyriformi deflexo a cauli subremoto ; amphigastria magna, lobulum tegentia, oblata, emarginata, sinu laciniisque obtusiusculis.— Viti (Seemann ! n. 834). Caulis 4-5 uncias longus, ramis divaricatis subuncialibus.— F. intermediæ statura similis, folia autem F. nodulose similiora sed magis orbiculata, et lobulo a cauli remotiore.—Spicæ masculæ breves, foliis arcte imbricatis. X. Marsupidium, Mitt. in Hooker, Handb. of the New Zealand Flora, p. 751 et 753. Caules erecti ascendentesve, simplices, Folia subverticalia. Amphigastria nulla. Perianthium in ramo brevi basilari nudum. 1. M. Urvilleanum, Mont. (Scapania); Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. 63; folia patentia, rotunda, apice integra vel oblique subretusa, denticulata, cellulis parvis rotundatis areolata. — Viti (Seemann). ‚ Å single stem picked from amongst Mosses is all that indicates the presence of this or some closely- allied species. | XI. Metzgeria, Raddi. Frons tenuis, furcata pinnatimve divisa, costa angusta percursa, e latere ventrali fructifera. Flores masculi in lobulis excavatis inclusi, e latere ventrali costæ oriundi. 1. M. furcata, Linn. Sp. Plant. (Jungermannia); frons furcata, vage divisa, linearis, pagina superiore glabra, margine costaque paginæ inferioris setulosa vel denudata, involucro e costa oriundo parvo monophyllo, calyptra carnosula setulosa.—Viti (Seemann), Samoa (Powell, n. 164). Frondes in speciminibus Samoanis margine recurvæ serie duplici ciliorum fimbriatæ, forma communi Europææ omnino similia. XII. Sarcomitrium, Corda in Sturm Flora Germ. vol. ii. p. 120. t. 35. Frons subsimplex, pinnata bipinnatave, e costa valida carnosa fere totam occupante constituta. Fructus lateralis. Flores masculi in lobis propriis dispositi, antheridiis immersis.—Aneura et Metzgeria ex parte, Gottsche; Lindenb. et Nees, Syn. Hepat. p. 493 et 501. 2 12-25 is a non- Vitian species :—1. S. multifidum, Linn. Sp. Pl. (Jungermannia).—Samoa (Powell !). 1. 8. plumosum, Mitt. Bonplandia, 1862, p. 19; caulis ascendens, compressus, nudus, bipin- natus, ramis ambitu late ovatis ramulis compressis margine integerrimis pellucidis пегуо paululo obscuriore notatis; involucri squamæ dactyloideæ.—Viti (Seemann ! n. 847). FLORA VITIENSIS. 419 Одро CX. MARCHANTIEÆ. (AucToRE W. MITTEN.) The following are non-Vitian genera, viz. :— І. DUMORTIERA, Reinw. Blume et Nees; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 542. 1. D. trichocephala, Nees; Hook. Icon. pl. 2. t. 159.—Sandwich Islands (Douglas, n. 71, Hillebrand, n. 4), Samoa (Powell, n. 150). II. Dexproceros, Nees ab Е.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 570. 1. D. granulatus (sp. nov.), Mitt.; frons subpinnatim ramosa, costa crassa opaca, limbo marginali lato margine dentato valde flexuoso erispatoque e cellulis subpellucidis areolato ; involuerum elongatum, tuberculosum ; capsula elongata, asperula.— Samoa (Powell, n. 144).—Frondes unciam longi, sesquilineam lati, rubiginosi.—1n this species the thin border of the frond is so much sinuated and crisped that the nerve appears as if beset with lobe-like leaves. 2. D. tumidulus (sp. nov.), Mitt.; frons furcatim ramosa, costa crassiore obscuriore e cellulis elongatis laxis areolata, limbo plicato tumido sinuato margine subdentato cellulis granuloso-obseuris rotundis areolato; involucrum elongatum, leve, capsula punctulata—Samoa ad muscos repens (Powell).—Frondes Sineam late, virides; involucra bilinearia ; capsula æquilonga.—This has the lamina bordering the fronds very little sinuated and the central costa far more soft and insensibly passing into the margin. ПІ. Ахтноскков, Micheli; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. р. 582. 1. A. flagellaris (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; frons sinuata, lobata, planiuscula, ecostata, levis, margine ramis ascen- dentibus elongatis angustis furcatis compressis obscurius areolatis ramosa ; involucrum læve, capsula elon- gata exserta, valvis divisis flexuosis.— Samoa, on decayed bark (Powell).— А. levi Europe similis, sed pro- longationibus 4-6 lineas longis singularis.—The curious branches which arise from the edges of the fronds much resemble in appearance some forms of Pellia. Two very different-looking specimens of species of Piagiochasma have been received from the Pacific, but too incomplete to afford any safe distinctive characters. в I. Marchantia, Linn. Receptaculum fæmineum masculumque ех apice frondis productum, margine radiatum. Involucra feminea radiis alterna. Perianthia 4-5-fida. Gemme іп scyphis e .dorso frondis enatis impositæ. 1. M. nitida, Lehm. et Lindenb.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 532; frondes elongatæ, planiusculæ, læves, poris parvis notatæ, subtus purpureæ, squamis parvis nervo contiguis ; re- ceptaculum femineum in pedunculo ramentoso hemisphæricum, subintegrum, margine brevissime lobatum, subtus ramentis dense obsitum ; receptaculum masculum lobatum.— Viti Levu (Greffe), . Samoa, Manua (1400 ft.), (Powell, n. 147), Tahiti (Collie), Hawaii (Macrae), Sandwich Islands (Hillebrand). The specimens of this Marchantia are none of them sufficient for an exact determination, but they appear to be the same as the species found in New Zealand as well as in India. Окро СХТ. LICHENES. (Асстовк J. M. CRoMBIE.) There can be little doubt that Viti, if not particularly rich in Lichens, must yet afford a fair roportion of subtropical species. It is, however, to be regretted that the few botanical collectors who Los visited it have here, as in other similar regions, paid 80 little attention to this interesting class of cryptogams. А few of the larger corticole sit chiefly Stictas, alone appear in herbaria, while terricole and saxicole species are entirely neglected. Dr. Nylander's Synopsis of the Lichens of the neighbouring Island of New Caledonia, amounting to 220 species (exclusive of varieties), will serve to give some idea of those which may be expected to occur also in Viti, and to show that a rich harvest awaits the researches of future collectors throughout the extensive Polynesian group. 420 FLORA VITIENSIS. In Forsters herbarium there are the following Lichens from Polynesia, but all without exact locali- ties:—3. Lichen globiferus, Linn. Mant. 133 ; Prodr. 586, С. J. А. 383—Sphærophoron coralloides, Pers. in Ust. N. Ann. vol. i. p. 23. 5. Z. hirtus, Linu. Fl. Suec. 1128; Prodr. 588; sed hoe specimen potius ut videtur ad U. floridam, Frs. L. E. 18, referendum est. 6. Г. pulmonarius, Linn. Fl. Suec. 1087: Skieta pulmonacea, Ach. L. N. 449: Pulmonaria reticulata, Hoffm. Pl. Lich. t. i. f. 2. 7. Sticta aurata, Ach. Meth. 277 ; non typica sed forma prope ad var. pallentem, Nyl. Syn. 361. 8. Lichen fragilis, Linn= Sphæro- phoron compressum, Ach. Meth. 135, et S. australe, (Laur.) Hook. Antarct. 195, 530. 10? Platisma filix, Hoffm. С. J. А. 387 = Stictina filicina, Ach. ut infra. 11. Lichen fucoides, Linn., sed hoc specimen modo Ramalina calicaris est. I, Stictina, Nyl. Thallus frondosus, varie lobatus vel laciniatus, sæpe sorediiferus, pagina infera rhizinis simplicibus, cyphellis vel pseudo-cyphellis ; strato gonimo e granulis gonimis glauco- virescentibus vel glauco-cærulescentibus constante. Apothecia juvenilia receptaculo thallino induta. 1. S. quercizans, Ach. Syn. 234, pro p. Nyl. Syn. p. 344; Sticta cinchone, Del. St. p. 155; S. damæcornis, var. Weigelii, Ach. L. U. 446; thallus cervino-fuscescens, mediocris, membranaceus, nitidiuseulus, levis, laciniato-lobatus, lobis crenato-divisis, margine granulato-isidioso, undulato, subtus tomentosus fuscescens, ambitu pallidus; apothecia submarginalia, fere mediocria, margine tenui nudo ; spore unicolores, 3-septatæ, fusiformes.—Viti (Seemann! n. 854). II. Sticta, Ach. Thallus ut in precedente, sed stratum gonimon e gonidiis veris viridibus vel flavo-viridibus compositum. Cetera omnino sieut in Sfictina. 1. S. damæcornis, var. caperata (Borr. Herb.), Nyl. Syn. 857; S. patula, Mont. L. Jav. 14; thallus flavicans, firmior, late expansus, levis, imbricato-lobatus, lobis apicalibus obtusis, flavicans, subtus fusco-nigricans, ambitu cinereo-fuscescens, interdum cephalodiis glomerulosis leptogioideis ; apothecia fusco-rufa, mediocria, marginalia aut sparsa, margine thallino parce crenulato ; spore incolores, 1—3-septatze, fusiformes.— Viti (Seemann ! n. 848). 2. S. filicina, Ach. Meth. 275, Nyl. Syn. 349; Lichen filix, Sw. Meth. Musc. +, 2. f. 1; Pla- tisma filiz, Hoffm. Pl. Lich. 3. t. 55; thallus pallide cinereo-flavicans, mediocris, parum rigescens, subopacus, laevis, substipitatus, lobis margine sinuoso, subtus ochraceo-pallidus, tomento rhizineo vix ullo; apothecia badio-rufa, sparsa, mediocria, margine thallino pallidiore integro; spore incolores, 1-3-septatæ, fusiformes.— Viti (Seemann! п. 849), © 3. S. damæcornis, Ach. Meth. 270, Nyl. Syn. 356; Platisma cornudame, Hoffm. Pl. Lich. t. 24. f. 1; S. macrophylla, Scher, Enum. 31; thallus pallide fusco-rafescens, late expansus, vix rigescens, parum nitidiusculus, levis, lineari-laciniatus, laciniis pinnatifidis apice dichotomis, subtus ochraceo-pallescens, tomento rhizineo parco; apothecia fusco-rufa, precipue marginalia, margine thallino fere integro ; spore incolores, 1-3-septatæ, fusiformes,— Viti (Seemann ! n. 850). III. Ramalina, Ach. Fries. Thallus pallidus, compressus, non nihil rigescens, erectus vel prostratus, laciniose divisus; apothecia sparsa vel marginalia; spore incolores, oblongæ, 1-septatæ ; paraphyses discretæ, mediocres, 1-5. calicaris, Fries, L. E. 30, Nyl. Prodr. 47, et var. canaliculata, Fries, 1. с., L. S. Exs. 72; thallus pallidus, rigescens, compressus, linearis, lacunose inæqualis, varie divisus, param canaliculatus ; apothecia subterminalia, pallida ; spore curvatulæ vel rectiuscule, 1-septatæ, incolores.—Nomen ver- naculum Vitiense “ Lami ni Vanua.” Viti (Seemann! n. 851). IV. Coccocarpia, Pers. Thallus typice monophyllus, textura cellulosa, granula gonima exhibens. Apothecia biatorina, adnata. Spore 8-næ, incolores, simplices, FLORA VITIENSIS. 421 1. C. molybdæa, Pers. іп Gaud, Uran. 206, Nyl. Lich. Nov. Caled. p. 22; thallus glaucescens, lobatus, ambitu radiato-inciso, margine ambitus crenato, et versus ambitum concentrice arcuato- rugulosus, subtus nigricanti-rhizinosus; apothecia rufa, plana, mediocria; spore ellipsoides, simplices. (Specimen tamen in hoc herb. non bene est evolutum.)—Viti (Seemann! n. 852). V. Verrucaria, Pers. Thallus varius, sæpe obsoletus, aut nullus proprius. Apothecia pyre- nodinea, perithecio denigrato, raro pallida, rarius colorata; spore varie. Spermogonia sterigmatibus simplicibus. 1. V. aurantiaca, Nyl. Syn. Pyren. p. 48; Pyrenula aurantiaca, Fée, Ess. Suppl. t. 37. f. 1; thallus tenuis, intense aurantiacus, laevis vel ruguloso-inæqualis, opacus, determinatus, intus albicans ; apothecia innata, perithecio integro nigro, minuta, interdum quædam confluentia; spore incolores vel fuscæ, 4-loculares.—Growing on Cocoa-nut-trees, and imparting to their trunks a reddish hue (Seemann! n. 865). Овро CXII. FUNGI. (Aucrore WORTHINGTON б. SMITH.) But few Fungi were collected by Dr. Seemann, and two of these were imperfect. His n. 856 is a species of Lentinus, allied to L. vulpinus, Fr., but the materials are insufficient; whilst his n. 855 belongs to Rhizomorpha, formerly held to be a good genus, but now known to be only the myceloid condition of different Fungi. This Rhizomorpha is one of the few Fungi used for dress, and thus described in Dr. Seemann’s ‘ Viti,’ p. 852. Speaking of the different * Likus,” or dresses, made of leaves and fibres, the author says :—“ Amongst the permanent Likus is one termed ‘ Sausauwai, the long black fringes of which, playing on the white Tapa, or on the fine limbs of the natives, has a most graceful appearance. Both on account of the scarcity of the materials of which it is composed, and its being unaffected by water, espe- cially when greased with cocoa-nut oil, the Sausauwai is highly valued by fishermen, and all people living оп the coast of Fiji; they will give twenty fathoms of white Tapa, and the Tonguese and Samoans as much as £1 sterling, for a single one of these elegant articles of dress. The fringes of which it is composed are of the thickness of a common wire, rather flexible, and occasionally ornamented with small beads. Placed under the microscope, the vegetable origin of these fringes becomes at once evident, and they are found to be composed of glossy black joints, of unequal length. None, save a few natives, had ever seen the plant producing them, and it was the general belief of all the foreign residents in Fiji that they were the roots of a certain tree, until Mr. Pritchard and myself made the subject a point of special inquiry during our first visit to Navua. A few words from Chief Kuruduadua, and two large knives held out by us as a reward, induced two young men to procure a quantity of this singular production sufficient for scientific examination ; proving it to be, not the root of a tree, as had been believed, but the entire body of a species of Rhizomorpha. The plant is vernacularly termed ‘ Wa loa,’ literally, black creeper, from wa, creeper, and loa, black—a name occasionally applied to the Liku made of it also. The Wa loa is confined to the south- western parts of Viti Levu, where it grows in swamps on decaying wood fallen to the ground; the threads of which it consists are several feet long, leafless, not much branched, and they are furnished here and there with little shield-like expansions, acting as suckers, by means of which the plant is attached to the dead wood upon which it grows. The threads, having been beaten between stones in order to free them from impurities adhering, are buried for two or three days in muddy places, and are then ready for plaiting them to the waistband.” I. Agaricus, Linn. Lamellæ membranaceæ, persistentes, acie acute, trama subfloccosa cum hymenophoro infero concrete. Fungi carnosi, putrescentes nec exsiccati reviviscentes. 1. A. (Pleurotus) pacificus, Berk. in Hook. Journ. 1842, p. 451; pallide ochraceus ; pileo apode, resupinato-reflexo, orbiculari, deinde in lobos pileiformes fisso, tenui, glabro, subvirgato, margine obscuriore elegantissime e lamellis tenuibus postice acutis integerrimis striato.—On sticks covered with bark, Viti Islands (R. B. Hinds !). Allied to A. nidulans. [PUBLISHED JUNE 1, 1871.] 31 422 ` FLORA VITIENSIS. II. Schizophyllum, Fr. Fungus excarnis, aridus. Lamellæ coriacee, ramoso-flabelliformes, acie longitudinaliter fissæ, lamellulis diseretis extrorsum revolutis patulisque.—Fr. Epicr. p. 402. 1. S. commune, Fr. Epicr. p. 403; pileo postice adnato, subporrecto, simplici lobatoque ; lamellis e griseo fusco-purpurascentibus villosis, acie revolutis.— Viti Islands (R. B. Hinds!). . III. Polyporus, Fr. Hymenophorum inter poros in tramam descendens, sed cum eisdem in stratum proprium seu discolor mutatum. —Fr. Epicr. p. 427. 1. P. sanguineus, Fr. Epicr. p. 444; sanguineo-miniatus; pileo coriaceo, tenui, reniformi, glabro, nitido, stipite laterali brevi, basi orbiculari dilatata adnato; poris minutis, rotundis.— Viti (Seemann ! n. 857). 2. P. affinis, Fr. Epicr. p. 445; pileo papyraceo, flabelliformi, rigido, castaneo, zonis obscuriori- bus picto, stipiteque laterali tenui æquali castaneo-fusco, basi scutato-adnato, glabris; poris determi- natis, curtis, minimis, albo-alutaceis.— P. lateralis, Pers.—Viti (Seemann! n. 858). 3. P. hirsutus, Fr. Epicr. p. 477; pileo suberoso-coriaceo, convexo-plano, pilis rigidis hirto- sulcis concentricis zonato, unicolori albido; poris rotundis, obtusis, albidis, fuscescentibus.— Viti (Seemann ! n. 859). IV. Xylaria, Fr. Mycelium atrum (exsertum saltem), matrici siepe maculate vel marmoratæ innatum. Stroma lignoso-suberinum, rarius carnosum, extus sepissime atro-fuligineum, quandoque tamen lætius coloratum, cyliudricum, clavatum, aut filiforme, teres seu compressum, simplex vel in ramos varie discedens indeque quasi fruticulosum. Conidia minima, ovata vel lanceolata, summam stromatis recentis partem in qua nascuntur veluti pulvere candido (‘ velo farinaceo, heterogeneo ”) cinereo, ærugineo luteove obruentia, moxque vel tardius evanida ; hymenio conidiophoro, gongylis concolore, e sterigmatibus cylindricis brevibus simplicibus et stipatissime sociatis facto, aliquan- doque in squamas tandem secedente, stromate nudato nigricante aut varie infuscato. Perithecia exigua, globosa, brevissime rostrata, aterrima, in extimo stromatis strato spisse nidulantis et modice protuberantia ; parietibus crustaceis; nucleo maturo udo, fluxili, atro. Thecæ anguste lineares, deorsum versus breviter attenuatæ, 8-sporz et paraphysibus longe filiformibus simplicibusque stipatæ. Spore oblique monostichæ, ovate, plus minus inæquilaterales, leves, atre, uniloculares oleoque fetee.—Tul. Carp. vol. ii. p. 4. 1. X. Feejeensis, Berk. in List of Seemann’s Viti Plants; suberosa, simplex vel sursum pal- mata, fusco-purpurea, rugosa, rimulosa; peritheciis minutis, subglobosis, subprominulis, ostiolis nigris; stipite brevi vel nullo.—Spheria (Hypoxylon) Feejeensis, Berk. in Hook. Journ. 1842, p. 456.— On stumps, Viti Islands (R. B. Hinds). More nearly allied to Xylaria hypoxylon, Grev., than X. polymorpha, Grev.; the nearest ally being Hypoxylon seruposum, Mont. V. Sphæria, Pers. Mycelium matrici plus minus maculate glabræque immissum, nec con- spicue byssinum. Conceptacula dense gregaria, suffulero natali imposita, exigua, globosa, nonnihil conica vel deformia, brevissime imo vix papillata, atque ex parietibus glabris atris et duris facta; alia minora pycnidea, stylosporis rectis et spermatiomorphis, scilicet brevissime linearibus et exilissimis feta; alia ascophora, thecis lineari-cylindricis monostiche octosporis, sporis autem ovato- oblongis multipartitis fuscis muticis et nudis gravida.— Tul. Carp. vol. ii. p. 244. FLORA VITIENSIS. 423 1. S. transversalis, Schw. in Fr. El. vol. ii. p. 94; innata, peritheciis erumpentibus astomis glabris, demum basi circumscissis, ramento macula fusca; sporidia uniseriata, fusca, elliptica, sub- globosa v. globosa, 070004 unc. long. (fide Currey in Linn. Trans. vol. xxii. p. 828).—Hoomospora transversalis, Breb. ex Berk.—Summit of Taviuni Island (Seemann ! n. 860). Dr. Seemann thus describes in his * Viti, p. 28, the occurrence of this plant on Taviuni Island :— * After another hour's scramble we reached the summit, and found it to all appearance a large extinct crater filled with water, and on the north-eastern part covered with a vegetable mass, so much resembling in colour and appearance the green fat of the turtle, as to have given rise to the popular belief that the fat of all the turtles eaten in Fiji is transported hither by supernatural agency, which is stated to be the reason why on the morning after a turtle-feast the natives always feel very hungry. This jelly-like mass is several feet thick, and entirely composed of some microscopic eryptogams, which, from specimens I submitted to the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, a weighty authority in these matters, proved to be Hoomospora transversalis of Brebisson, and the representative of quite a new genus, named Hoomonema fluitans, Berkl. A tall species of sedge was growing among them, and gave some degree of consistency to the singular body. We were not aware until it was too late that these strange productions were only floating on the top of the lake and forming a kind of crust, or else we should not have ventured upon it. On the contrary, we took it to be part of a swamp, that might be safely crossed, though not without difficulty, for we were always up to our knees, often to our hips, in this jelly. АП this caused a great deal of merriment. А little hunchback, who carried a basket swinging on a stick, looked most ludicrous iu his endeavours to keep pace with us. Now and then, when one or the other was trying to save himself from sinking into inextricable positions, he had to crawl like a reptile, and the others were not slow to laugh at his expense. The first symptoms of danger were several large fissures which occurred in the crust we were wading through. The water in them was perfectly clear, and a line of many yards let down reached no bottom. These fissures became more and more numerous as we advanced, until the vegetable mass abruptly terminated in a lake of limpid water full of eels. The border was rather more solid than the mass left behind, and all sat down to rest, from the great exertion it had required to drag ourselves for more than a mile and a half through one of the worst swamps I ever crossed.” Окро EQUISETACEZE. Milde, in his * Monographia Equisetorum * (Dresden, 1865), which was published in the Nova Acta, vol. xxxii., advocates the division of Equisetum into two genera, which he names respectively Equisetum and Hippochete, and of which he publishes generic characters; but in his subsequent enumeration of the species he abstains from adopting his new genus, and leaves it to future botanists to resume the responsi- bility of changing so many long-established names. Milde deals exclusively with the recent members of the Order Equisetaceæ; but Carruthers (Seem. Journ. of Bot. vol. v. p. 349. t. 70) has worked out the fossil ones, and, according to his able researches, the whole Order, as far as at рив known, is composed of two genera, viz. Calamites (including Asterophyllites, Annularia, Sphenophyllum) and Equisetum. Car- ruthers’s researches throw quite a new light upon the nature of our present Equisetaceæ,—the sheath, for instance, surrounding the stem being proved beyond doubt to be nothing but a whorl of leaves, very much reduced and united by their edges. In fact, the Equisetaceæ, as they are now growing on the globe, are but inferior Calamites, and fully bear out Gæppert's dictum, that Darwinism derives no support what- soever from the results of fossil botany. I. Hippochete, Milde, Monogr. Equiset. p. 379. Stomata 2, series maxime regulares in valleculis efformantia, semper stricte verticillata posita, in depressione profunda epidermidis sita, singula cellula quarta a se invicem disjuncta. Stoma exterius lamina silicea continua foramine amplo irregulariter pertuso obtectum. Radii stomatis exterioris numerosi 16-24, primum paralleli, denique divergentes, rarius furcati. Annuli incrassati, in caule veri desunt. Ocreola atro-fusca, fragilis, ex parte v. omnino velata, et chorophyllo stomatibus et fasciculis semper destituta videtur. Rami lacuna centrali præditi. Primum ramorum internodium vagina caulina semper brevius. Spica apiculata. Rhizoma tuberculis siliceis exasperatum. Plantæ caulibus homomorphis instructæ.— 312 424 FLORA VITIENSIS. Equisetum, Amb. Equiseta hiemalia, A. Braun. Equiseta stichopora, A. Braun. Equiseta cryptopora, Milde. Sclerocaulon, Doll. 1. H. debilis, Seem.; caulis sublævis, leviter sulcatus, debilis; carinæ 8-32 et complures valleculis multo angustiores; vaginæ cylindrice, truncate v. fragmentis dentium vestitæ, breves, longiores quam late, оге paulum v. non ampliato ; foliola subplana ; carina media angulata sub vaginæ margine evanescente et lineis tuberculorum plus minus exsertis singulis marginalibus; dentibus lanceolato-subulatis medio atro-fuseis membranaceis 2—4-nis basi et sub apice connatis plerumque truncatis; rami 1-4-ni, irregulariter dispositi, 8-co-anguli, cauli simillimi. Epidermidis lumen amplum; cellule undulatz, stomatum cryptop. series l-lineatæ 6 et compluribus cellulis interpositis ; carinze convexæ nude v. fasciis; vallecule plerumque rosulis vestitæ; lacuna centralis + et amplior, valleculares magne oblonge.—Equisetum debile, Roxb. mss. ex Vauch. Monogr. Preles. (Mem. Soc. Phys. et Hist. Nat. Gen. vol. i. p. 387) ; Milde, Monogr. l. c. p. 477. n. 17. E. aquaticum, Noronh. Verb. Bat. Gen. vol. v. (1790) p. 14? E. Timorianum, Vauch. 1. c. p. 876. Е. palleus, Wall. Cat. п. 1087. E. larum, Blume, Enum. Pl. Jav. p. 274. E. virgatum, Blume, 1. c. p. 274. E. elongatum, Мей. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4. tome iv. (1861) p. 87. Е. hiemale, Mett. in Pl. Ind. Or. edid. Hohenacker, n. 1240. E. Huegelii, Milde in Verhandl. Zool. Bot. Gesell Wien, 1861, p. 356. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, * Masi ni tabua."— Growing socially and in great abundance on low swampy banks of the river Navua, Island of Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 697). Also collected at Aneitum, New Hebrides (Milne and M'Gillivray !), and New Caledonia (Vieillard !), and Japan. Widely diffused over tropical Asia and the Archipelago. The Vitian native name, * Masi ni tabua," of this plant relates to its use of polishing whales' teeth (tabua) with it. “Masi” is also the name of a wild Fig (F. scabra), the rough leaves of which are used (as are those of the Sandpaper-tree (Curatella) in tropical America) for polishing and scouring things. No Equisetum has as yet been found in New Holland, but until recently it was not known that 2. debile existed in the Polynesian Islands, and it is very probable that, like many other Asiatic types, it may also be found on the continent of Australia. ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. - CRUCIFERÆ. à nes sarmentosa, Forst. Supra, p. 5.—Viti, locality not specified (Harvey! in Mus. rit.). PITTOSPOREÆ. Pittosporum rhytidocarpum, А. Gray. Supra, p. 8.—Nadi, Island of Vanua Levu (Harvey ! in Mus. Brit.). TERNSTRÆMIACEÆ. Eurya angustifolia, Blume. Supra, p. 14.—Viti, locality not specified (Harvey ! in Mus. Brit.). Saurauja rubicunda, Seem. Supra, p. 14.—Nadi, Island of Vanua Levu (Harvey !). Trimenia, (gen. nov.) Seem. Flores polygami. Sepala 5, inæqualia, imbricata, a bracteolis ad petala subgradatim aucta. Petala 5, valde imbricata. Stamina 10, 2-seriata; filamenta brevis- sima; anther lineares, erect, basifixæ, connectivo inappendiculato, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium ....—Arbor glabra; foliis oppositis, ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, serratis, basi in petiolum attenuatis, coriaceis, glabris, penninerviis; floribus brunneis, minutis, in paniculas axillares dispositis. I have named this new genus in honour of my friend Dr. Henry Trimen, of the British Museum, author (with Mr. T. Dyer) of a * Flora of Middlesex,’ and several étés к papers. Trimenia will have to be placed in the tribe of Ternstræmieæ of Bentham and Hooker, though the panicles are pluriflorous. There is only one species known, viz. :— 1. T. weinmanniæfolia, (sp. nov.) Seem. (Tab. XCIX.)—Weinmannia sp., Seem. in Bonpl. 1861, p. 256.—Island of Kadavu (Seemann! n. 198). - In habit this singular plant is so very much like some species of Weinmannia that in my preliminary List of Vitian Plants, published in the * Bonplandia,’ I enumerated it as one, and only became aware of my error when I worked up the Order of Sazifrageæ for this ‘ Flora. The branches are straight and terete ; the petioles 4 inch long; the blade of leaf 3-8} inches long, and 6-9 lines broad, rather rugose. The flowers (only the male being known) are arranged in axillary panicles, which are shorter than the leaves ; they form, with the bracts and calyx, obovate bodies, scarcely attaining the size of peas. The petals are ovate-obtuse, and about a third larger than the stamens. The filaments are slightly coherent at base, and the anthers covered with minute glands. ExPLANATION OF PLATE XCIX., representing Trimenia weinmanniæfolia, Seem.—Fig. 1, an entire male flower; 2, the same, with bracts, sepals, and some of the petals, removed; 3, a stamen :—all magnified. 426 FLORA VITIENSIS. MALVACEÆ. Gossypium tomentosum, Nutt. Supra, p. 22—Add: G. religiosum, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, vol. i. р. 179 (non Сау.). С. Sandwichense, Parlat. Sp. Cot. p. 37. t. 6. f. В. (1866); Seem. Journ. of Bot. 1866, p. 268. Gossypium religiosum, Linn. Supra, p. 22 in adn.—Add: G. Barbadense, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 60. С. Taitense, Parlat. Sp. Cot. p. 39. +. 6. f. А; Seem. Journ. of Bot. 1866, p. 268. HUMIRIACEÆ. (Insert before Malpighiaceæ, p. 29.) I. Thacombauia, (gen. nov.) Seem. Sepala 5, imbricata. Petala . . . . Stamina basi in ' tubum brevem connata; .... Discus annularis, е squamis 5 clavatis compositus. Ovarium 5-loculare, apice 5-lobum ; ovula in loculis 2 superposita. Drupa . . . .—Arbuscula glabra; ramis teretibus; foliis exstipulatis, alternis, brevipetiolatis, ovato-oblongis, acuminatis, grosse dentatis v. integerrimis, coriaceis, nitidis ; floribus axillaribus, cymosis, minutis. I have named this new genus after Ebenezer Thakombau (= Cacobau), King of Viti, under whose rule civilization took firm root in the islands on which this work treats, and who has shown himself most friendly to me during my stay in his dominions. The materials were sent to me after my departure by Mr. Jacob Storck, and, though they are not perfect, arę yet sufficient to show that this plant belongs to the Order Humiriacee, until now supposed not to be represented in Polynesia, of which it appears to constitute a new genus, differing from Vantanea and Humiria in the nature of the glandular disk, and from Sacoglottis both by the nature of the disk and its two-ovuled cells of ovary. At present there is only one species known, viz.:— 1. T. Vitiensis, (sp. nov.) Seem. (Tab. C.).— Viti Levu (Storck !) Not unlike, in general appearance, Casearia Melistaurum, DC. (supra, p. 98). Branches and leaves glabrous. Petiole 6-12 lines long. Blade of leaf from 8-12 inches long, and 4-5 inches broad, leathery. Sepals ovate, obtuse or slightly pointed, pubescent on both sides. Staminal tube 5-lobed, the lobes alter- nating with 5 clavate glands. Or, is what I have termed the staminal tube a glandular disk? In that case there would be a double disk, the inner terminating in 5 clavate glands, which would make the genus still more distinct from the others of the Order. EXPLANATION OF PLATE C., representing Thacombauia Vitiensis, Seem.—Fig. 1, a flower far advanced, and with stamens and petals fallen off; 2, the same, with the sepals bent back (N.B, There is here drawn one clavate gland too many); 3, one of the clavate glands; 4, longitudinal section of ovary :—all magnified. ICACINEÆ. Stemonurus Vitiensis, Seem. Supra, p. 39. This name must give way to Lasianthera Vitiensis, Seem., Lasianthera being the oldest generic name. Conf. Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. vol. i. p. 996. ILICINEÆ. Ilex Vitiensis, A. Gray. Supra, p. 40. The stamens are not so sessile as drawn in A. Gray’s plate, but on rather long filaments. Is the drawing incorrect, or is Harvey’s plant, on which I principally noticed the difference, a different species to that of A. Gray? In habit and other characters there does not seem to be any difference between the two. SAPINDACEÆ. Dodonæa viscosa, Linn. Supra, p. 49.—Viti, locality not specified (Harvey !) LEGUMINOSÆ. Erythrina Indica, Lam. Supra, p. 60. Му var. В may possibly belong to Е. ovalifolia, Roxb. = ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 427 Cassia obtusifolia, Linn. Supra, p. 67.—Viti, locality not specified (Harvey !). Inocarpus edulis, Forst. Supra, p. 70.—Viti, locality not specified (Harvey !). Entada scandens, Benth. Supra, p. 71.—Island of Lakeba (Harvey !) ROSACEÆ. Rubus tiliaceus, Smith. Supra, p. 76.—Viti, locality not specified (Harvey !) This is rather a Bramble than a Raspberry, as I have called it. MYRTACEÆ. Cupheanthus, Seem. Supra, p. 76.—In adn. :— According to Brongniart and Gris (Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 1866, р. 470), Gaslandia, Vieill. in Bull. бос. Linn. Norm. vol. x. p. 96, is identical with this genus, my name having the priority. The genus is an ano- malous one, and as its long tubular curved calyx reminded me of Cuphea, I named it Cupheanthus. At first I decided to place it in Lythrarieæ, and had canary? À the letterpress set up in that way, but finally deter- mined to retain it in Myrtaceae, chiefly on account of its inferior ovary, and certain features which it has in common with Punica, such as the thick valvate and coloured calyx, and the impunctate and subverticillate leaves. I now find that Bentham and Hooker (‘ Genera Plantarum,’ p. 696), whilst retaining Cupheanthus amongst the anomalous genera of Myrtaceae, refer Punica to Lythrariee. In my mind there is no doubt that Punica and Cupheanthus are closely allied, and must be dealt with collectively ; and it is singular that we should have arrived independently at the same conclusion about their affinity. Unfortunately, the only specimen of Cupheanthus existing at the British Museum, is imperfect, but I think there is no doubt that the calyx is valvate; 1 have never seen any calyx of the thickness of that of Cupheanthus that is imbricate, as the authors of the ‘Genera Plantarum’ suppose it to be. Recent investigations have almost completely broken down the boundary-line between Myrtaceæ and Lythrarieæ upon which systematists formerly used to rely. Nelitris Vitiensis, A. Gray. Supra, p. 80.—Viti, locality not specified (Harvey !). Metrosideros polymorpha, Gaud. Supra, p. 83.—Island of Lakeba (Harvey !). MELASTOMACEÆ. Naudinia, Dene. Supra, p. 86. Bentham and Hooker (Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 771) refer this to Astronia, Blum. RHIZOPHORACEÆ. Crossostylis, Forst. Gen. p. 87.t.44. Calyx profunde 4-fidus, 4-angularis, lobis 3-angularibus æstivatione valvatis. Petala 4, calyce inserta, ligulata, unguiculata, apice truncato 3-5-dentata, carinata, æstivatione involuta, decidua. Stamina fertilia 20-28, margini libero disci perigyni inserta ; filamenta elongata, subulato-filiformia, basi dilatata, subconnata, intus glandula subglobosa instructa; antheræ ovoideæ, introrsæ, 2-loculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes ; filamenta sterilia fertilibus alterna, iisdem dimidio breviora, subulato-linearia, villosissima. Stylus filiformis, elongatus, apice radiato 6-28-fidus; lobis filiformibus, apice stigmatosis, in phalanges plus minus coadunatis. Ovarium depressum, calycis tubo semi-adnatum, vertice libero demum convexum, 6-28-radiatum, incomplete 6-28-loculare. Ovula in loculis gemina, anatropa, e columna centrali appensa. Fructus operculo hemisphærico striato dehiscens, incomplete 6-28-locularis, loculis 1-2-spermis.—Arbusculæ glabræ; foliis oppositis, obovatis, integerrimis v. subserrulatis ; stipulis interpetiolaribus, caducis ; pedunculis axillaribus, 1—4-floris; floribus pedicellatis.— Tomostyles, Montr. in Mem. Acad. Lyon. vol. x. p. 201. LI 428 FLORA VITIENSIS. This genus has recently been augmented by several species, so that it is now composed of—1, С. biflora, Forst. Char. Gen. p. 44; Prodr. n. 266; et Icon. (ined.) t. 195; from the Society Islands (Forster! in Mus. Brit.) and Samoan group (U. S. Expl. Exped.); 2, C. grandiflora, Brongn. et Gris in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr., Nov. 1863, p. 377 ; from New Caledonia (Vieillard and Pancher) ; 3, C. multifiora, Brongn. et Gris 1. c., from New Caledonia (Vieillard, n. 48); 4, С. Harveyi, Seem., from Viti (Harvey!) ; and probably a fifth species, which was also collected by Forster in the Society Islands, but which was not named by him, and which, at the British Museum, is mixed іп one sheet with C. biflora, and on another sheet bears the name C. bifłora, written by Pallas, through whose hands these specimens had passed before they were purchased by the British Museum. This last species resembles my C. Harveyi, but the specimens are too imperfect to be described. : қ The following note on the genus, by Brongniart and Gris, extracted from the * Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France,’ 1863, is too important to be here omitted :— “The collections made by Messrs. Pancher and Vieillard in New Caledonia include, in bud, flower, and fruit, a plant which we recognize as belonging to the genus somewhat imperfectly deseribed by Forster as Crossostylis. The size of its flowers induced us to give it the specific name grandiflora, and M. Pancher, in his last communication, has been led to give it the same name. Crossostylis biflora, Forst., has been described and figured recently by Asa Gray in the Botany of Captain Wilkes’ Voyage (U. 8. Expl. Exped. p. 610, t. 77), but he did not see it in fruit, and his description of the flower, when compared with spe- cimens of this species, seems incorrect in a rather important point, relating to the structure of the ovary. Crossostylis biflora and C. grandiflora agree in all essential points of structure; they differ slightly in the form of their sepals and petals, and the number of their stamens, viz. twenty in C. biflora, according to Forster and Asa Gray, though we noticed twenty-one to twenty-four in the flowers of a specimen of this species from New Caledonia, and twenty-eight in О. grandiflora, one being in front of each petal, and six in front of each sepal. The same appendages are found at the base of the stamens within the calyx- tube. The ovary, which is plunged for half its length in the receptacle, and whose upper convex surface is marked with radiating striæ, has been described and figured by Asa Gray as having twelve cells with two ovules in each; Forster says the fruit is one-celled. In examining carefully the ovary of the two species at our disposal, we ascertained clearly, even in young buds, that the partitions observed by the learned American botanist are nothing but elevated plates springing from the base and sides of the ovary, but which in a later stage are neither united with nor even close to the upper free wall of the ovary. They are but incomplete partitions, prominent in С. biflora, and not more than slightly prominent nerves in O. grandiflora. These laminæ, however, indicate the number of carpels constituting the ovary, to each of which correspond two ovules placed on the central column which runs through the ovary. This column, at first very short, lengthens as the fruit grows, and as its upper surface becomes more convex. The ovules, which at first are horizontal, are ultimately suspended at the ends of rather long stiff funiculi in the fertile seeds. The stigma has as many small linear lobes as there are carpels, and these lobes, differently placed, are frequently united in four bundles, as Forster has observed. The carpels in C. biflora appear to be from twelve to sixteen ; in C. grandiflora the number is equal to that of the stamens, viz. twenty-eight. Тһе fruit, which no one but Forster has described, seems to us to differ much from his description. That of С. grandi- Йога externally much resembles Forster’s figure, but it is not an indehiscent berry. The upper convex part, forming a hemispherical lid, marked with radiating striæ, falls off after the rupture of the central column above the insertion of the seeds. This central column, which remains in the middle of the.base of the fruit, contains, in those we have seen, many abortive ovules and some fertile ripe seeds. These last were suspended at the ends of stiff subulate funiculi, which ended in a white, spongy, lobed caruncle, partly covering the seed. When this seed falls, the little cellular excrescence does not remain attached to it as an arillus, but to the funiculns. The presence of these seminal appendages in a fruit with many fertile seeds would resemble pulp, and this led Forster to call this fruit ‘bacca unilocularis polysperma. The seed is oval, with a black, smooth, shining testa; the perisperm is fleshy, thick, and the straight embryo is axillary; its radicle is directed upwards towards the hilum, and its cotyledons, not broader than the young stem, are elliptical, convex, and applied to each other. These characters of the seed con- firm the relation of this genus to, Legnotidee.—Since this note was read, we have seen in M. Vieillard's col- lection (No. 43) a third species of Crossostylis, which we propose to call C. multiflora. It differs from both the preceding species, firstly, by — forked peduncles, with much smaller flowers; secondly, by the much smaller number of the parts of the androecium and pistil, which are both reduced to eight, four stamens being opposite to the sepals and four to the petals.” с. Harveyi, (sp. nov.) Seem. ; glabra; ramulis crassis, nodosis; foliis obovatis v. ovalibus, obtusis retusisve, basi acutis, integerrimis, coriaceis ; pedunculis 2- v. dichotome 4-floris ; stylo 6-8- fido ; ovario 6-8-radiato, incomplete 6-8-loculari.— Viti, locality not specified (Harvey ! in Mus. Brit.) This species has smaller and more coriaceous leaves than C. biflora, from Tahiti (Forster!) The branches are stout. Petiole $ inch long. Blade 3-31 inches long, 14-2 inches broad, and quite glabrous ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. . 429 on both sides. Stamens numerous, but flowers too far advanced to allow of the counting of their exact number. COMBRETACEÆ. Terminalia Catappa, Linn. Р. 93, line 11 from above, read: “ green ” for “ grey.” TACCACEZÆ. Tacca pinnatifida, Forst. Supra, p. 102. Add as synonym: T. Oceanica, Nutt, in Ann. Journ. of Pharm. vol. ix. cum icon. Seem. Journ. of Bot. vol. iii. p. 261, where I have been able to settle this point, through Professor A. Gray’s kind offices. Tacca maculata, Seem. Supra, p. 103, line 24 from above, read : “ but,” instead of “апа.” HEDERACEÆ. Since I wrote the account of the Vitian members of this Order, I have completed my * Revision of the Natural Order Hederaceæ, with Illustrations, octavo ; London, Reeve and Co., 1868. Тһе whole Order is divided into five tribes, of which three are represented in Viti, viz.:— Trisus I. HORSFIELDIEÆ. — Stamina petalorum numero æqualia. Ovarium 2-(per excessum 3-)merum. Albumen æquabile. Hydrocotyle, Linn., ex parte. Nothopanax, Miq., Seem. Trisus II. PSEUDOPANACEÆ.—Stamina petalorum numero :equalia. Ovarium 5- оо (abortu 3- nunquam 2-)merum. Albumen æquabile, Agalma, Miq. Scheffiera, Forst. Trisus III. PLERANDREÆ.—Stamina 2—2o. plo petalorum numero, Ovarium 5—oc-merum. Nesopanax, Seem. Bakeria, Seem. (Stamens in this genus generally 15-23 in several rows.) Plerandra, A. Gray. CORNACEÆ. Rhytidandra Vitiensis, A. Gray. Supra, p. 119.—Add as synonyms: Marlea Vitiensis, Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. iii. p. 386. Pseudolangium polyosmoides, F. Muell. Fragm. vol. ii. p. 84. Rhytidandra polyosmoides, F. Muell. Frag. vol. ii. p. 176. According to Bentham, the genus Rhytidandra should be merged into Marlea, and this particular species, which is aiso found on the east coast of New Holland, should bear the name he has given to it. LORANTHACEZE. Loranthus insularum, A. Gray. Supra, р. 120.— Nomen vernac. Vitiense, * Saburo.” The leaves are used by the natives for dyeing their cloth and cordage black. RUBIACEÆ. Stylocoryne Harveyi, Seem. Supra, p. 124.—Nadi, Island of Vanua Levu (Harvey! in Mus. Brit.) Tatea, Seem. Supra, p. 125, in adn. :— This name must give place to that of Grisia, Brongn., which has the right of priority by some months. [PUBLISHED JUNE 1, 1871.] 8x 430 . FLORA VITIENSIS. My T. portlandioides, which is n. 850 (not, as by a misprint of mine, 890) of Vieillard’s collection, is G. campanulata, Brongn. et Gris, m Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 1865, p. 405. Lindenia, Benth. Supra, p. 128. L. Vitiensis, Seem., has been found by Dr. Græffe in the Samoan Islands, and by the French collectors in New Caledonia, where also a second species (Z. Austro-Caledonica, Brongn. et Gris, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 1865, p. 407, et in Ann. Se. Nat. (Bot.) 1866, p. 258) has been met with by Pancher in 1862, and also by Vieillard (his n. 651); so that now three species of this genus are known. The American L. rivalis, Benth., I have recently collected at Barquito, Port of Corinto, Nicaragua, and also on the Bayano River, Isthmus of Panama, the latter being the most southern station as yet recorded. Coffea Arabica, Linn. Coffee will one day rank amongst the staple products of Viti, the mountain slopes of Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, and Kadavu, and, above all, those of the valley of Namosi, being well adapted for its growth. Several old Coffee-trees I found in the Rewa district, showing the plant to be not of recent introduction. Dr. Brower, the American consul, established a plantation on his estate at Wakaya, and, at the time of my visit, the late Mr. Binner, of Levuka (Ovalau), had in his garden a number of thriving seedlings. Guettarda, Vent. Supra, p. 131, read: “Оуша suspensa” instead of “erecto” in generic character. Conf. A. Gray, in Proceed. Am. Acad. COMPOSITAE. Myriogyne minuta, Less. Supra, p. 144.—Viti, locality not specified (Harvey !). Sonchus asper, Vill. Supra, p. 145, line 7 from above, read: “disco utrinque tristriatis,” instead of “ disci utrinque triaristatis.” MYRSINEÆ. Mæsa nemoralis, DC. Supra, p. 148.—Viti, locality not specified (Harvey !). Mesa persicæfolia, А. Gray. Supra, p. 148.— Viti, locality not specified (Harvey !). JASMINE. Jasminum australe, Pers. Supra, p. 154. Bentham (Fl. Austr. vol. iii. p. 296), who adopts all my synonyms of this species, which should bear Forster’s (the oldest) name of J. simplicifolium, also refers to it J. acuminatum, R. Brown, Prodr. 521, J. confusum, DC. Prodr. vol. viii. p. 309, and with some hesitation J. funale, Dene. Herb. Tim. p. 77. APOCYNEZ. Tabernzmontana orientalis, R. Br. Supra, p. 159. Bentham (Fl. Austr. vol. iv. p. 311) has some remarks on the synonymy of this plant, he believing it distinct from either T. orientalis, R. Br., and T. Cumingiana, De Cand. At first I held the same opinion, and gave the name of 7. Vitiensis to my Viti plant, but Asa Gray referred it (* Bonplandia,' 1862, p. 37), though with hesitation, to 7. Cumingiana. I reconsidered the subjeet, and ultimately adopted the syno- nymy given above. Alstonia villosa, Seem. Supra, p. 161. There being an Å. villosa of Blume, I now name my plant 4. Vitiensis. ASCLEPIADEÆ. Hoya Samoensis, Seem. Supra, p. 163. The Samoan vernacular name of this plant is * Fue-ele-la.” p. 278 seq., for an account of this and other Samoan plants. GENTIANEÆ. a a genus of Gentianee with irregular (green) flowers, which modifies See Powell in Journ. of Botany, 1868, I have lately found in Nicaragu the ordinal character. ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 431 Limnanthemum Kleinianum, Griseb. Supra, p. 167.—Viti, locality not specified (Harvey !). Bentham (Fl. Austr. vol. iii. p. 167) refers this plant to L. Indicum, Thw., and does not think that any importance can be attached to the fact, whether the seeds be muricate or not. I could not find smooth and muricate seeds on the same individual. BORAGINEÆ. Cordia dichotoma, Forst. Supra, p. 168. Bentham (Fl. Austr.) refers this, I think rightly, to C. Myra, Linn., adding as synonyms ©. Browni, DC., C. latifolia, Roxb., and С. ixiocarpa, Е. Muell. CONVOLVULACEÆ. A. Gray (in Mann's Enum. Hawaiian Plants, р. 195) gives the name of Ipomæa Forsteri to Ipomæa carnea, of Forst., but no character. Не refers to it my n. 328, which I had called 7. sepiaria. Calonyction speciosum, Chois. Supra, p. 171. Add: Common in tropical Australia (F. Mueller !). Pharbitis insularis, Chois. Supra, p. 171. Bentham identifies this with Zpomæa congesta, R. Br. (Convolvulus congestus, Spr.). Ipomeea denticulata, Chois. Supra, p. 172. Bentham agrees with me in holding the doubtful 7. carnea, Forst., non Jacq., identical with this species. Aniseia uniflora, Chois. Supra, p. 173.—Viti, locality not specified (Harvey!). Also in tropical New Holland (F: Mueller !). SOLANEÆ. Solanum xanthocarpum, Schrad. Supra, p. 174. This is, according to H. Mann, 8. aculeatissimum, Jacq. Col. vol. i. p. 100, et Icon. Rar. vol. i. tab. 41; not S. æanthocarpum of Schrad. Solanum tetrandrum, R. Brown. Supra, p. 176.—Isle of Viwa (Harvey !). Solanum repandum, Forst. Supra, p. 177.—Isle of Viwa (Harvey !). Nicotiana suaveolens, Lehm. Supra, p. 179. Bentham (Fl. Austr. vol. iii. p. 469) adds the following synonyms to this species,—H. rotundifolia, Lindl., and H. fastigiata, Nees; but he overlooks some of the synonyms, which I referred to it from authentic specimens. SCROPHULARINEÆ. Herpestris. Supra, p. 180, read: H. Monniera instead of Moniera. ACANTHACEÆ. Adenosma, Supra, р. 184, line 2 from below, read: * triflora ” instead of “ ога,” Eranthemum. Supra, p. 185. To list of Polynesian species add: E. asperum, Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 5711; and, line 17 from below, 5467, instead 4467. Е. asperum, Hook. f., is closely allied to Е. repandum, which has, however, broader, ovate or ovate- oblong leaves, deeper cut at edge; peduncles 2-3-florous only; lobes of corolla more acute; and lower lobes less marked with purple. Зк 2 432 FLORA VITIENSIS. VERBENACEÆ. Faradaya. Supra, p. 188. Å new species of this was found by Powell in the Samoan Islands, viz. F. Powelli, Seem. Journ. of Bot. 1868. LABIATEÆ. Ocimum gratissimum, Linn. Supra, p. 191.—Island of Lakeba (Harvey !). Teucrium inflatum, Sw. Supra, p. 193.—Viti, locality not specified (Harvey !). LAURACEÆ. An additional Polynesian member of this Order was collected in the Hawaiian Islands (Oreodaphne Kaaiiensis, Mann ; Statistics and Geogr. Range of Hawaiian Plants, in Seem. Journ. Bot. 1869, p. 177). THYMELÆACEÆ. Wikstreemia fœtida, var. Vitiensis, А. Gray. According to Powell, the * Mati” of the Samoan group is not this plant, but a species of the genus Ficus. EUPHORBIACEÆ. Phyllanthus ramiflorus, Mill. Arg. Supra, p. 218.—Viti, locality not specified (Harvey !). Acalypha Wilkesiana, Mill. Arg. Supra, p. 225. This has lately been observed in New Caledonia. I introduced it into our gardens, where it is now å great favourite on account of its foliage. Acalypha insulana, Mill. Arg. Supra, p. 225.—Viti, locality not specified (Harvey !). URTICACEÆ. Sponia velutina, Planch. Supra, p. 235.—Nadi, Island of Vanua Levu (Harvey !). Laportea Vitiensis, Seem. Supra, p. 239. Weddell (De Cand. Prodr. vol. xvi. sect. i. p. 83) united ‘this with the allied Z. photiniphylla, Wedd., though the venation of the leaves is altogether different. Pellionia filicoides, Seem. Supra, p. 239. This plant Weddell has enumerated twice in De Candolle's Prodr. 1. c., at p. 168 under Pellionia, and at p. 188, under Elatostema. He thinks P. Vitiensis, A. Gray, which I referred as a synonym to this species, holding the specimen of it in the Kew herbarium to be a young plant, to be a distinct species, though closely allied. Until more specimens come to hand, the point cannot be decided satisfactorily. P. 240, after Pellionia filicoides, add: 3. Pellionia australis, Wedd. in De Cand. Prodr. vol. xvi. sect. i. p. 169; dioica; foliis sub- oppositis admodumque disparibus, in quoque jugo altero amplo elliptico subabrupte et anguste acu- minato basi obtuso v. acuminato fere in toto margine inæqualiter serrato 3-plinervio nervis subtus hirtulis, altero abortivo minimo fere deltoideo seu acute 3-lobo; cymis 4 densifloris, pedunculatis, pedunculo quam petiolus folii majoris longiore.—Island of Ovalau (Vieillard) іп Herb. Lenormand. Cypholophus macrocephalus, Wedd. Supra, p. 243. The Samoan name of this plant is “ О le Fau pata," not “ O le Tau pata," as misspelt; and one kind of fine mat made of the bark of this species is called * Ie-sina” (not * Jesina," or * je-sina,” as incorrectly written by me). Weddell (De Cand. Prodr. vol. xvi. sect. i. p. 235/11) separates one of his varieties of C. macro- Perder (viz. heterophyllus, my Bæhmeria Harveyi) as a distinct species, which he terms C. heterophyllus, edd. ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 433 Pipturus velutinus, Wedd. Supra, p. 243.—Nadi, Island of Vanua Levu (Harvey !). P. 244, Pipturus, add : 3. Pipturus platyphyllus, Wedd. in De Cand. Prodr. vol. xvi. sect. i. p. 235/19; ramulis hirtis demumque glabratis ; foliis amplis, ovatis, acuminatis, basi rotundatis, crenato-serratis, concolo- ribus, supra asperato-hispidis, subtus molliter pubescentibus ; glomerulis in spicas simplices inter- ruptas digestis.—Island of Ovalau (Vieillard in Herb. Lenormand). 4. Pipturus gracilipes, A. Gray in litt. Wedd. 1. c. Species indescripta.—Viti (U. S. Expl. Exped.). Missiessya corymbulosa, Wedd. Supra, p. 244.—Viti, locality not specified (Harvey !). Weddell (De Cand. 1. c.) refers this to the genus Zeucosyke, under the name L. corymbulosa, Wedd. Maouttia australis, Wedd. Supra, p. 245. = The Samoan name of this plant should be written “O le Faunuta," instead of * O le Taunuta,” as above. Ficus tinctoria, Forst. Supra, p. 249. By mistake the plate representing this species is numbered 73 instead of 63. Trophis anthropophagorum, Seem. Supra, p. 258. By mistake the plate representing this species is numbered 63 instead of 73. PIPERACEÆ. Peperomia pallida, A. Dietr. Supra, p. 259. Casimir de Candolle (Prodr. vol. xvi. sect. i. p. 458) separates my n. 565 from this, under the name of P. Vitiana, though I convinced him, in our correspondence on the subject, that the characters he relied on broke down; and in the last revise shect I finally expunged the name P. Vitiana. P. Oahuensis, Cas, de Cand., may also belong to this species as a synonym. CONIFERÆ. Gnetum, Linn. Mant. p. 125; Parlat. in DC. Prodr. Sec. ii. p. 348. Flores monoici v. rarius dioici. Amenta axillaria, raro etiam terminalia, solitaria vel 2-plura, fasciculato-conferta, simplicia v. subracemosa, cylindracea, articulata, interrupte verticillata, verticillis singulis bracteis in discum sive involucrum peltatum simul connatis cinctis. Flores paleis setaceo-laceris, laciniis filiformibus articulatis (bracteolis) immersi, nunc d et $ in eodem verticillo mixti, nunc in verticillos diversos v. in amenta propria interdum in diversa stirpe segregati. Fl. 3 bracteolati; bracteolæ 2, simul connate, involucellum 2-valve efformantes. Stamen 1 е fundo involucelli ortum. Filamentum simplex v. rarissime apice aut profunde? 2-fidum. Anthera 2-locularis, didyma, loculis contiguis v. in filamenti cruribus sejunctis, apice rima transversa demum porro dehiscentibus. Fl. $: In- volucellum 0. Pistillum 1, erectum, bracteolatum. Bracteolæ 4, per paria opposite et coalitæ, urceolum duplex utrumque apice pro emissione styli perforatum et pistillum includens efformantes. Ovarium ovoideum v. oblongum, Stylus longus, filiformis. Stigma fimbriatum. Fructus urceolis succulentis v. rigide coriaceis spurie drupaceus v. nucamentaceus. Embryo in apice albuminis dense carnosi subclavatus, cotyledonibus 2 minimis denticuliformibus, radieula in filum longissi- mum flexuoso-intricatum desinente.—Frutices sarmentosi, rarius arbores erectæ. Ram i oppositi, geniculato-nodosi. Folia opposita, coriacea, petiolata, petiolis supra sulco longitudinaliter exaratis et basi connatis, ovata vel ovalia aut ovali-oblonga, integerrima, penninervia. 434 FLORA VITIENSIS. 1. G. Gnemon, Linn. Maut. p. 125; arbor monoica; ramis articulato-nodosis; foliis oppo- sitis breviter petiolatis elliptico-oblongis vel ellipticis apice subacuminatis basi attenuatis; amentis solitariis vel paucis subumbellatis aut raro vix racemosis, rachide inferne nuda; floribus crebre verticillato-capitatis, verticillis subglobosis; drupis subsessilibus (rubris) ovali oblongis, obtusis cum mucronulo.—Parlatore, 1. с.; Blume! Nov. РІ. Fm. p. 30 et in Ann. des Sc. Nat. 2 série, t. 2. p. 105, et Rumph. vol. iv. p. 3. t. 176; Brongn. ad Duperr. p. 6. t. 1; Endl. Conif. p. 250; Carr. Conif. p. 536. Gnemon domestica, Rumph. Amb. vol. 1. p. 181. t. 71, 72. Var. В. sylvestris; foliis minoribus, drupis obtusioribus.—Gnemon sylvestris, Rumph. Amb. vol. i. p. 183. t. 78. Gnetum ovalifolium, Poir. Suppl. vol. ii. p. 810. С. sylvestre, Brongn. ad Duperr. р. 12. С. Gnemon, var. B. ovalifolium, Blume, l. c. ; Endl. l. c. ; Carr. |. e. —Nadi, Island of Vanua Levu (Harvey! in Herb. Mus. Brit.). This appears to be the most southerly station of the genus as yet recorded. LEMNACEÆ. Lemna minor, Linn. Supra, p. 288. Hegelmaier (Lemnaceæ, 1868), p. 139, points out that this species is not Z, minor of Linnaeus, but L. paucicostata, Неве. t. 8. As yet it has not been found in Polynesia beyond Viti, nor іп any part of Australia, though in many parts of the other continents. Lemna melanorrhiza, Kunze. Supra, p. 288. It is regarded by Hegelmaier, 1. c., as a species of Spirodela, viz. S. oligorrhiza, Hegelm. var. В. mela- norrhiza Hegelm. 1. е., p. 148. GRAMINEÆ. Schizostachyum glaucifolium, Munro. Supra, p. 323, line 19 from below, add after Nomen vernac. Vitiense, the word * Bitu” and a full-stop. Abacopteris simplicifolia, 366. Abelmoschus esculentus, 11; mos- chatus, 17. ABRUS pauciflorus, 63; precatorius, 63 ; squamulosus, 63. Abutilon auritum, 15 ; Menziesii, 15 ; periplocifolium, 15. Acacta biceps, 13; Farnesiana, 74; Jrondosa, 13; glauca, 13; insu- larum, 12; Koa, 73, 120; lauri- folia, 73, 807; leucocephala, 13; myradenia, 74; Richii, 73; spi- rorbis, 73. ACALYPHA amboinensis, 224; ani- sodonta, 226, bæmerioides, 226 ; circinata, 225; consimilis, 225; denudata, 226 ; Forsteriana, 224; grandis, 224; hispida, 226; insu- lana, 225, 432; levifolia, 226; latifolia, 295; Lepinei, 224; Neo- Caledonica, 224; Pancheriana, 224; repanda, 226; rivularis, 225, 251; tricolor, 225 ; virgata, 224; Wilkesiana (tab. lviii.), 225, 432. ACANTHACEA, 183, 185. Acanthus ilicifolius, 183; sinuatus, 185. Acatria Valli, 203. Achras costata, 151. ACHYRANTHES arborescens, 198 ; ar- gentea, 198; aspera, 199; biden- tata, 198; canescens, 198 ; debilis, 199; mutica, 198; A. prostrata, 199; splendens, 198; velutina, 198; virgata, 198. Acicalyptus myrtoides, 81; Seemanni, SL. Acæna exigua, 15. Aconiopteris obtusa, 373. Acroblastum pallens, 99, 100. ACRONYCHIA Eudlicheri, 81; levis, 31; petiolaris, 81: AcnoPHORUS Macræanus, 336. Acropleris, 352. Acrostichum æmulum, 372 ; aureum, 375; dichotomum, 375; digita- tum, 376; Feejeense, 372; gla- INDEX. bratum, 372 ; lanuginosum, 347 ; lonchophorum, 374 ; mieradenium, 372; obtusifolium, 373; pelluci- dum, 372; Quoyanum, 374; Requienianum, 374 ; Samoense, 372; spicatum, 374; splendens, 372; Tahitense, 372 ; Vieillardii, 373; velleum, 347. Actinostachys digitata, 376. Adamarum, 92, 93. Adenanthera scandens, 71. Adenocrepis, 220. Adenophorus, 364. ADENOSMA, 184, 431; triflora, 184. ADENOSTEMMA viscosum, 140. Adiantum Aneitense, 346; arcuatum, 346; Bennettii, 346; Capillus- Veneris, 846; Chusanum, 339; clavatum, 339; diaphanum, 346 ; fulvum, 346; hispidulum, 34€; lu- nulatum, 346, 358; nigrum Chi- nense, 339 ; pedatum, 346 ; poly- phyllum, 346; pubescens, 346; setu- losum, 346 ; tenuifolium, 339, 348. Adisea acuminata, 227. Ærva sericea, 199. Æschynomene coccinea, 55 ; coluteoi- des, 55; speciosa, 55. Ætheria, 295. AFZELIA bijuga, 12, 65, 68, 69, 260. AGALMA,429; racemosum, 116; rugo- sum (fig. p. 115), 116; similli- тит, 116; Vitiensis, 116. ° Agaricus pacificus, 421. AGATEA violaris, 6. Ayation violare, 6. Ageratum conyzoides, 140. AGLAIA basiphylla, 37 ; edulis, 37 ; multijuga, 37. Agricolæa, 188. AGROSTOPHYLLUM callosum, 296 ; megalurum, 296. Albersia gracilis, 198. | Alchornea scandens, 254. ALEURITES ambinux, 223; commu- tata, 223; cordifolia, 223; lan- ceolata, 223; lobata, 223; Mo- luccana, 223 ; ériloba, 65. Aleuritopteris, 347. Alkekengi, 178. Allium Ascalonicum, 310. ALOCASIA Indica, 285, 287; ma- crorrhiza, 285. ÅLPHITONIA excelsa, 43; frangu- loides, 43 ; zizyphoides, 43. ALPINIA Allugas, 290; Boia (tab. Ixxxviii.), 290; Vitiensis (tab. Ixxxvii) 290. * ALSODEIA Storckii, 7. ALSOPHILA decurrens, 333; lunu- lata, 333, 334, 390; Novæ-Cale- doniæ, 333; Samoensis, 333; Tahitensis, 333; truncata, 334; Vitiensis, 334. ÅLSTONIA, 153, 160, 430; costata, 161; ophioryloides, 161; plumosa, 161; villosa, 161, 430 ; Vitiensis, 430. Althea rosea, 19. Alyxia bracteolosa, 156, 157; bre- vifolia, 156; daphnoides, 156; gynopogon, 156; obovata, 156; olivæformis, 156 ; Sandwichensis, 159; scandens, 157; stellata, 157; sulcata, 156. AMARANTHUS bicolor, 197; Blitum, 197; cruentus, 197; Gangeticus, 197; gracilis, 198 ; melancholicus, 197; oleraceus, 198 ; paniculatus, В. crueutus, 197; £ricolor, 197. AMARORIA soulameoides, 34. AMARYLLIDA, 305. Ambapapaya, 91. Ambinux, 223. Ambulia, 180. AMOMUM Cevuga (tab. lxxxix.), 291, 292; Curcuma, 291; Ze- rumbet, 292. Amordica, 105. Amorphophallus campanulatus, 102, 103, 283. Amotum fagiferum, 70. AMPELIDEA, 44. Ampelygonum, 201. Amphicosmia Tahitensis, 333. Amphidesmium, 332. 436 Amygdala Indica, 92. ANACARDIACEZÆ, 49. Anapeltis, 367. Anasser, 164. Anaxetum, 367. Andrachne apetala, 221; trifoliata, 221. ANECOCHILUS longiflorus, 294; Roxburghii, 994 ; setaceus, 294. Aneuria, 419. | Angiopteris acrocarpa, 376; Втоп- | gniartiana, 376 ; commutata, 376; cupreata, 876; Durvilleana, 376 ; | evecta, 376, 877; Lasequeans, | 376; longifolia, 376. Angreca, 296. Anguillaria, 150. ANISEIA uniflora, 173, 431. Anisogonium decussatum, 856; escu- lentum, 357. Anisophyllum Chamissonis, 216. Anisum Moluccanum, 115. Anona squamosa, 5. ANONACEA, 4, 206. AMPLECTRUM ovalifolium, 88. Autanisophyllum, 196, Anthacantha, 216. £ Anthericum adenanthera, 312. Anthoceros flagellaris, 420. ANTHOSPERMEZÆ, 139. ANTIARIS Africana, 253; Bennettii (tab. lxxii.), 253 ; innoxia, 252; macrophylla, 252 ; saccidora, 253 ; towicaria, 252, 253; Zeylanica, 253. ANTIDESMA pacificum, 217; platy- phyllum, 217; spherocarpum, 217. Antigona, 98. Antirrhinum triandrum, 181. Antrophyum angustatum, 371; Brookei, 371; Grevillii, 371; lanceolatum, 371; Lessonii, 371 ; plantagineum, 371; reticulatum, 371; semicostatum, 371; subfal- catum, 371. Apalophlebia, 367. Apetalon minutum, 296. Apiaceæ, 112. Aplectrum, 87; ovalifolinm, 88. APOCYNEZÆ, 155. Aporetica pinnata 47,48; ternata, 48. Apoterium Soulatri, 12. ÅPPENDICULA bracteosa, 299; xytri- ophora 299. Aralia racemosa, 112 ; rugosa, 116; - Vitiensis, 116. Araucaria Cookii, 263 ; eæcelsa, 263 ; lancifolia, 266; subulata, 263. ARDISIA capitata, 150 ; grandis (tab. xxix.), 150; scrobiculata, 150; INDEX. Areca Baueri, 269; Catechu, 271; exorrhiza, 270; oleracea, 269; sapida, 269. Arenga saccharifera, 269. ARETHUSEA, 295. Argyreia alatula, 172. Aristolochiaceæ, 99. Aroidea, 103, 283. Artanthe, 260. Artemisia minima, 144. Arthroductylis spinosa, 281. Arthrophylium, 114, 116, 148. ARTOCARPUS. incisa, 255. Arum costatum, 285; esculentum, 284; macrorrhizon, 286. Arytera semiglauca, 46. Asarum, 99. ASCARINA lanceolata (t. xxiv.), 258 ; połystachya, 258. Asclepias Carassavica, 161; volu- bilis, 163. Asparagus terminalis, 311. Aspidium acutum, 361; adiantæ- forme, 358; alatum, 364; at- tenuatum, 360; biserratum, 361; Brackenridgii, 359; decurrens, 364; Forsteri, 364; hirsutulum, 361; invisum, 362; irregulare, 363; latifolium, 364; multili- neatum, 362 ; pachyphyllum, 364 ; pilosum, 361; ramosum, 362 ; re- pandum, 364 ; semicordatum, 558 ; simplicifolium, 366; truncatulam, 358 | truncatum, ЗІЗ ; tuberosum, 361. ASPLENIUM, 352; acuminatum, ° 858; Adiantum nigrum, var. acu- tum, 353; affine, 355; ambigu- um, 371; Amboinense, 353; Aneitense, 353; bipinnatum, 355; caudatum, 353; contiguum, 353 ; cuneatum, 355; densum, 353; deparioides, 353; decussatum, 356; dichotomum, 355 ; dissectum, 353; distans, 354; dubium, 855; elon- gatum, 353; enatum, 353; escu- lentum, 357 ; falcatum, 353, 354 ; Feejeense, 354; horridum, 353 ; induratum, 854; insiticium, 353 ; Kaulfussii, 353 ; laserpetiifolium, 855; lobulatum, 353; Macraei, 353; macrophyllum, 354; Men- тезі, 353 ; Milnei, 353; multi- fidum, 355; multijugum, 958; multilineatum, 354; nidus, 353 ; Nove Caledoniae, 353; normale, 953; obtusilobum, 355; para- doxum, 353; patens, 353; ра- vonicum, 353 ; Poiretianum, 353 ; | polyodon, 354; polyphyllum, 353 ; Storckii, 150; Vitiensis, 150. wroductum, 353; proliferum, 356 ; prolongatum, 355 ; remotum, 353, 354; rutaefolium, В. furcatum, 355 ; salignum, 354; See- manni, 955; scolopendrioides, 354; Shuttleworthianum, 353; sororium, 356 ; spathulinum, 353 ; strictum, 853; Sumatranum, 354; Sundense, 354; tenerum, 353, 356; Trichomanes, 353; Vieil- lardii, 353; viridans, 353; Viti- ense, 857, vittæforme, 354. Aspilotum, 164. Astelia Menziesiana, 313; montana (tab. xev.), 313; veratroides, 313. Astragalus lanuginosus, 66. Astrogyne, 222. ASTRONIA, 84, 85, 427 ; confutiflora, 86; Forsteri, 85, 86; fraterna, 85, 86; Pickeringii, 86; robusta, 86; Slorckii, 87; tormentosa, 86. ASTRONIDIUM parviflorum, 87; Storckii, 87. Ataccia, 101. Athroandra, 224. Azadirachta, 36. BACCAUREA Seemanni, 221; styla- ris, 221; Taitensis, 220; Wilke- siana, 220. à Badusa corymbifera, 191. Bæckia Nelitroides, 84. Bæobotrys memoralis, 148. BAKERIA Vitiensis, 117, 429, (tab. ххі.) BALANOPHORA fungosa, 99. Balanopteris minor, 24; Tothila, 24. Balantium, 335. Balsamaria Inophyllum, 12. Balogia lacida, 231. Barberina, 153. BARRINGTONIA Butonica, 82; edu- lis, 82; excelsa, 88, racemos», 83. Bartramia asperifolia, 381; laxis- sima, 381 ; obtusifolia, 381. Bassia Amicorum, 150 ; obovata, 150. Baratas edulis, 170, paniculata, 173; pentaphylla, 170. Bauhinia tomentosa, 69. Bernhardia dichotoma, 331 ; pedun- culata, 330. Besleria laurifolia, 165; cymosa, 181. Beythea, 28. Bhizoglossum, 377. Bicorona phyllireoides, 155. Bidaria, 162, 163. Bidens fruticosa, 143 ; lantanoides, 143; leucantha, 148; paniculata, 143; pilosa, 143; tennifolia, 144. Bignoniaceæ, 188. тике grandiflora, 124; tetrandra, 124. Bingator maritima, 12. BISCHOFFIA, Cumingiana, 221 ; ja- vanica, 221; leptopoda, 221; ræperiana, 221. BIAINEA, 7. Blaberopus, 161. Blackwellia, 95. Bladhia, 150. Blastus, 87. Blechnopsis orientale, 352. Blechnoides, 268. BLECHNUM contiguum, 350, 351; irregulare, 351; orientale, 959; striatum, 351; vittatum, 352. Bletia angustifolia, 300. BLUMEA aromatica, 141; Milnei (t. xxvli.), 141; virens, 141. Bobea. brevipes, 198 ; elatior, 128; Forsteri, 180; Gærtneri, 130. Bocquillonia brevipes, 915; sessili- flora, 215 ; spicata, 215. BGHMERIA albida, 243; australis, 242; Candolleana, 244; cephalida, 241; Harveyi, 432, 242; incana; 243; interrupta, 242; platyphylla, propingua, 244; stipularis, 242; Taitensis, 242; velutina, 243; virgata, 242. BOERHAAVIA diandra, 196 ; diffusa, 196; erecta, 196; procumbens, 196; telrandra, 126. Bojeriee, 140. Bombycospermum, 110. Bona-nox, 171. Bonamia Menziesii, 170. BORAGINEZÆ, 168. i Borassus Æthiopum, 278; flabelli- Jormis, 275 ; (2) Thur, 269. Botrychium subbifoliatum, 377. Botryodendrum angustifolium, 119; cerberoides, 118 ; lancifolium, 118; latifolium, 119; macrophyllum, 119; Sinclairii, 119; Taitense, 118. BUCHANANIA florida, 50. Buchozia furtiflora, 331. Bulbophyllum longiflorum, 302. Buphthalmum —helianthoides, 142; uniflorum, 142. : Burneya Forsteri, 130. Bursaria, 164. Butonica speeiosa, 82 ; splendida, 82, 207. Buxbaumiæ, 403. Brachypterum, 65. Brachysorus, 352. Brachysteleum, 378. BRACKENRIDGEA nitida, 34. Bradleia glochidon, 218; laevigata, 218 ; nitida, 219; pubescens, 218; Zeylanica, 218. Brehmia, 166. INDEX. Breynia distycha, 215, 218. Bridelia buxifolia, 215. Bromeliaceæ, 313. Broussaisia arguta, 108; pellucida, 108. BROUSSONETIA papyrifera, 246, 248, 251. Brucea quercifolia, 33; Sumatrana, Brugmansia, 178. BRUGUIERA australis, 91; gymno- rhiza, 91; Rheedii, 91; Rumphii, | 91. Bryonia Johnstoni, 104. Bryopteris Sinelairii, 411; striata 411; vittata, 411. Bryum atropurpureum, 382; Bey- richianum, 383 ; Billardierii, 383; chrysoneuron, 883; coarctatum, 382; Commersoni, 383 ; erythro- carpum, 383 ; leptothecium, 383; megalostegium, 382; nutans, 382 ; pallens, 383 ; rufescens, 388 ; tur- binatum, 383; umbraculum, 388. BURSERACEZÆ, 34. Butonica splendida, 207. Caballeria, 148. Cacara, 63. Cadamba jasminiflora, 131. Cænopteris, 352. CæÆsaLPINIA Bonduc, 66 ; Bondu- cella, 66; Nuga, 66; pulcherrima, 74; Sappan, 211. Cajanus Indicus, 74. Caladium giganteum, 286. Calamites, 423. CALANTHE gracillima, 298; holo- lenca, 298 ; speciosa, 298 ; venti- labrum, 298; veratrifolia, 298. 'allicostella, 392. Callipteris ambigua, 357 ; arborescens, 357; maładarica, 357; prolifera, 356. Callogramme, 372. Całocasia Indica, 286. Calodium, 203. Calomnion denticulatum, 383 ; len- tum, 383. CALONYCTION comosperma, 171; speciosum, 170, 171, 431. CALOPHYLLUM Burmanni, 11; Bar- manni v. parvifolium, 11; Bin- gator, 19; Blumei, 12; hirtellum, 12; Inophyllum, 12; montanum, 11, ovalifolium, 12; spectabile, H. Cazycosra Milnei, 133; heliolata, 183 ; pubiflora, 133. Calymella, 331. : Calymperes, Dozyanum, 390; lori- 437 folium, 890; moluccense, 390; porrectum, 390; serratum, 390 ; Taitense, 390. Calypogeia, trichomanis, 407, 419; Raddi, 407, 419. CaLYSACCION Chinense, 18; longi- folium, 13; tinctorium (tab. ix.) 13. Calystegia affinis, 170; marginata, 170; soldanella, 170. Calyptothecium prælongum, 392. CALYPTRANTHES confertiflora, 82, eugenioides, 81; myrtoides, 81 Seemanni, 81. Calyptroon, 220. Cambessedia, 50. Camiram cordifoliam, 223 ; oleosum, 223. Camphora, 201. Campylopus exasperatus, 331; intro- flexus, 385 ; umbellatus, 385. CANANGA odorata, 4. CaNARIUM Harveyi, 85; Vitiense, 35. CANAVALIA galeata, 59, Gaudi- chaudii, 59; pubescens, 59; ob- tusifolia, 58; sericea, 58; tur- gida, 59. , Candarum, 283. Canicidia, 53. CANNA Indica, 292. Canthiew, 166. CANTHIOPSIS odoratum (tab. xlvii.), 166. Canthium barbatum, 132; Beecheyi, 132; flavidum, 132; lucidum, 132; odoratum, 132 ; sessilifolium, 132. Canthum, 132. Capelia biflora, 3 ; membranifolia, 4. Capparis Richii, 6. Capraria crustacea, 180, Capsicum frutescens, 177, 292. Capura purpurata, 207. Caranosi, 190. CARAPA moluccensis, 38; obovata, 38. CaRDAMINE sarmentosa, 5, 425. Cardanthera, 184. | CARDIOSPERMUM Halicabum, 45; microcarpum, 45. Cardophora Hindsii, 34. Carica Mamaya, 97, Papaya, 97. Carissa grandis, 165. Carpopogon giganteum, 60. CARRUTHERSJA scandens (tab. xxx.) 156. CaRUMBIUM acuminatum, 232; mæ- renhoutianum, 232 ; nutans, 232; pedicellatum, 232; polyandrum, 232. 31 438 % Caryota, 272, 273, 276. Casarettoa, 190. CASEARIA acuminatissima, 98; dis- ~ tichia, 98; impuncta, 98; Richii, 98; Melistaurum, 98, 426. CASSIA arborescens, 67; Gaudi- chaudii, 67 ; glauca, 67; lævigata, obtusifolia, 67,427; occidentalis, 67 and 68; Pancheri, 68; pur- purea, 67; Sophora, 67, 68; sulfurea, 67; Surattensis, 67. CASSYTHA filiformis, 203. Castiglionia lobata, 230. Casuarina Africana, 263 ; equi- setifolia, 263; lateriflora, 263 ; littoralis, 263 ; littorea, 263 ; muricata, 263; nodiflora, 262, 263; verticillata, 263. CASUARINEA, 262. Catappa domestica, 93; litorea, 93, 94 Catha crenata, 41; Vitiensis, 40. Caturus acuminatus, 254; Cunning- hami, 254; Deplanchei, 254 ; Jagifolius, 254; oblongatus, 954; pelagicus, 254, 255; scandens, 254; torulosus, 254; virescens, 254, : Ceanothus Asiaticus, 49; capsularis, ` 42; dealbatus, 43. Cecidodaphne, 201. Celastrus crenatus, 40, 41 ; panicu- latus, 40; Richii, 40. Celtis discolor, 235 ; glabrata, 236 ; orientalis, 235; pacifica, 234; paniculata, 234. : Ceodes umbellata, 195 ; umbellifera. Cephaelis fragrans, 133 ; speciosa, 134. Cephalomanes Wilkesii, 345. Ceranium, 358. Ceratasarum, 99. _ Ceratodon purpureus, 385, Ceratophyllum demersum, 258 ; sub- mersum, 258. CERBERA Ahouai, 157 ; 157; lactariå, 158; Manghas, 157; parviflora, 158; salutaris, 145 ; Thevet a, 157. Ceropteris, 370. | Cerviana, 200. Cestroides, 128, CHÆTACANTHUS repandus, 185. Chætomitrium, depressum, 392; frondosum, 392 ; rugifolium, 392 ; speciosum, 392 ; Taitense, 392, Chailletia Vitiensis, 38, Chaitea Tacca, 102. Chalosia amicorum, 133 ; pyriformis, ша Chamerops, 276. Forsteri, INDEX. Chandonanthus hirtellus, 405. Charlwoodia, 311. Oharpentiera obovata, 199 ; ovata, 199. Chasalia, 133. CHEILANTHES, distans, 347; hir- suta, 347; nudiuscula, 347 ; Sie- beri, 347 ; tenuifolia, 347. Cheiroglossa, 377. Chenopodium caudatum, 198. Chiloscyphus, coalitus, 409; соп- fluens, 409; decurrens, 409; Endlicherianus, 409. Chiococca barbata, 132 ; odorata, 132. Chincona corymbifera, 121 ; opulina, 124; sambucina, 124; triflora, 133. Chlamydoblasta, 99. CHLORANTHACEZÆ, 258. Chnoophora, 333. Chomelia Sandwichensis, 128. Chorizopteris bipinnata, 374. Chrysobalanee, 74. | Chrysodium aureum, 375. CHRYSOGLOSSUM vesicatum, 304. Chrysomallum, 190. Chrysomelon pomiferum, 52. Chrysopteris Phymatodes, 368; lon- gipes, 368. Chuncoa, 92. Cibotium Chamissoi, 334; glaucum, 334; Menziesii, 334. Qicca, 218. Cicer arietinum, 5. CINAMOMUM pedatinervium (tab, xlviii.), 201. Cincinalis hirsuta, 347. Cionidiuin Moorei, 335. Ciponia, 153. Cirrhopetalum Thouarsii, 303. Cissus acuminata, 44 ; geniculata, 44 ; Vitiensis, 44. Citrullus vulgaris, 104. Cirrus aurantium, 32; Decumana, 33; Limonum, 32; Toroso, 33; vulgaris, 32. Citta nigricans, 60. CLAOXYLON echinospermum, 224, fallax, 224 ; insularum, 224 ; par- viflorum, 224; Sandwichense, 224 ; Taitense, 224. Cleiodon claoryloides, 227 : latum, 227; verticillatum, 227 ; Viellardi var. Vitiensis, 227. Cleistanthus stipatus, 915. CLEMATIS glycinoides, 3; Picker- шой, 8; stenosepala, 3. Clerodendron Amicorum, 190; duzi- spatu- folium, 188; Commersonii, 188; | Jortunatum, 188; inerme, 188; lividum, 188; oceanicum, 188 ; ovalifolium, 189; pentagonum, 188; pumilum, 188. Clinostigma Samoense, 269. Clitoria Ternatea, 74. Cloezia canescens, 84. Clusia pedicellata, 11; sessilis, 11. Clyclophorus adnascens, 367. Coccoloba australis, 200. Coccoloboides, 148. Cocos nucifera, 269, 270, 271, 275. Codia montana, 108. Codiæum alternifolium, 231; caruncu- latum, 231; chrysosticton, 981; latifolium, 931; cuneifolium, 231 : genuinum, 231; Inophyllum, 231 ; lucidum, 231 ; medium, 231; Mo- luccanum, 231 ; latifolium, 231; obovatum, 231; Pancheri, 231 ; pictum, 231; Timorense, 231 : variegatum, 225, 231. | Codylis, 179. Cælocoecus Vitiensis, 219. Coffea - Arabica, 430; cymosa, 123, 124; mariniana, 128 ; odorata, 123, 124, 132 ; opulina, 124; sambucina, 124; sicca, 132; tri- (оға, 133. Corx arundinacea, 326 ; Lacryma, 63, 326. Colea, 182. Coleus scutellarioides, 191. Colysis, 870. CoLocASIA antiquorum, 107; prui- nipes, 286. Colpidia, 194, 195. Colubrina Asiatica, 41, 42,. 208; excelsa, 43; Vitiensis, 49, Colula prostrata, 141. СОМВКЕТАСЕЛ, 92. COMMELYNACEÆ, 313. CoMMERSONIA, 25, 82; echinata, 25; Javensis, 25 ; platyphylla, 25. Commia cochinchinensis, 233. Composite, 139. Conanthera Forsteri, 312. CONIFERA, 263. Coniogeton, 50. Coniogramme, 370. CONNARAS Pickeringii, 53. Conoscy phus inflexifolius, 404. Conostegia glabra, 85, 86. Convallaria fruticosa, 311. CoNvoLVULACEÆ, 170. Convolvuloides, 171. Convolvulus alatus, 170, 172; chry- sorrhizus, 170; согГезііз, 171 : congestus, 431 ; corymbosus, 110: Batatas, 110: Brasiliensis, 169 172; denticulatus, 173; esculentus, 170; grandiflorus, 171, 172 ; in- signis, 171 ; longiflorus, 111; ma- | rinus, 172 ; mucronatus, 171; mu- | ricatus, 171; ovalifolius, 170; paniculatus, 171; parviflorus, 170; peltatus, 172; Pes-Capre, 172; Turpethum, 172. Conyza albida, 140 ; erigeroides, 140 ; floribunda, 140. СоРВОЗМА acutifolia, 139; Baue- riana, 139; ernodeoides, 139; fo- liosa, 139; Мепгіеві, 139 ; long- ifolia, 139; lucida, 189; per- sicæfolia, 139; petiolata, 139; pilosa, 139; pubens, 139; rhyn- chocarpa, 139 ; Taitensis, 139. Cordia aspera (tab. xxxv.), 163; campanulata, 168; dichotoma, 168, 431; Легапаға, 168, 169; ixiocarpa, 431; latifolia, 431; myxa, 431; orientalis, 168; Rumphii, 168; Sebestena, 168; speciosa, 169; Sprengelii, 169 and 247; subcordata (tab. xxxiv.), 168. Cordylanthes, 95. Cordyline australis, 310; Baueri, | 310; Æschollziana, 311; helico- | niefolia, 7811; Jacquinii, 311; sepiaria (tab. xciv.), 811; termi- nalis, 311. Coreopsis fruticosa, 143. Coriaria myrtifolia, 261. Coriphilus solitarius, 281, 311. Cornacchinia, 188. CORNACEZ, 119, Cornus allernifloras, 112. Cornutia, 186. Corokia, 112. Coronopus, 193. CORYMBIS disticha, 295; folia, 295. Corypha umbraculifera, 274. Cosmibuena, 121. Cosmos multicaulis, 144. Cotula dicolor, 144 ; cuneifolia, 144 ; minuta, 144. COUTHOVIA согупосатра xxxii.), 165 ; Seemanui, 166. Covellia Barclayana, 250. Crassulaceæ, 108. Crescentia regia, 252. Crinum Asiaticum Linn., 305 ; var. toxicarium, 305. Crithmum, 111. Craspedum tectorum, 28. Crossostylis biflora, 428; grandi- flora, 428; Harveyi, 428; multi- flora, 428. CRoTALARIA quinquefolia, 54. Croton Aromaticus, 227, Baliosper- veratri- (tab. mum, 231; bractiferus, 231; INDEX. cluytioides, 917 ; heterotrichus, 222; Inophyllum, 231; insularis, 222; leptopus, 222; metallicus, 222; nutans, 232; pictus, 231; populneum, 939; Storckii, 222; tiliæfolius, В aromaticus, 227; variegatus, 231; Verreauxii (tab. lvii); 222. Crozophora peltata, 231. CRUCIFERA, 5. Crypæa dilatata, 898, 393 ; gracilis, 393. Cryptocarpus, 380. Cryptopodium Bartramioides, 383. Cryptosorus, 365. Cueumis acidus, 106; bicirrha, 107; Citrullus, 104; Maderaspatanus ? 103, 106; Melo, 106; pruriens, 107; pubescens, 106; sativus, 106, 107. CucURBITA, aspera, 106; Aurantia, 105; Citrullus, 104; Lagenaria, 106; maxima, 107; multiflora, 105; ovifera, 108; Pepo, 107; pruriens, 107. Cudrania Javanensis, 254. Culcita, 335. Cunonia, 108. Cupameni, 224. CUPANIA, 45; apetala, 41 ; Bracken- ridge, 46; falcata, 47; glauca, 46; juglandifolia, 46; lentisci- Jolia, 47; leptobotrys, 46; Mac- gillivrayi, 46; rhoifolia, 46 ; semi- glauca, 46 ; stipata, 47 ; Vitiensis, 47 Gorveeana, Cupheanthus, 76, 84 and 427 ; Neo- Caledonicus, 76. Curcas Indica, 230 ; purgans, 230. Curcuma longa, 291. CUSCUARIA spuria, 287. Cuscuta Rhombut, 203. Cyathea affinis, 332, 333; Aneitense, 332; canaliculata, 332; extensa, 332, 333; leucolepis, 333, 385; nigricans, 332; propinqua, 333; Vieillardii, 332. Cyathodes Pomare, amehæ, 146. CYATHULA geniculata, 199; prostrata var. debilis, 199. Cybanthera, 180. Cycas, 268 ; circinalis, 268; sphe- rica, 268. Cyclopeltis, 358. Cyclophorus, 367. Cyclosorus, 362. Cylicodaphne, 202. Cyminosma, 31. Cynanchum viminale, 161. Cynodon præcox, 325. 146; Тате- 439 Cynometra, falcata, 71; grandiflora, 71. Cynomorium australe, 99. Cynontodium, 386. Cynopsole, 29, Cypholophus heterophyllus, macrocephalus, 242, 432. CYRTANDRA acutangula, 182; an- thropophagorum, 182; difora, 181; calycina, 181; ciliata, (Tab. xli) 182, coleoides (Tab. xl.) 181 ; cordjfolia, 181; cymosa, 181 ; Denhami, 182; dolichocarpa, 183 ; Endlicheriana, 181; Garnotiana, 181 ; grandiflora, 181; Harveyi, 182; induta, 181; involucrata, 183; labiosa, 181; latifolia, 181; Lessomiana, 181; Macraei, 181; Menziesii, 181; Milnei, 182, 183; paludosa, 181; Pickeringii, 181 ; platyphylla, 181; progonantha, 181; Pritchardii, (tab. xxxix.) 181; pulchella, 181, Richii, 181; Ruckiana, 181; Sa- moënsis, 181; Taitensis, 181; tri- flora, 181; Vitiensis, 182. Cyrtogonium laciniatum, 374; palus- tre, 374; rivulare, 374 ; sinuosum, 374. CYRTOSPERMA, edulis, 287. Cystodium, 335. Cytherea, 51. Cytinea, 99. 432; DACRIDIUM, cupressinum, 268; ela- tum, 267. Dactylanthus Taylori, 98. Dais disperma, 208, 209. DALBERGIA, monosperma, 64; torta, 64. Dactylon sanguinale, 325. DAMMARA, australis, 264; Brownii, 264; lanceolata, 265; macrophylla (tab. lxxvi., fig. 1.), 264, 266; Moorei, 265; obtusa, 264; orien- talis, 264; ovata, 264; Perousii, | 264 ; robusta, 264; Vitiensis (tab. Ixxvi.), 265, 268. | Daræa, 352. Datura, Stramonium, 178 ; Tatula, 179. Davallia æmula, 335 ; Boryana, 336 ; Chinensis, 339; Chusana, 339; contigua, 338 ; cuneiformis, 339; Denhami, 840 3 didyma, 339 ; dubia, 335; elata, 339; elegaus, 339; Emersoni, 338; epiphylla, 839; Fejeensis, 339; flaccida, 341; Forsteri, 339 ; gibberosa, 339; heterophylla, 336; inæ- qualis, 351; foenieulacea, 840, ferulacea, 340 ; Lapeyrousii, 340 . 440 leptocarpa, 338 ; Macraeana, 336; Mooreana, 338; Moorei, 338; pallida, 338 ; parallela, 336 ; pec- tinata, 335; pentaphylla, 338; pinnata, 540; pinnatifida, 336; polypodioides, 341 ; pusilla, 335 ; pycnocarpa, 338; sessilifolia, 336 ; solida, 338; Spelunce, 340 ; Tahitensis, 338; tenuifolia, 339 ; trichomanoides, 340. Decadia, 153. Decaspermum fruticosum, 80, 31. Dendrobium acuminatissumum, 303 ; bifloram, 303 ; calamiforme, 303 ; calcaratum, 303; catillare, 804; crispatum, 303; Milligani, 303; mohilianum, (tab. xci.) 308 ; | prasinum, 304 ; striolatum, 302; | teretifolium, 303: Tokar (tab. | cxii.) 304. Dendrocnide, 238. Dendrolirium, 301. Dendrolobium, 56. Dendropthæ, 120. Dennstædtia flaceida, 334. Dentella repens, 124. Dentidia, 192. Deparia prolifera, 334-5. ERRIS uliginosa, 55, 65, 72. DESMODIUM acrocarpum, 56; An- dersoni, 56 ; angulatum, 56; aus- tralis, 56 ; capitatum, 56; hetero- carpum, 56; Hippocrepis, 56; lagopoides, 51: Novo- Hollandi- cum, 57; polycarpum, 56; pur- pureum, Sandwichense, 56; scor- piurus, 56; serpens, 56; siliquo- sum, 56 ; tenue, 56; umbellatum, 56; varians, 56. Desmochæta | prostrata, 199 ; mi erantha, 199. DIANELLA Austro-Caledonica, 312 ; ensifolia, 312; Fosteri, 312; in- termedia, 312; obscura, 312; odorata, 312; Sandwichensis, 312. Dianthera bracteatu, 183, 184; caerulea, 183 ; clavata, 188; Jori- dunda, 183; læta, 183; velata, 183. =: Dibrachion, 231. Dicera craspedum, 28. “7 Dicerma, 56. — = Dichasium, 858. . Dichorexia, 333. latifolia, 144 så DICHROCEPHALA minuta, 144. — DICKSONIA Berteroana, 335 ; Brack- . enridgii, 335 ; dubia, 335 ; plae- cida, 334; Moorei, 335; polypo- dioides, 340, 341; Samoense, 334; | scandens, 334; straminea, 335 Ч INDEX. thyrsopteroides, 335; Torreyana, 335. Diclidocarpus Richii, 27. Diclidopteris angustissima, paradoxa, 370. Dicliptera, bracteata, 184; clavata, 183; fundosa, 183; pubescens, Samoensis, 184; velata, 183. Dictymia attenuata, 366. Dieranella, 385 ; Euphoroclada, 386 ; flaccidula, 386; nitidula, 386 ; nana, 386; proscripta, 386; tri- chophylla, 386. Dierauobryum, 382. Dicranophlebia, 333. Dicranopteris, 331. Dicranum Sandwichense, 385; spei- rophylum, 385. Dictymia, 366. Dietyopteris attenuata, 366 ; irregu- laris, 366 ; macrodonta, 366. Didiscus, 112. Didymochiton Richii, 36. DIDYMOCHLAENA lunulata, 358; sinuosa, 358 ; truncatula, 358. Didymoglossum, 342. Didymoplezy pallens, 296. Diellia, 337. Digitalis dracocephaloides, 185. Digitaria marginata, 825, praecox, 325 ; sanguinalis, 325. Digrammaria ambigua, 351 ; 70- busta, 356. Dilivaria ilicifolia, 183. DILLENIACEA, 3. Dimereza glauca, 46. Dimetopia, 113. Dioclea violacea, 57. Dioscorea aculeata, 108, 284, 308; alata, 307, 308; bulbifera, 308 ; digitata, 308; latifolia, 308; num- mularia, 308 ; pentaphylla, 108 and 308 ; sativa, 307, 308. Diospyros Samöensis, 151. DIPLAZIUM, alternifolium, 356; am- biguum, 357; arborescens, 857; Arnotii, 356 ; Brackenridgii, 356 ; brevisorum, 357 ; bulbiferum, 356 ; coriaceum, 357; congruum, 856; decussatum, 356 ; dilatatum, 356 ; esculentum, 356 ; eztensum, 356 ; Jalcatum, 356 ; grammitoides, 356; harpeodes, 356; malabaricum, 357; melanochlamys, 356; melanocau- lon, 357; pallidum, 356; polypodi- oides, 357 ; proliferum, 356; Sand- wichense, 356; Solandri, 356 ; sororium, 856; speciosum, 356 ; tenerum, 356 ; Vitiense, 357. Diphyscium submarginatum, 403. Diplopetalon glaucum, 46. 370 ; Dipteracanthus lanceolatus, 883. Dipteris conjugata, 369. Dipteryz, 10. Discophyllum, 392. Discostigma Vitiense, 10. DISEMMA айап о йа, 96; au- rantia, 96; (?) Barclayi, 96; Baueriana, 96; cærulescens, 96; coccinea, 96; Herbertiana, 96; Storckii, 96; Vitiensis, 96. Disphenia, 332. Dissaraspermum v. Alstonia. Distaxia, 351. Distichophyllum flavescens, 899; Freycineti, 392 ; paradoxum, 392 ; Vitianum, 392; spathulatum, 392. Dodonea eriocarpa, 49; spathulata, 49; triquetra, 49 ; viscosa, 49 and 426. DoLICHOLOBIUM latifolium, 121; longissimum (tab. xxv.) 121; ob- longifolium, 121. Dolichos altissimus, 57; Bengalen- sis, 62; galeatus, 59 ; giganteus, 60; Lablab, 62; luteolus, 62; luteus, 69; obtusifolius, 58 ; pru- riens, 59; rotundifolius, 58. Doopra Brackenridgei, 352; con- пеха, 852; Kunthiana, 352 ; lunu- lata, 352; media, 352; Milnei, 352. Dorstenia lucida, 241 ; oppositifolia, 236; pubescens, 240 ; serrata, 240, Doryopteris, 349, 358; decora, 349 ; oryphora Austro-Caledonicus, 206; Sassafras, 205. Dossinia marmorata, 99%, Dracena 310; aurea, australis, 310; Jerrea, 311; obtecta, 310; termi- . "alis, 311. Dracontiwm pertusum, 986 ; poly- . Phyllum, 283. . RACONTOMELON pilosum, 52; syl- vestre, 52, Draytonia rubicunda, 14. Drepanophyllum fulvum, 384 ; semi- limbatum, 384. Droseraceæ, 99. Driandra cordata, 223. DRYMISPERMUM acuminatum, 209 ; Burnettianum, 208 and 233; For- steri, 208; lanceolatum, 208; montanum (tab. liv.), 209; pubi- florum, 208; subeordatum (tab. liii.), 209, Drimys, 234, rynaria acuminata, 368; alata, 368 ; alternifolia, 368 ; Browniana, 366 ; coadunata, 368; cuspidiflora, 368 ; diversifolia, 369; latifolia, 364; maxima, 367; vulgaris, 368. Duania 231. Dugagelia, 259. Dumartroya fagifolia, 254. Dumortiera tricocephala, 419. DvsoxyLuM alliaceum, 36; gum, 37. EBENACEA, 151. Eccremanthus, 48. Eccremothecium, 382. Echinocaulus, 201. Echinus, 227. Echites costata, 160. Eclipta prostrata, 141. Ectropothecium arcuatum, 400; fuscescens, 400; gracilisetum, 400; inflectens, 400; pacificum, 400; Sandwichense, 400; sodale, 400; Tutuilum, 400. Edwardsia chrysophylla, 66; micro- phylla, 66. Epidendrum equitans, 202, 207; globosum, 298; Myosurus, 300; umbellatum, 303. Elaéis, 276. Elaphoglossum feejeense, 373; ob- tusifolium, 973; Tahitense, 873. > Elateriospermum, 227. Elaterium, 105. ELATINE ambigua, 10 ; Americana, 10. Elatostema, 240, 432; filicoides, 240; lucidum, 241; macrophyl- lum, 241; nemorosum, 241; (tab. Ixi.), 240; nigrescens, 241 ; paludosum, 241; - pedunculatum, 241; pedunculosum, 241 ; sessile, 240, 241; spectabile, 241 ; succo- sum, 241. Етжосаврив bifidus, 28; cassinoi- des, 29; Græffei (tab. viii.), 28 ; laurifolius, 28; leptostachys, 98; Milnei, 28; ovalifolius, 28; py- irioides, 368; Linnæi, 369; obtusata, 367; biju- 161; scabra, riformis, 29 ; speciosus, 28 ; Store- | kii (tab. vii), 28; tectorius, 28. ”mblica, 218. Empleurosma, 49. i Encalypta Sandwichensis, 379. Endotrichum, 396. “ЁхтАрА Adenanthera, 71; Pur- setha, 12; scandens, 12, 71, 427. Epacridee, 146. x EPHIELIS simplicifolia, 189. Epidendrum biflorum, 303; crispa- INDEX. tum, 303; fasciola, 296; Vincen- tini, 303. Epigynium Vitiense, 147. EPIPHANES micradenia, 295; pallens, 296. Equisetum aquaticum, 424 ; debile, 424; elongatum, 424; hiemale, 424; Huegelii, 424; laxum, 424; pallens, 424 ; Timorianum, 424 ; virgatum, 424. Eranthemum asperum, 431; Carru- thersii, 185 ; Cooperi, 185; insu- larum, 186; laxiflorum (tab. xlii.), 185; laæifolium, 185; pe- lagicum, 185; repandum, 185, 431; sinuatum, 185; tubercula- tum, 185. Eremosis, 140. Erra aeridostachya, 301; éraccata, 303 ; carinata, 301; elegans, 301; gladiata, 300; Microtidis, 301 ; minutiflora, 801; myosurus, 300, 301; Richardiana, 300; rostri- flora, 301; sphærocarpa, 801, stæchynrus, 301; stenostachya, 301; Tahitensis, 301. ERIGERON albidum, 140. Evithalis cymosa, 130; polygama, 130; uniflora, 130. Erpetina, 84. ERYTHRÆA australis, 167; nioides, 167 ; spicata, 167. ERYTARINA Corallodendron, var. B. 60; indica, 60, 307, 426; mo- chiro- nosperma, 60; ovalifolia, 60, 426. Erythrochilus, 224. Esenbeckia, 396. Euagnus, 190. EUGENIA amicorum, 79; austro- Caledonica, 76; Brackenridgei, 19; confertiflora, 77, 79 ; coryno- carpa, 16; effusa, 79; gracilipes (tab. xv.), 78; Grayi (tab. xvi.), 79; Homei, 76; lauriflora, 18; Malaccensis, 11, 284; neurocalyx, 78; paniculata, 19 ; purpurascens, 77; quadrangulata, 78 ; racemosa, 83; rariflora, 78; Richii, 77; rivularis, 80; rubescens, 80; sicca, 18. ides, 153. Euhedyotis, 125. Eumachia, carnea, 133. EUOPERCULATA, 295. Есрноввта annulata, 216; Atoto, 216; Aubryana, 216; capitata, 216; celastroides, 216; Chamis- sonis, 216; Cleopatra, 216 ; cor- data, 216; develata, 216; diver- sifolia, 216 ; Fidjiana, 217; glo- | 441 bulifera, 217; Helioscopia, 216 ; hirta, 216; Hookeri, 215; Ka- nalensis, 216; multiformis, 216; myrtifolia, 216; JNeo-Caledonica, 216; Norfolkiana, 217; obliqua, 216, origanoides, 216; ovaria, 216; Pancheri, 216; pauciflora, 216; pilulifera, 216; Remyi, 216; Tanensis, 217; Tuitensis, 216; verticillata, 217. Euptelia, 234. EURYA acuminata, 14; angustifolia, 14, 495; Vitiensis, 14. EvxoLus caudatus, 198; lineatus, 198; viridis, 198. Evia dulcis, 51. Evodia drupacea, 30; hortensis, 30; longifolia, 30 ; Roxburghiana, 31 ; triphylla. 31. Evolvulus heterophyllus, 110; lini- Jolius, 170. Ехсжсанта affinis, 233 ; agallocha, 207, 232. Exocarpus | cupressiformis, 209; Gaudichaudii, 209; longifolius, 289; phyllanthoides, 209. Fagara Evodia, 30; triphylla, 31. FaGRGA Berteriana, 164; graci- lipes, 165; viridiflora, 165; Vi- tiensis, 455; Zeylandice, 165. Fagus sylvatica, 69. FaARADAYA amicorum, io; ovali- folio, 189; Powellii, 432; dida, 190 ; Vitiensis (tab. xliv.), 190. 7 Ferreola, 152. Ficus aspera (tab. Ixv.), 249 ; bom- busæfolia (tab. Ixviii.), 250; Bar- clayi (tab. Ixvi.), 250; Bennettii, 248, 250; Carica, 248; Cooperi, 249, Forsteriana, 248; grana- tum, 248, 250; habrophylla, 248, 250; Harveyi, 250; indica 247, 248; Moorei, 248, 249, 250; obliqua (tab. lxviii.), 251; Prit- chardii (tab. Ixx.), 252; proliza, 948; religiosa, 247; sanguiner- vium, 249; scabra (tab. Ixiv.), 949; seplica, 247; stipulacea, 247; Storckii (tab. Ixix.), 251; Tanensis, 248, 250; Theophras- toides (tab. Ixxi.), 252; tinctoria (tab. lxiii.), 249, 433; verucosa, 247; Vitiensis, 250; Реала, | FILICES, 331. Filix ealmaria, 332. Firmiana diversifolia, 23 Fissidens abbreviatus, 385 ; incon- i 8 M 5/ 442 spicuus, 385; lagenarius, 886, scabrisetus, 385. Fitchia nutans, 109, 139. Fiwa, 202. FLEURYA glomerata, 257; inter- rupta, 237; paniculata, 237; ruderalis, 237 ; rugosissima, 242 ; spicata, 231. Folium hircinum, 186. Fragaria Chiliensis, 75. FREYCINETIA arborea, 282; Baue- riana, 282; demissa, 282, 283; graminifolia, 282; Milnei (tab. Ixxxvi.), 283; scandens, 282; Storckii (tab. Ixxxv.), 283; Vi- tiensis (tab. Ixxxiii.), 282. Frullania alolotis, 417; angulosa, 418; deflexa, 418; explicata, 417; Gaudichaudii, 418; Hut- chinsiæ, 416; intermedia, 418; hypoleuca, 416; meteoroides, 417; Meyeniana, 417; nodulosa, 417; oceanica, 417; pacifica, 417 - pusilla, 417; squarrosa, 417; trichodes, 417; vaga, 417. Funaria hygrometrica, 381. Funkia, 343. Fusanus, 210. Gertnera barbata, 166 ; pyramidalis, 165. Gajanum, 71. Galeoglossa, 367. Laleola, 298. Lalium, 126. Galurus, 994, Garcinia, 10, 70,116. Mangos- tana, 13; pedicellata, 11; pseudo- guttifera, 11; sessilis, 13; Vi- tiensis, 10. GARDENIA Aubryi, 122 ; corymbosa, 124; edulis, 122; florida, 122 ; Oudiepe, 192; pentagonioides, 122 ; suleata (?), 122; Taitensis, 122; Vitiensis (tab. xxvi.) 122. Garovaglia angustifolia, 396; cus. pidata, 396; РотеШі, 396; Samoana, 396 ; setigera, 396. Garsaultia minutiflora, 331. Gaslandia, 427. Gzrssors Denhami, 109; hirsuta, 109; montana, 109; pruinosa, racemosa, 109 ; ternata, 109. GEITONOPLESIUM angustifolium 312; cymosum, 312, Geniostoma astylum, 164; crassifolia, 164; Hæmosperma, 164; micro- phyllum, 164; ovata, 164; ru- pestre, 164. Genipa, 123. GENTIANEZÆ, 167, 430. GEOPHILA reniformis, 138. > INDEX. Gerascanthus v. Cordia. Geria angustifolia, 14. Germania, 192. Glyphotænium, 365. Gigalobium, 71. Gimbernatia, 92. GIRONNIERA celtidifolia, 236. Glabraria, 202. Gleichenia, 331, 358; circinata, 332; dicarpa, 332; flabellata, 332; flagellaris, 332 ; Hermanni, 332; Owhyhensis, 332; pinnata, 332; semivestita, 332. Gleicheniastrum, 331. Glochidion concolor B. obovatum, 219 - cordatum, 919; Manono, 219; ramiflorum, 218. Glomeraria bicolor, 197. GLOSSOGYNE tenuifolia, 144. Glyceria repanda, 113. GLYCINE Abrus, 63 ; lucida, 61; rosea, 58; speciosa, 58; EGNE Glycosmis subvelutina, 32. Glyphomitrium Mülleri, 378. Gmelina Vitiensis, 191. Gnetum domestica, 434 ; Gnemon, 434; ovalifolium,434; sylvestris 433. Galega littoralis, 55 ; 55. Gomphandra, 39. Gomphrena globosa, 199. Gongronema, 162. Goniophlebium grandidens, 366; serratifolium, 367; subauricula- tum, 367. Goniopteris costata, 366; rubriner- vis, 366 ; Sandvicensis, 366 ; sim- -plicifolia, 366. Gouldia Romanzoffiensis, 122, 125 ; Sandwichensis, 122. GOODEN ТАСЕЖ, 145. Sora procera, 295; rubicunda, Gossypium arboreum, 21; Barba- dense, 21, 425; Brasiliense, 21; drynarioides, 22 ; herbaceum, 22 3 Peruvianum, 21 ; parvifolium, 22 ; religiosum, 22, 426; Sandwichense, 426; sanguineum, 22 ; Taitense, 426; tomentosum, 22, 426. Gottschea aligera, 405, GOUANIA denticulata, 48; micro- carpa, 43; Richii, 43. а Эрээ calyculata (tab. vi.), Grammitis blechnoides, 365 ; caudi- formis, 371; Deplanchei, 370; 3 piscatoria, dichotoma, 332 ; | lanceolata, 371. Granatum littoreum, 38. Grangea cuneifolia, 144 ; decumbens, 144; latifolia, 144; minuta, 144. Grastidium acuminatissimum, 303. Gratiola asper, 180; lucida, 180; Moniera, 180. GREWIA amicorum, 96; Mallo- cocca, 26 ; orientalis, 26 ; persicæ- folia, 26 ; prunifolia, 26 ; Richard- tana, 26 ; tiliæfolia, 26. Griffithia, 124. Grimmia ovata, 378. Griselina, 112. Grisia campanulata, 430. Grymania, 75. GUETTARDA, 430; inconspicua, 131; speciosa, 181; Vitiensis, 131. Guaiacum dubium, 41. Guilandina Bonduc, 66 ; Bonducella, 66, 12; gemina, 66. Guioa lentiscifolia, 47-4 р h fø VGumira littorea, 186. | Gymnanthemum, 140. Gymnogramme, Brackenridgei, 870; decipiens, 370; javanica, 370; marginata, 360; pinnata, 372; subtrifoliata, 372; tartareum, 370. Gymnomitrium lutescens, 407, 418. Gymnopachys, 124. Gymnosphæra, 333. Gymnosporia Vitiensis, 40. Gymnotheca Douglassii, 377. GYMNEMA erecta, 162; steno- phyllum (tab. xxxi.), 162; sub- nudum, 162, Gynopogon, Alyxia, 156; scandens, 157; stellatum, 157. Gyrandra, 167, GYROCARPUS acuminatus, 95; Americanus, 95; Asiaticus, 95; Jacquinii, 95; rugosus, 95; sphenopterus, 95. Gyrosorium, 367. HABENARIA arenaria, 293; macro- stachya, 293; salaccensis, 293; superflua, 293; supervacanea, 293; tradescantifolia, 293. Hæmospermum arboreum, 164. Haloragineæ, 98, 118. Hamelinia, 313. Haneea, 221. Haplodictyum, 363 HAPLOPETALON Richii, 90; Зее- manni, 90. Haplophlebia, 333. Harpætropis speciosus, 61. Hartighesia Billardieri, 37; Forsteri, 36. Hasskarlia leucacantha, 282. Hedera fragrans, 114; Helix, 112, 164. Hedycarpus, 220. HEDYCARYA dorstenioides, 206. Hedychium, 288. HEDYOTIS conostyla, 125 ; coriacea, 125; eratæogonum, 125; gracilis, 125; Laperousii, 125; venosa, 125; racemosa, 126; tenuifolia, 126. Hedysarum australe, 56; capitatum, 56; conicum, 56; heterocarpum, 56; lagopoides, 57; polycarpum, 56; purpureum, 56; sennoides, 55; siliquosum, 56 ; tuberculosum, 56; umbellatum, 56; varians, 56. Heliotropium anomalum, 168 ; curas- savicum, 168; gnaphalioides, 168. Helmia bulbifera, 308. Helminthostachys Zeylanica, 377. Hemicardion, 358. Hemmionitiselongata, 372; esculenta, 357; lanceolata, 372; plantagi- nea, 371. Hemitelia D'Urvillei, 333. Heptapleurum, 116. HERITIERA Fomes, 23; littoralis, 23 ; minor, 24. HERNANDIA Moerenhoutiana, 204; ovigera, 204; peltata (tab. lii.), 904; Sonora, 204. Hernandiopsis Vieillardi, 203. Herpestis Moniera, 180, 431. Herpocladium bidens, 405. Herschelia, 178. Hetæria purpurea, 294. Heteratropa, 99. Heterodietyi, 403. Heteroneuron Quoyanum, 374. Heteropanax fragrans, 114. Heterophlebium, 349. i Hezanthus, 202. Heymassoli, 39. Нівівсгв Abelmoschus, 17; bacci- ferus, 18; diversifolius, 17 ; escu- lentus, 17,19, 229; ficulneus, 17; Genevii, 11; hastatus, 18; mos- chatus, 91 ; populneus, 18; pseude- Abelmoschus, 11; Rosa-sinensis, 16 and 17; Rosa-sinensis, flore- pleno, 17; Storckii (tab. iv.), 17 ; tiliaceus, 12, 18, 51, 65, 72, 99, 208, 243; purpurascens, 18; trieuspis, 12, 18, 72, 208. Hippia bicolor, 144. Hippocentaurea, 167. Hippochæte debilis, 424. _ Hippocrepis barbata, 56. Hippomaniæ, 118. INDEX, HIPTAGE javanica, 29; myrtifolia, 29. Hirtella, 74. Hoffmannia Amicorum, 124; aph- ylla, 331. Holoblepharum, 392. Holochiloma, 186. Holomitrium vaginatum, 385. Homalanthus, 231. HoMALIUM Austro-Caledonicum, 95; fætidum, 95; Vitiense, 55. Hookeria oblongifolia, 391; papil- lata, 391; Pterygophyllum, 392. Hoomospora fluitans, 423; trans- versalis, 423. Hopea, 153. Hornemannia ovata, 180. Horsfieldieze, 429. Hora bicarinata, 163; diptera, 168; pilosa, 163 ; Samoensis, 163. Humara æmula, 335 ; botrychioides, 836; Gaimardiana, 336; hetero- phylla, 335 ; multifida, 885; pec- tinata, 335; pinnatifida, 336; polypodioides, 336; pusilla, 335; rigida, 335; serrata, 336. Humiria, 426. Huttum, 82. Hybanthera biglandulosa, 161, 162. HYDNOPHYTUM longiflorum, 138. Hydrangeoides, 108. Hydrocotyle, 111, 113, 429; ab- breviata, 113 ; Asiatica, 118, Brasiliensis, 113 ; brevipes, 113; capillaris, 113; cordata, 113; cordifolia, 113; diantha, 113; ficarioides, 113; hebecarpa, 113; in- æquipes, 113; interrupta, 113 ; leu- cocephala, 113; /обосатра, 113; lu- nata, 113 ; lurida, 118; medicag- inoides, 113; nummularioides, 113; pallida, 113 ; pilifera, 113; pleian- tha, 113; repanda, 113; renifor- mis, 113; triflora, 113; éripar- tita, 113; vulgaris, 113; verticil- lata, 113. Hydroglossum scandens, 876. Hyphæne cucifera, 811, Thebaica, 278. Hymenodium reticulatum, 374. Hymenoglossum polycarpum, 376. Hymenolepis ophioglossoides, 374. Hymenophyllum affine, 341; аа- tum, 344; australe, 341; De- planchei, 341; dilatatum, 342; dimidiatum, 541; Feejeense, 342 ; flabéllatum, 342; formosum, 342; gracile, 341; lanceolatum, 341; mnioides, 341; multifidum, 342; | Neesii, 343-4 ; nitens, 342; ob- tusum, 341; polyanthus, 341; recurvum, 341. | na 443 Hymenospron, 51. Hyophila, 378. Hyophilina, 389. Hypnodendron arborescens, 401; divaricatum, 401; Junghuhnia- num, 401; Milnei, 401; rigidum, 401; Samoanum, 401; speciosis- simum, 401; Vitiense, 401. Hypnum compressifolium, 400 ; mol- luscoides, 400; Pickeringii, 398 ; Wilkesianum, 400. Hypochlamys, 352. HYPoLEPIs dicksonioides, 347; ele- gans, 347; rugulosa, 347 ; tenui- folia, 347. Hypopterigium flaccidum, 390 ; ocea- nicum, 390; Struthiopteris, 390 ; Vriesii, 390. ICACINEÆ, 39. Ignatia, 166. ILex Vitiensis, 40 ,426, ILICINEA, 39. Ilicium, 234. Iliogeton, 180. lllicebrum verticillatum, 9. INDIGOFERA, Auil, 54. Ixocanrus edulis, 70, 284, 427. Intsia Amboinensis, 69. Ipomæa carnea, 431; congesta, 431; denticulata, 451; Forsteri, 431; Pes-capra, 68, ambigua, 171; Bona-noæ, 171; campanulata, 171, 172 ; carnea, 17C., carnosa, 172; carinata, 171; cataracte, 172; denticulata, 170, 172; eriosperma, 171; insignis, 171; insularis, 171; fimbriosepala, 112 ; gossypifolie, 171; grandiflora, 171; lævigata, 173; latiflora, 171; mammosa, 170; maritima, 172; Mauritiana, 171, noctiluca, 171; mymphafolia, 172; ovali- folia, 170 ; paniculata, 171; pel- tata, 172; pendula, 172; Pes- capre, 172; Turpethum, 172. Ipphia poliquetra, 331. 6 Iriartea exorrhiza, 270. Isodon, 192. 2; Isoloma, 337. ж Isonandra Richii, 150. Isopterygium mollieulum, 399. Ixora amplifolia, 133; fragrans, _ 183; maxima, 134; odorata, 72885. іса, 134; Samoensis, _ 138; Storckii, 134 ; triflora, 133; Vitiensis, 134. Jacquemontia Sandwichensis, 170. : 444 Jambolifera, 31. Jambosa domestica, 11; Malaccensis, 77, purpurascens, 17. JASMINUM acuminatum, 480; aus- trale, 153; 430; Azoricum, 154; confusum, 430; didymum, 154; dispermum, 153; divaricatum, 154 ; funale, 430; geniculatum, 154: gracile, 154; parviflorum, 154; simplicifolium, 154, 430; tetra- quetrum, 153; volubile, 154. JATROPHA Cureas, 230 ; Moluccana, 223. Jonesia triandra, 69. Jossinia cotinifolia, 78. Jubula Gaudichaudii, 418. Juglans eamirum, 223. Jungermannia contracta, 409 ; Esen- beckii, 409; flexicaulis, 409 ; piligera, 409, Juniperus elata, 267; Philippsiana, 267; rigida, 267. Justicia repanda, 185 ; longifolia, 185; sinuata, 185, Kadua acuminata, 125 ; affinis, 122, 125 ; centranthoides, 125 ; Cookiana ; 125; cordata, 195; glaucifolia, 125; glomerata, 195; grandis, 125; Meneiesiana, 195; parvula, 125; petiolata, 125; R. manzoffi- ensis, 192, 125 ; Smithii, 125. Kaida Taddi, 281. Kappa Kalengu, 170. Karamyschewia, 126. KARIVIA Samoensis, 103 ; Samoen- sis 8. Vitiensis, 104; Bryonia, 104. Kennedya tabacina, 57, Kentia Baueri, 269; Deplanchei, 269; elegans, 269; exorrhiza (tab, Ixxviii.), 269, 271; gra- cilis, 269; Olivæformis, 269 ; Pancheri, 269 ; sapida, 969; Vieillardi, 269, Keura odorifera, 281, | KLEINHOVTA hospita, 24. - Kuhlia, 164. LABIATAE, 191. LABLAB vulgaris, 62 ; var, albiflorus, i „бй 5 _ Labordia fagrævides, 163 ; _ 168 3 linifolia, 163. sessilis, | INDEX. Leiospermum parviflorum, 109. Lejeunia alternifolia, 415; апіѕо- phylla, 414 ; arrectifolia, 415; can- cellata, 415 ; convexifolia, 415; crassiretis, 414; crenulata, 416; effusa, 415; cryptocarpa, 413 ; gracilipes, 414 ; Hawaiiensis, 414; levis, 416; lancifolia, 415; mi- crodonta, 416; mivroloba, 414; occulata, 416; oceanica, 414; pacifica, 415 ; pedunculata, 413 ; pentadactyla, 414; pentagona, 416; polyantha, 415; polyploca, 414; procumbens, 413; radiata, 414; retusula, 416; Samoana, 415; squamata, 413 ; subquadrata, 416; superba, 416; tripuncta, 414; uncinata, 416; пујќега, 414; variifolia, 415; vesicata, 415. Lagenifera, 143. LAGENOPHORA Pickeringii, 143. Lagenaria vulgaris, 104, 106. | Lagondium vulgare, 190. Lagunea Cochinchinensis, 900; аиз- tralis, 200. Lantana annua, 186. LAPORTEA Harveyi (tab. lix.), 238; Milnei, 238; photiniphylla, 239, 432 ; Vitiensis (tab. Ix.), 239, 432, Lasianthera Vitiensis, 426, Lasiopetalum, 25. LASTREA albo-punctata, 359 ; aris- tata, 358; articulata, 359; atte- nuata, 359 ; Barclayi, 359 ; Brack- enridgii, 359; davallioides, 360 ; dissecta, 360; Fijiensis, 360 ; glabra, 339; globulifera, 359; Harveyi, 359; Prenticei, 359; semicordata, 358 ; squamigera, 359; tenericaulis, 859; tenui- folia, 360; truncata, 359. ` Laurus, 201, Lavenia erecta, 140 ; glutinosa, 140. LEMNA melanorrhiza, 288, 434; minor, 288,433; paucicostata, 434; polyrrhiza, 288. Lentinus vulpinfis, 421, Lepidium piscidium, 5. Lepidoneuron, 361. Lepidopilum, 392. Lepidotis Phlegmaria, 328. Lepidozia australis, 406; breviden- tata, 406 ; filipendula, 406; fistu- losa, 406; infuscata, 406; rep- tans В. australis, 406; Sandwich- ensis, 406; triceps, 406, Leptocallis, 171. ae Leptochilus varians, 374. Leptocionium Neesii, 341, 344. Leptolobium elongatum, 57; tabaci- num, 57. Leptopleura, 335. Leptospermum collinum, 84. Leptostomum microcarpum, 382, Leptotrichum, 386. LERCHIA calycina, 128. LEUCÆNA Forsteri, 72; 73. Leucas decemdentata, 192; stachy- oides, 192. Leucobryum aduncum, 388; glau- cum, 387; Javense, 388; lamina- tum, 388; rugosum, 388 ; sanc- tum, 388 ; Seemanni, 387. Leucoloma tenuifolium, 385. Leucomion debile, 399, Leucopogon Cymbulæ, 147, Leucosmia acuminata, 209: Burnet- tiana, 208 ; pubiflora, 208. Leucostegia, 336. Leucosyke corymbulosa, 244, 433. Lichen globiferus, 420; fragilis, 420; fucoides, 420; hirtus, 420; pulmonarius, 420. Lignum emanum, 266. Liliaceæ, 99, 310. LIMNANTHEMUM Forsteri, 168 ; In- dicum, 431; Kleinianum (tab. xxxiii.), 167, 431. LIMNOPHILA fragrans, 180 ; serrata, 180. Limodorum unguiculatum, 300. Limonia lucida, 32; minuta, 32. LINDENIA Austro-Caledonica, 430; rivalis, 128, 430 ; Vitiensis (tab. xxiv.), 128, 251, 430. Lindsæa alutacea, 337 ; Billardieri; glauca, 337; blanda, 337; elongata, 337; erecta, 837; faleata, 887, Harveyi, 338; Lapey- rousii, 340 ; linearis, 337 ; M’Gil- livrayi, 337; microphylla, 887: nervosa, 337; Pickeringii, 337 ; pulchra, 337; pumila, 337 ; те- tusa, 337; scoparia, 340; See- manni, 338; stolonifera, 337; tenuifolia, 339. Lindsaya, 337. Leriostachys, 224. Liparis longipes, 302. Lippia nodiflora, 186. Liriodendron, 234. р Lithagrostis lachryma-Jobi, 326-7. Lithospermum incanum, 168. Lithoæylon nitidum, 215. LITOBROCHIA aurita, 349; comans, 850 ; decipiens, 349 ; decora, 349; divaricata, 350 ; intermedia, 349 ; ilneana, 950; sinuata, 350; tripartita, 349 ; Vieillardii, 349. Litsæa, 202. | Livistona Diepenhorstii, 269 ; Gau- dichaudii, 274; Martii, 274. LOGANIACEZÆ, 163. Lomogramma polypbylla, 374; pteroides, 374. Lomaria attenuata, 851; сі- liata, 350; contigua, 850; coria- cea, 351; diversifolia, 350; doo- dioides, 351; elongata, 350; emarginata, 350; filiformis, 351, 373; Lenormandi, 350; Milnei, 351, obtusata, 350 ; opaca, 350; pilosa, 351; pimpinellifolia, 351 ; procera, 350; propinqua, 351; punctata, 351 ; gibba, 350; Vieil- lardii, 350; vulcanica, 350; scan- dens, 373. Lomaridium, 350. Lomariobotrys, 373. Lomariopsis Brackenridgei, 373; cuspidata, 373; Seemanni, 373 ; variabilis, 373. Lomatia cymosa, 187. Longetia buxoides, 215. Lophanthus, 25. Lophocolea Beecheyana, 404; соп- vexula, 405; explanata, 404; rectangula, 404. Lophosoria, 333. Lopidium, 390. LORANTHUS europæus, 120; insula- rum, 120, 429; Stelis, 120; Vi- tiensis (tab. xxiii.), 120. Lotus albidus, 54; australis, 54; levigatus, 54. Lotzea, 356. Loureiria, 230. Loxogramme, 370. Loxoscaphe gibberosa, 340. Lubinia pacifica, 147 ; spatulata, 141. Luffa insularum, 105. Luzuriaga cymosa, 312. LUMNITZERA coccinea, 94. Lycium Sandwichense, 178. Lycopersicum esculentum, 173. Т.ҮСОРОР10М arbuscula, 330; atro- viride, 329; australe, 328 ; Bory- anum, 998; bryifolium, 828, calystachyon, 330; canaliculatum, 330; capillaceum, 328; carinatum, 328, cernnum, 268, 328; chamæ- clinis, 328 ; curvatum, 328 ; cus- pidatum, 329 ; D'Urvillei, 329; elegans, 330; fastuosum, 327; flabellatum, 330 ; flagellaria, 328; Forsteri, 328; marianum, 328; Menziesii, 330; mirabile, 328; ` myrtifolium, 928; nudum, 33] ; ‘nummulariifolium, 329 ; Phlegm- aria, 328; proniflorum, 330; INDEX. rotundifolium, 329; squarrosum, 328; venustulum, 327; verticil- latum, 327 ; volubile, 329. Lycastis aromatica, 304. Lygodictyon, 334, 376; Forsteri, 376. Lygodium reticulatum, 376. LyoNsia levis, 160; scabra, 160. Lysimachia decurrens, 147; Hille- brandi, 147. я Masa elliptica, 152; Andersonii, 152; elliptica, var. glabrescens, 152; foliosa, 152; Hillebrandii, 151; major, 152; rufa, 152; Sand- wichensis, 151. MACARANGA coriacea, 228; corym- bosa, 228 ; dioica, 228, Grayana, 228; Harveyana, 228 ; leptostachya, 227; macrophylla, 228; Mappa, 228 ; membranacea, 228; secunda, 228; Seemanni, 228; stipulosa, 228; Taitensis, 228; Тапатив, 228; Vedeliana, 228 ; Vieillardi, 228. | Macrolobium bijugum, 69. Gaudichaudi, 404; spinosa, 405; Macromitrium angulatum, 380; Beecheyanum, 880; brevisetum, 879; glaucum, 380; incurvifolium, 380; Owahiense, 379; piliferum, 379; Powellii, 380; prorepens, 379 ; Reinwardti, 380 ; ‘Tongense, 380. Macropiper latifolium, 261; methy- sticum, 260, 262 ; puberulum, 262. Macroplethus, 374. Macrostylis disticha, 295. Masa corylifolia, 148; nemoralis, 148, 430; persicæfolia, 148, 430; Pickeringii, 148; Vitiensis, 148. Malaisia acuminata, 254; Cunning- hami, 254; scandens, 254; tor- tuosa, 254; virescens, 254. MALAXIS equitans, 302 ; glandulosa, 302; Tahitensis, 302. Mallococca crenata, 26. | MALLOTUS tiliæfolius, 227. MALPIGHIACEZÆ, 29. MALVACEA, 15. Manglilla, 148. MANIHOT Aipi, 229; palmata, var. aipi, 229. MAOUTTIA australis, 245, 433. Mappa Harveyana, 228; тасғо- phyla, 228. | Maranta arundinacea, 101. Marattia attenuata, 377; Douglasii, 377; sorbifolia, 377 ; terminalis, 109. | Marchantia nitida, 419. 445 | Marginaria, 864, 366. Mariea, 119; Vitiensis, 429. Marsupidium, 418. Mastigobryum cordistipulum, 406 ; dentatum, 406; pallidum, 406 ; pusillum, 406; serrulatum, 406; subacutum, 406; Urvilleanum, 418. Mastigopelma simplex, 406. Mastigophora diclados, 405. Matayba, 189. Magnoliacea, 235. Mays Zea, 327. MEDINILLA атала, 88: hetero- phylla, 88; parvifolia, 89; rhodo- chlæna, 88; Waterhousei, 89. Medusanthera Vitiensis, 39. Meiothecum intextum, 397 ; strato- sum, 397; microcarpum, 397. Melaleuca æstuosa, 84 ; villosa, 84. Melanthium, 313. MELASTOMA Banksii, 90; denticu- latum, 89; glabra, 85, 86; Ma- labathricum, 90, microphyllum, 89; Novæ-Hollandiæ, 84, 90; pelagicum, 89; polyanthum, 90; Taitense, 90; Vitiense, 90; velu- tinum, 84, 90. Миша Azedarach, 36; elegans, 36. Melistaurum distichum, 98. Melo, 106. Metocuta Vitiensis, 24. Метортхоз Baueri, 155; Cumingii, 155; phyllireoides, 155 ; scandens, 155. Melongena, 174. Melopepo, 107. Melothria Samoensis, 108. MEMECYLON ; Harveyi, 85; Viti- ense, 84. Menichia, 82. Menispermacea, 245. Menyanthes, 167, 168. Mercurialis, 224. Merretia axillaris, 7. Mertensia dichotoma, 332; emar- ginata, 332; flagellaris, 832, glauca, 332 ; pinnata, 332. Meryta angustifolia, 119; Denhami, 119; lanceolata, 118; latifolia, 119; macrophylla, 119; Sin- clairii, 119. Mesosorus, 331. Mesothema, 351. Messerschmidia, 169. Metaxya, 333. Meteorium æruginosum, 395 ; flori- bundum ; 395; helictophyllum, 395; Hornschuchii, 395 ; intri- catum, 395; lanosum, 395; len- ң 3 х 446 gissimum, 395; striatulum, 395; trichophorum, 365; Vitianum, 395 ; vulcanicum, 395. Meteorus, 82. METROSIDEROS Amdoinensis, 69; collina, 83 ; collina, var .Vitiensis, 84; diffusa, 84; lutea, 83 ; macro- pus, 83; obovata, 84; polymor- pha, 83, 109, 427; rugosa, 83; spectabilis, 83 ; villosa, 83. Metzgeria furcata, 419. Micrococca, 224. Mieröelus Ræperianus, 221. Microgramma, 367. Microlepia campylura, 341; hirta, 340; papillosa, 341; scoparia, 340; spelunce, 340; tenuifolia, 339 ; tenuis, 341. MICROMELUM coriaceum, 32 ; gla- | brescens, 32; minutum, 31; pu- bescens, 32. Micropiper, 259. Microstegia esculenta, 851. Microterus, 367. MICROSTYLIS platychila, 302; pur- purea, 302. Mida, 210. Milnea edulis, 37. Mimosa glandulosa, 72 ; glauca, 73; Mangium, 73 ; pudica, 78; scan- dens, 11; simplicifolia, 13. Mimusops dissecta, 150. MissiESSYA corymbulosa, 433. Mitraria Commersonia, 82. Modira Canirum, 166. Molina, 29. Moliugo stricta, 200 ; triphylla, 200. Momordica Charantia, 105, 107. MONANDRA, 293. MONIMIACEÆ, 205. Monochlæna, 358. Monogonia, 348. Monogramma subfalcata, 370 ; J ung- huhnii, 370. Monosrs insularum, 139; Wright- iana, 140. Morus Indiea, 245 insularis, 245; papyrifera, 246; pendulina, 245; scandens, 254. 4 Morgania aspera, 180; lucida, 180. MoRINDA bucidæfolia, 130; citri- folia, 18 and 129; Forsteri, 129; Grayi, 130; lucida, 130; mollis, 1830; myrtifolia, 129; guadran- gularis, 129; tetrandra, 129; ... umbellata, 129. го 944, Mucuna altissima, 57; gigantea, 59: |. platyphilla, 59; urens, 59. Mohlenbeckia australis, 200. Muricia, 105. | * INDEX. Murraya exotica, 32. Murucnje, 96. Musa Cavendishii, 289; Chinensis, 289, 290; mensaria, 289; paradi- siaca, 290 ; regia, 290 ; sapientum, 289; troglodytarum, 989, 290; uranoscopus, 289, 290. MUSSÆNDA formosa, 123; frondosa, 123. Mymecylon Vitiense, 79. Myonima umbellata, 128. Myoporum euphrasioides, 186 ; Sand- wichense, 213; tenuifolium, 213. MYRIOGYNE minuta, 144, 430. Myriopteris, 347. Myriotheca sorbifolia, 377. MYRISTICA castanæfolia, 205 ; gran- difolia, 205; hypargæa, 205; macrophylla, 205 ; moschata, 205. MYRMECODIA echinata, 138; imber- bis, 138; inermis, 138; tuberosa, 138; Vitiensis, 138. Myrobalanus, 92. Myroxylon orbiculatum, 7. Myrsine Brackenridgei, 149; capi- tellata, 149; crassifolia, 149; Gaudichaudii, 149; Korthalsii, 149; Lessertiana, 149; my- ricæfolia, 149; neriifolia, 149; Sandwichensis, 149 ; Tuitensis, 149. Myrtaceæ, 120, 210. Myrtiphyllum, 134. Nathusia, 153. Nauclea Forsteri, 121; orientalis, 121. Naudinia, 85, 427; glabra, 86. Neara longifolia, 118. Neckera gracilenta, 397; implana, 897, Lepineana, 897; lorifor- mis, 397. Nelitris Billardieri, 81; Жиегі, 81; fruticosa, 80 ; Jambosella, 81 ; Vitiensis, 80, 427. Nematodontes, 403. | Nemostiema, 236. NEOTTEA, 293. Neottopteris nidus, 353. Nepenthes Bongso, 99. Nephelaphyllnm pulchrum, 304, | 305. Nephelium pinnatum, 48. Nephrandra, 190. Nephrodium abruptum, 362; ar- borescens, 362 ; cyatheoides, 362 ; dissectum, 360; Fijiense, 360; Gaimardianum, 336; Henkea. num, 362 ; hirsutulum, 361; Hud- sonianum, 363; 359; invisum, 362; latifrons, inequilaterale, | 362; Leuzeanum, 363; membra- nifolium, 362; Milnei, 360; molle, 362, 363 ; nymphale, 363 ; obliquatum, 869; obliteratum, 362; patens, 359; propinquum, 362; serratum, 362 ; simplicifo- lium, 366; squamigerum, 359; subsericeum, 362; tenuifolium, 360; truncatum, 363 ; irregulare, 364; Vieillardii, 362. NEPHROLEPIS acuta, 361; f. nu- diuseula, 361; cordifolia, 361; exaltata, 361; hirsutula, 361; obliterata, 362; ramosa, 361, 362 ; repens, 362 ; saligna, 361; splen- dens, 361; trichomanoides, 361 ; tuberosa, 361. Neraudia melastomefolia, 237 ; 8егі- cea, 231. Nesogenes euphrasioides, 186. NESOPANAX Vitiensis (tab. SE), 117, 429. Neurocallis, 574 Neuronia, 360. Neuropteris, 340. Nicolsonia, 56. NICOTIANA А ustralasica, 179; fastigiata, 431; Forsteri, 179; fruticosa, 179; Macgillivra yi, 179; rotundifolia, 431 ; swaveo- lens, 179; suaveolens, 43] ; taba- cum, 179; undulata, 179. Nipa fruticans, 269. Niphobolus acrostichoides, 367; adnascens, 367; bicolor, 867 elongatus, 367; glaber, 367; ser- pens, 367; tricholepis, 367. Niphopsis, 367. Nothocestrum breviflorum, 173; lati- Jolium, 173 ; longifolium, 173. Nothocnide, 243. Notholena Brownii, 347 ; hirsuta, 347; lanuginosa, 347 ; pilosa, 847, suleata, 347 ; vellea, 347. NOTHOPANAX, 113, 429; Anisum, 114; cochleatum, 114, 116 ; Cum- ingit, 114; elegang, 1 14; fruticosum, 115,225; Macgillivrayi, 114; mul- tijugum (tab. xviii and xix), 114, 115; Murrayi, 114 ; obtusum, 114; pinnatum, 116; sumbuci- folium, 115; Samoense, 116; tricochleatum, 114, 116; Zippe- lianum, 115. Notoscyphus luteseens, 407 ‚ 418. Novella nigra, 168. Nyctagella, 179. NYCTAGINEA, 194. Nyctanthes, 153, OLACINEÆ, 38. Obeiunia gladiata, 300; glandulosa, 809; iridifolia, 302; micrantha, 300; myosurus, 300. OCHNACEA, 34. ОснковтА Borbonica, 158, 159; ellip- tica, 158; parviflora, 158; Sand- wichensis, 158. Ocimum „frutescens, 191; gratissi- mum, 191, 432; petiolare, 191; pusillum, 192; scutellarioides, 191; Zeylanicum, 191. Octoblepharum albidum, 386; as- perum, 387; densifolium, 387; dentatum, 386 ; incrassatum, 386 ; recurvum, 387; Schimperi, 386 ; scolopendrium, 387; scabrum, 387; smaragdinum, 387. Odollam, 157. Odonteilema, 224. Odontoloma Macraeana, 336. Odontosoria, 338. Œdicladium involutaceum, 393 ; pur- puratum, 393; rufescens, 393. Qlacaceæ, 119. OLDENLANDIA debilis, 126; fætida, 126; paniculata, 126; tenuifolia, 125, 126. Olea apetala, 153; pauciflora, 155; Sandwichensis, 153; Vitiensis, 153 and 155. Oleaceæ, 158. OLEANDRA mollis, 360; Sibbaldii, 360. Olfersia cervina, 373 ; gorgonea, 373, Vieillardii, 373. Olostyla corymbosa, 124. - OLYRA micrantha, 326. Omalanthus pedicellatus, 232. Omphalobium, 53. 2 Охсосавргв Vitiensis, 50, 53. Onopteris, 359. OPERCULATA, 293. Operculina Turpethum, 112. Ophioderma pendula, 378. Ophioglossum concinnum, 977; ellipticum, 377; scandens, 376; pendulum, 378; reticulatum, 377. OPHIORRAIZA laxa, 126,127; leptan- thera, 126, 127; Nelsoni, 126; ploides, 126, 127 ; rugosa, 127; Solandri, 126, 127 ; subumbellata, 126; Tahitiensis, 127. Ophiopteris, 360. OPHRYDEA, 293. ORCHIDEA, 293. | Oreodaphne Kavainensis, 432. Oreopanaz, 118. А ORMOCARPUM oblongum, 56; sen- noides, 55. INDEX. Ornithospermum, 171. Ornitrope panigera, 48. Orobanche, 99. Orthopogon compositus, 325 ; remo- tus, 325. Orthotrichum, 379, 380. Orthogramma, 351. Osbeckia Australiana, 84; Chinensis, 84. Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, 75. Ottilia, 44. Qutea bijuga, 69. Ovieda, 188. OxaLis corniculata, 30 ; reptans, 30. Oxera, 186, 189. | Pachypleuria, 335. РАСНҮВКН1208 mollis, 63 ; trilobus, 63. Pala, 161. Paliurus, 41. PALME”, 269. Pampelmoes, 33. * Panax angustifolium, 115; Anisum, 114; cochleatum, 114, 116; con- chifolium, 116; decompositum, 114; dendroides, 115; elegans, 114; fragrans, 114; fruticosum, 114, 115; margaritifera, 115; Murrayi, 114; obtusum, 114; pinnatum, 114, 116; polybotrys, 114; sambucifolium, 115; samoense, 116; scutellarioides, 116 ; Zippelianum, 115. Pancheria, 108. Pandaca, 159. Pandanus atrocarpus, 81; Blancoi, 281; caricosus, 274, 281; de- missus, 282 ; fascicularis, 282 ; leucanthus, 282 ; littoralis, 282 ; Milleri, 282 ; odoratissimus, 251 and 263 ; spiralis, 281; tectorius, 282 ; verus, 281. PANICUM wabiguum, 325; Linkia- num, 325 ; patens, 325; pilipes, 325; sanguinale, 325 ; trigonum, 325. Papaya communis, 97; orientalis, 97 ; sativa, 97 ; vulgaris, 97. Paphia Vitiensis (tab. xxviii.), 147. Papyrus, 246. Paratropia Qumingiana, 114 ; multi- juga, 114, 115. Parietaria debilis, 231. Parinarium insularum, 75; laurinium, 15; Margarata, 15. Paritium purpurascens, 18. Parthenoaylon, 201. PasPALUM orbiculare, 326; san- guinale, 325; serobiculatum, 326. 447 Passiflora, 96. Pavetta dubia, 132; sambucina, 194; оршіна, 124; triflora, 183. PELAGODENDRON Vitiense, 124. Pelekium velatum, 401. PELLÆA geraniifolia, 348 ; ? nudius- cula, 347; pedata, 348; Poh- liana, 348 ; ternifolia, 348. Pellionia australis, 432; elato- stemoides, 239; filicoides, 239 and 432; Piiensis, 240 and 432. Pentacarya heliotropioides, 168. Pentagonia, 123. Pentapanax Leschenaultii, 114. Pentaphyltrum, 178. Pentapterygium, 147. PEPEROMIA Baueriana, 259 ; Cale- donica, 259; Endlicheri, 959; Fernandeziana, 259; Gaudichaudi, 959; hypoleuca, 259 ; insularum, 259; latifolia, 259 ; leptostachya, 259; Macraéna, 259; membran- acea, var. 259 ; Oahuensis, 433 ; pachyphylla, 259; pallida, 259, 433 ; reflexa, 259; rhomboidea, 259; Sandwichensis, 259; See- manniana, 259 ; tetraphylla, 259; Urvilleana, 259 ; verticillata, 259 ; Vitiana, 433. Pepo, 107. Peristylis gracilis, 293. Persea, 201. Pes equinus, 113. Petaloma, 94. Petesia carnea, 124, 133; carnosa, 122; coriacea, 192 ; terminalis, 122. Peltochlæna, 358. Phæopsis montana, 191. Puasus Blumei, 299; Græffei, 299. Phalangium adenanthera, 312. Phalaris velutina, 325. Phaleria, 207. PHARBITIS insularis, 171, 172, 431. Pharmacum, 85. | PHASEOLUS amænus, 61; lunatus, 62; mango, 61; radiatus, 62 ; rostratus, 61; Rozburgii, 61; tri- nervius, 62 ; Truxillensis, 61. Phegopteris rubrinervis, 366. Philagonia sambucina, 31. Philonotis, 381. | Phoenix dactylifera, 277, 218. Phlomis decemdentata, 192. Pholidocarpus, 269. Photinophyllum, 384. | Phragmicoma aulacophora, 412; bi- labiata, 412; contractilis, 412, 448 413; cuneistipula, 412 ; immersa, 412; ligulata, 412; olivacea, 412; plana, 412; renistipula, 413; securifolia, 412 ; subnuda, 412 and 413; tecta, 412; tu- mida, 412. Phreatia elegans, 801, microtidis, 301; minutiflora, 301; Tahiten- sis, 801. Phrynium dichotomum, 288. PHYLLANTHUS @neus, 218; amen- tuliger, 219 ; anceps, 220; Bala- densis, 218; — Billardieri, 918, Bourgeoisii, 218; bupleuroides, 218; Caledonicus, 218; cauda- tus, 218; cataractarum, 918, Chamecerasus, 218; chrysanthus, 218; cłtcaoides, 218; concolor, 219; а. ellipticus, 219: 8, obovatus, 219; cordatus, 219; cornutus, 218; cuspidatus, 218; Deplanchii, 218 ; distichus, 218; Fagueti, 218; Jruticosus, 220; Gaudichaudii, 918; glaucus, 218; Grayanus, 218 ; gym- nanthus, 221 ; heterodoxus, 220; Kanalensis, 218; Kanalophylius, 218; loranthoides, 218 ; ma- crochorion, 218; macrophyl- ius, 218; Manono, 219 р mi cranthoides, 918; murianthus, 218; pacificus, 218 ў: Pan. cherianus, 218; persimilis, 218 ; platycalyx, 218; pedocarpus, 219; ramiflorus, 432 ; var. lanceolatus, 218; rufidulus, 218; salicifolius, 918; Sandwichensis, 218; Seemannianus, 219; sim- plex, 220; var. virgatus, 220 ; Socielatis, 218 ; Taitensis, 218 ; torrentium, 218 ; urceolatus, 218 ; venulosus, 219; vespertilio, 218 ; Vieillardi, 218; virgatus, 220; Vitiensis, 219 ; Wagapensis, 218 ; Wilkesianus, 220, Phyllaurea, 981. 22 Phylloglossum, 327. ; Phyllogonium angustifolium, 396; immersum, 396. ; Phyllostegia örevidens, 191 OVAL. ambigua, 191; Chamissonis, 191 ; clavata, 191 ; dentata, 191; flori- _ бипаа, 191; glabra, 191; gran- diflorajal 91; haplostachya, 191; _ B. leptostachya, 191: hirsuta, 191; Macra, 191; macrophylla, 191 ; mollis, 191 ; parviflora, 191 ; par- viflora a. Gaudichaudi, 191; 8. tuscula, 191; mollis, 191; a _ 191 ; stachyoides, INDEX, 191; truncata, 191; vestita, 191. Phymatodes irioides, 368; vulgaris, 368. Phyrrhanthus, 94. PHYSALIS angulata, 178; edulis, 178; esculenta, 178; flaccida, 178 ; Peruviana, 178 ; tomentosa, 178. Physistium conchæfolium, 407; evo- lutum, 407 ; sphagnoides, 407. Physurus vaginatus, 294. Picræna, 33. Picrasma Denhamii, 33; Javanica,33. Pierardia Seemanni, 221. Pilea peploides, 236. Pilotrichum rugifolium, 391 ; Vitia- num, 394. P1m14 rhamnoides (tab. v.), 25. PIPER acuminatum, 259 : æmulum, 259; ascendens, 259; Austro-Cal- cedonicum, 260, 262 ; decumanum, 260; excelsum, 260; inebrians, 260; insectifugum, 260, 261, 262; latifolium, 260, 261; Mac- gillivrayi, 260, 262, 273 ; methy- sticum, 260, 262, 310; pallidum, 259; polymorphum, 959; psitta- corum, 260; puberulum, 262 ; simplex, 959; Siriboa, 262; spurium, 260 ; tetraphyllum, 259. Piptostegia, 171. PIPTURUS albidus, 243, 248; Can- dolleanus, 244 ; gracilipes, 433 ; platyphyllus, 433; propinquus, 244, Taitensis, 243 ; velutinus, 243 and 433, Pisonia aculeata, 195 ; Bruno- niana, 195 ; excelsa, 195; Fors- teriana, 195; grandis, 195; in- ermis, 195; macrocarpa, 195 ; mites, 195; Mooreana, 195; ni- gricans, 195; procera, 195; Sin- clairi, 195; umbellifera, 195: viscida, 196. PrrrosporuMarborescens, 8 ; Brack- enridgei, 8 ; Pickeringii, 8; rhyti- |Р docarpum, 8, 425 ; Richii, 8; to- biroides, 8. | Plagiochasma, 419. Plagiochila arbuseula, 408; auricu- | P. lata, 408; bialata, 407; Brau- niana, 409 ; combinata, 408 ; fissi- dentoides, 407 ; geminifolia, 408 ; longispiea, 407; oblongiflora, 408 ; opposita, 408.; Owaihensis, | P 408; pacifica, 407 ; patentissima, 08; Seemanni, 408 ; Vitiensis, 498, Plananthus squarrosus, 328. Plantago major, 193; pachyphylla, 193; princeps, 193; Queleniana, 193 Platanthera, 293. Platisma filir, 420, Platyloma, 348, Plectocolea micrantha, 405. PLECTRANTHUS australis, 192 ; Fors- teri (tab. xlvii.), 192 ; parviflorus, 192. PLerosmiLax Menziesii, 310 ; Sand- wichensis, 809: Vitiensis (tab. хеш.), 309, 310. PLEOCNEMIA Leuzeana, 363. Pleopeltis accedens, 368; affinis, 367; alata, 368; alternifolia, 368; coadunata, 368 ; elongata, 367 ; irioides, 367; lanceola, 367 ; longissima, 367; maxima, 867; nigrescens, 368; Phymatodes, 368 ; Powellii, 867; pustulata, 369; spectrum, 367. PLERANDRA Grayi (tab. xxii.), 117; Pickeringii, 117. Plerandreae, 429, Pleurogramme (?) paradoxa, 370. Pleurosorus, 370. Pleurothallis, 303. Plumbagidium. PLUMBAGO Zeylanica, 194. PODOCARPUS affinis, 266; ama- ra, 266; bracteata, 266 ; cu- pressina, 267 ; Dulcamara, 266; elata, 266 ; Horsfieldii, 267 ; im- bricata, 267 ; maerophylla, 266; Nove-Caledonia, 266; Vitiensis (tab. Ixxviii.), 266. Pæcilopteris Brackenridgei, 374; polypbylla, 374; Quoyana, 374; equienianum, 874; rivularis, 374; Smithii, 374, Pogonatum aloides, 403; Vitiense, 403. PoGoNIA plicata, 296. Poikilopteris, 374, Poinsettia, 216. OLYALTHIA Vitiensis (tab. iii.), „dk Polybotrya Wilkesiana, 374. Polycampium, 367. OLYGONUM allenuatum, 200 ; Coch- inchinense, 200 ; glabrum, 201; imberbe, 200 ; orientale, 200; Persicaria, 200; Forsteri, 200. Polygramma, 350. olyphragmon minus, 130. Polyphrema, 255. е Polypodium abietinum, 365; acce- dens, 368 ; acrostichoides, 367 ; adenophorus, 365 ; adnascens, 367; affine, 332; alatum, 368 ; aristatum, 358; attenuatum, 366 ; Billardieri, 368; blechnoides, 365; caudiformis, 371; conforme, 365; conjugatum, 369; contiguum, 365; cordifolium, 36l; crassi- frons, 365; crinale, 365; de- corum, 365; dichotomum, 332; dipteris, 369; dissectum, 360 ; diversifolium, 369; extensum, 332; Gaudichaudii, 369; glaucum, 332; grossum, 368 ; Haaliloanum, 364 ; Hillebrandii, 365; Airsutulum, 361; Honolulense, 365 ; Hookeri, 364; Horsfieldii, 369; hymeno- phylloides, 365; invisum, 362; irioides, 368; irregulare, 366; Keraudrenianum, 365; lasiostipes, 365; latifolium, 864; Leuzea- num, 363; ligulatum, 365; Lin- nei, 369; longissimum, 367; lunulatum, 334, 352; Milnei, 362; minimum, 364; morbillo- sum, 369; nigrescens, 368; nu- dum, 340; nymphale, 363; pel- lucidum, 365 ; phymatodes, 368; pleiosorum, 364; pseudogrammi- tis, 364; pustulatum, 368 ; quer- cifolium, 369; rigidulum, 369; rufescens, 365; salignum, 361; Samoense, 364; . Sandwicense, 365; sarmentosum, 365; scan- dens, 369; Schkuhrii, 369; tra- chycarpum, 364; serpens, 367; serrulatum, 364; sessilifolium, 364; simplicifolium, 366 ; specio- sum, 369; Speluncæ, 340; stel- latum, 367 ; subauriculatum, 367; subnudum, 365; subpinnatifi- dum, 364; slyvaticum, 369; tamariscinum, 365; tripinnatifi- dum, 365; unidentatum, 365; unisorum, 365. Polyporus affinis, 422; hirsutus, 422; lateralis,422; sanguineus, 422. Polyscias pinnata, 114, 116. - PoLYSTICHUM aculeatum, 858; aris- tatum, 358; coriaceum, 358; Haleakalense, 358; Hillebrandii, 358; semicordatum, 358; ves- titum, 358. Polytæmium, 371. Polytricheæ, 403. Pomaderris, 25. Pometia pinnata (tab. x.), 48; ternata, 43. Ротит Draconum sylvestre, 52. | Рохвамта glabra, 65; religiosa, ` 65; triphylla, 65; uliginosa, 65. Poppya, 105. Porocarpus, 130. Porotrichum Aneitense, 397; den- INDEX. droides, 397 ; elegantissimum, 397 ; mucronatum, 397. PORTULACA flava, 9; linifolia, 9; lutea, 9; oleracea, 9; paniculata, 10; patens, 10; quadrifida, 9. Portlandia, 125. Pothomorpha, 260. Poupartia dulcis, 52. Powellia involutifolia, 391. PREMNA integrifolia, 187; Taitensis (tab. xliii.), 180, 186. Primulaceæ, 147. Prinos, 40. PRITCHARDIA Gaudichaudii, 274; Martii, 274; pacifica (tab. Ixxix.), 270, 274. Procris cephalida, 241; integri- Jolia, 241 ; longifolia, 241 ; lucida, 241; rostrata, 239; sessilis, 240 ; splendens, 242. Pronephrium, 362. Prosaptia contigua, 338; Emersoni, 338. Prasium | glabrum, phyllum, 191. Prunus laurocerasus, 14. Pseudopanaceæ, 429. Pseudopanaz, 209. Psidium decaspermum, 81; folium, 81. Psilogyne, 190. Psilotrichum Sandwichense, 198. Psilotum complanatum, 331; dicho- tomum, 831; flaccidum, 331; floridanum, 331; Pervillei, 331; Sandwichense, 198; serratum, 258 ; triquetrum, 331. 191; macro- myrti- Psychotria apodantha, 134; TRIUMFETTA crassifolia, 26; Fa- breana, 26 ; procumbens, 26, Vitiense, 343. | Trochodendron, 234, 235. TROPHIDIA effusa, 295. TROPHIS anthropophagorum (tab. lxxiii.), 258, 433 ; scandens, 254. Trisanthus cochinchinensis, 11 3, Trismeria, 370. Tristeca aristata, 331. Tristellaria australasica, 29. Turneraceæ, 96. TYLOPHORA Brackenridgeii, 162 ; Govanni, 162; Iphisia, 162; Samo- ensis, 162. TYPHA, angusłała, 281; Brownei, 281; Damiattica, 280 ; elatior, 280; latifolia, 280; minor, 280 ; Shuttleworthii, 281. Ubium aculeatum, 308. ULMACEZÆ, 234. Umbelliferæ, 112. Unona axillaris, 5 ; Cananga, 5; J'arcla, 5; Gærtneri, 5; leptope- tala, 5; odorata, 5 ; velutina, 5. URARIA, cercifolia, 57; lagopoides, 57. URENA lobata, 16 ; monopetala, 16; morifolia, 16; scabriuscula, 16. Urera glabra, 236 ; Sandwichiensis, 236. Urochloa paspaloides, 325. Urostachya, 301. Urostigma obliquum, 251 ; prolinum, 248, Urtica æstuans, 237 ; affinis, 987; al- bido-punetata, 244; argentea, 243, 244; candicans, 245; cineras- cens, 243, 244; fatua, 237 ; gran- dis, 242; hastata, 238; incana, 243; inermis, 238; interrupta, 237; Javanica, 237 ; lucida, 237; pellucida, 243 ; pilulifera, 237; ruderalis, 237; salicifolia, 241; Sandwichensis, 236 ; vir- gata, 242, Usnea florida, 420, UVARIA amygdalina, 4; girardi- noides, 97 ; laciniata, 97 ; odorata, 4; triloba, 97, Vaccinium alaternoides, 146 ; cereum, 146; Douglasii, 146; Macgilli- vrayi, 146; penduliflorum, 146; reticulatum, 146. 5 Vaginularia J unghuhnii, 570. Valdia, 188. Valikana, 84, VANDEZÆ, 296, VANDELLIA alba, 181; crustacea, 180; petiolata, 181 ; varians, 180. Vantanea, 426, Varroniana, 168, Vasconcellea cauliflora, 97. VAVÆA amicorum, 853; Harveyi, 35; Vitiensis, 35. VEITCHIA Joannis, 269, 271, 274; spiralis, 270; Біюгекі (tab. lxxxi.), 270; 271; subglobosa, 272. Ventilago Vitiensis, 41. Verbena Bonariensis, 186. Verbesina prostrata, 141 ; strigulosa, 142. Vermicia, 223. Verrucaria aurantiaca, 421. Viena anomala, 62; lutea, 62; Oahuensis, 62; retusa, 62 ; Sand- wichensis, 62; villosa, 62. Villarsia Indica, 167. Villeburnea crenulata, 236. Viscum articulatum, 119; com- pressum, 120 ; moniliforme, 120 ; opuntioides, 120. Vittaria elongata, 372; ensiformis, 372; rigida, 372. VITIS acuminata, 44 ; saponaria, 44 ; vinifera, 45; Vitiensis, 44. Vitex Dalrympliana, 189; integerri- ma, 190; litoralis, 189; macro- phylla, 182; ovata, 190; repens, 190 ; trifolia, 190; Vitiensis (tab. хіу.), 190. Volkameria inermis, 138; pumila, 188. PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND CO., LITTLE CUEFN STREET, INDEX. Volkmannia, 188. Polutilla, 203. Vriesia, 180. VRYDAGZYNEA purpurea, 294. Wallichia, 272. Wallrothia, 190. Waltheria Americana, 25; Indica, 20. 7 Webera, 382. Wedelia aristata, 142 ; Forsteriana, 142. WEINMANNIA affinis, 110; Den- hami, 109, 110; dichotoma, 109 ; Macgillivrayi, 109; parviflora, 109; Richii, 110; Samoenensis, 109; serrata, 109; spiræoides, 110; Vitiensis, 110. Weisia Samoana, 379. Whitia, 183. Wibelia, 338. Wiegmannia glauca, 125. WICKSTREMIA Australis, 206; tazi- folia, 206 ; coriacea, 206; Cun- ninghami, 206; elongata, 206; fætida, 907; В. Samoensis, 201; зү. Oahuensis, 207, 432 ; Vitiensis, 207; Forsteri, 207; Indica, 207; phyllireæfolia, 206; rotundifolia, 206; Sandwichensis, 206; Uva- ursi, 206. - Winteraceæ, 234, 235. Wissadula, 15. WOLLASTONIA, Forsteriana, 142; strigulosa, 142. WoRMIA triflora, 3; membrani- folia, 4. Xylaria Feejeensis, 422; hypoxylon, 422; polymorpha, 422; seru- posum, 422. Xylocarpus granatum, 38; obovatus, 38 Xylophylla longifolia, 209. XYLOSMA Hawaiense, 1, integri- folium, 7 ; suaveolens, 7 ; Laperei, 7; orbiculatum, 7. XIMENEA Americana, 38; elliptica, 89, 65; exarmata, 89; inermis, 72. Zanthoxylum Roxburghianum, 31 ; varians, 30. Zapania nodiflora, 186. Zea Mays, 327; vulgaris, 327. Zehneria Baueriana, 108. Zephyrites Taitensis, 49. ZINGIBER officinale, 292; spurium, 292; Zerumbet, 292. Zizyphus pomaderroides, 43; argen- tea, 43. Zygoglossum umbellatum, 303. LINCOLN S INN FIELDS. ЭР @ SSA a M 3 8 rt Bro Vince ” ° Tab. V W. Fitch, del et lith. Tab. VI. Ё F à Ę 8 = W Fitch del. et lith. Græffea calyculata , Seem. (дел. noy) på № Fitch, del. et lith. Vincent Brooks Imp E : 2 : Elæocarpus Storckii, Seem. (5р nov) I. — Tab. ҮІ Vincent. Brooks, np. W Fitch, del. et lith- Elecocarpus Grættei. Seem. (sp. nov) W Fiteh del.etlith W Fitch, | Калда ot lith. _ Vincent Brooks Imp. Smythea Pacifica, Seem /gen. nov/. Tab. XII. W Fitch, del et lith. Vincent Brooks, Imp Stemonurus Vitiensis. Seem (sp. nov.) — Tab. ХШ. Vincent Brooks Imp W.Bitch, del.et lith. Storckiella Vitiensis, Seem. (дей. nov 7, т. lab XV. Vincent Brooks Гир. W Fitch, del.et lith с = 1 г) Z Serianthes myriadenia, March. ” W Fitch, del et lith : Vincent, Brooks, Imp. . Eugenia gracilipes, A Gray. Vincent Brooks, inp. Eugenia Grayi, Seem. (sp.nov Tab. ХҮП. W.Fitch del et Lith. : Vincent Brooks Imp. — | s Spireanthemum Katakata, Seem. (sp. nov) W Fich deet kth. Nothopanax multijugum, Seem: X. rr 1 Tab. Vincent Brooks, Imp. Мо, аа et lith. Nothgpanax multijugum, Seer. 4. Vincent Brooks, crap ch Gk ath, W W. Fitch, del.et lith. Bakeria Vitiensis, Seem. ( gen. nov.) - Тар: ХХІ. Ыы Vincent. Bro: Plerandra Grayi, Seem (sp. nov) Tab. XXIII Mincent Brooks, Imp. W. Fitch, del.et lith. — Loranthus Vitiensis, Seem. (sp. nov.) W.Fitch,del.etlith. Lindenia. Vitiensis, Seem. (sp. nov/ -- Tab. XXIV. Vincent Brooks, Imp. Tab. XXV pa OE Vincent Brooks, Imp VW. Fitch, del. et lith. Policholobium longissimum, Seem. (sp. nov.) Tab. XXVI. Vincent Brooks, Imp. W. Fitch, del et ith. Gardenia Vitiensis, Seem. (sp. nov.) 7 Tab. XXVII. Дар. Vincent Brooks W. Fitch, del. et lith. Blumea Milnei, Seem. (sp. nov.) Tab. XXVIII Vincent Brooks, Imp. W Fitch, del. et lith. — Paphia Vitiensis, Seem. (gen. nov.). Sa иллах Vincent Brooks, Imp ^ } TOV.) Carruthersia scandens Seem. (gen. W.Fitch, del.et lith Tab. XXXI. POSEN Vincent. Brooks. Imp. Fitch, dei.et lith. Gymnema stenophyllum, А. Gray. D, Tab. XXXII. Ттр. Vincent. Brooks, “itch, del.et lith. . m Couthovia corynocarpa, A. Uray. XXXIII "" 3 іар Vincent Brooks, Imp Fitch, del.et lith. Limnanthemum Kleinianum, Griseb. Л SUDCOrdald, dia MULL yt Av: Tab. XXXV. Vincent. Brooks, Imp Fitch, del.et lith. Cardia aspera, Forst. Vincent Brooks, Imp Fitch del et lith Solanum Vitiense, Seem (sp. m) Tab. XXXVII Vincent, Brooks, Вир Hitch, del.et lith. Solanum anthropophagorum, seem. Forst. num repandum, I a 4 te 25 So Tab. ХХХІХ. Vincent Brooks, Imp. Fitch, del.et lith. _ Cyrtandra Pritchardii, Seem. (sp. n) Tab. XL. Fitch a> 5 Vincent Brooks, Imp. Cyrtandra coleoides, Seem (р. n.. Fitch, del.et lith. Cyrtandra ciliata, Seem. lsp m) Vincent. Brooks, Imp. Tab. XLIL Fitch, del et lith Vincent. Brooks, Imp. Eranthemum laxiflorum, A. Gray. . c Tab. XLIII. Vincent. Brooks, Imp. Fitch, del.et lith. Premna Taitensis, Schauer. Fitch, del. et lith Vincent Brooks, Imp Faradaya Vitiensis, Seem. (sp. n) Єт Tab. XLV Е : itch, del. et lith. Vincent Brooks, Imp Vitex Vitiensis, Seem. (sp. n) Vincent Brooks, Imp Fitch, del.et lith Canthiopsis odorata, Seem. (gen. n) Fitch, del.et lith ү 1 Vincent. Brooks, imp Fitch, del.et lith. Cinnamomum pedatinervium, Meisn. (42. Л» ээ | Tab. XLIX. Vincent Brooks, Imp Fitch, del et lith. Tetranthera Seemanni, Meisn. (sp. n.) Tab. | T Vincent Brooks, Imp Fitch, del. et lith . Tetranthera Vitiana, Meisn. (sp. n.) - Tab. Ы. Fitch, del.et lith. Vincent Brooks, Imp Tetranthera palmatinervia. (sp. n), Мал, TAB L deLethtn W. Fitch [n ü r Z TAB. LIII. cordatum, Seem. / 3p. Tv. 1 L SUD mispermu TT Dry: Tas. МҮ Бир incent Brooks, vi 'W.Fitch,del.et lith. Drymispermum montanum, Seem (sp. rj. ГЭ Tas. IV. JE nia f Vincent Brooks, Imp W.Fitch, del.etlith Santalum Yasi, Seem. / Sp. rj. = WFitch,del. et lith Croton metallicum, Seem. (SPI). — Tab. LVI. Vincent Brooks Imp Тав. ТУП. W.Fiteh, del.et lith. Vincent Brooks Imp. Croton Verreguxii, var. Storckii, Muell. Arg.. A Vincent Brooks, imp Fitch, del et lith. Laportea Harveyi, (sp. n), Seem. - Fitch, del.et lith 3 À 2 \ у à ką Laportea Vitiensis. (sp. n), seem. Vincent Brooks. Imp Tab. LX “4 4 ( С 59 Elatostema Fitch. delet lith Tab. LXII Vincent Brooks, mp Fitch, del.et lith Boehmeria Harveyi, (52 m 5722 ks Imp TOOKS 1 S S S5 5 A e 3 3 О 157% ES та о O 2 ы p. g (99) “зз "В, аА. : == » 4 л A $ 8 3 9 “itch, del et lith s scabra, Forst Tab. LXV Vincent Brooks, Imp Fitch, del etlith . Ira B ncent 1 ж Fitch, del.et lith Tab. LXVII Vincent Brooks, Imp Fitch, del. et lith. Ficus bambusafolia (уш. n.) Seem. Tab.LXVIIL 4) “ов delet lith. Vincent Brooks, Imp. Ficus E ohliana forst LXIX Vincent Brooks, п... Fitch, del.et lith. Ficus Storckii (sp. nJ. Seem. Etch, del et lith Ficus Pritchardii (5; - Vino: ent Brooks, Imp T Vincent. Brooks, Imp Ficus theophrastoides, (sp. ru), Sæm 522343) j 24077 Fabel XXI мена. ре P eg ити — eer — м. — Solms. Laubach, anal. Fitch, del et Ши. Аѕсагіпа, lanceolata, Hook. fil. Tab. LXXIV. Vincent Brooks, Пар Tab. LXXV Dna he mena pu Vincent Brooks, Imp. Fitch,del. et lith. Piper puberulum, Bent. ~ J^ Brooks ent mc we 5 LXXVII m 1 lab Fitch, del.et lith. є о nsis 16 Vitie docarpus V Da ro Tab. LXXVIII. 7) 2 M NN Fitch, del. et hth. Vincent Brooks, Day &Son, Imp Kentia exorrhiza, Herm. Wendl. (sp. ry) be Бя KA PS Q e E Vincent Brooks, Imp Herm. Wendl. analys. Fitch, del et, lith. e 76 22. W et 22112 р. Sy JE / y “ме. a Len at Ga, © AG ий ух 1 f 1 rdia paci tcha Fri Herm. Wendl, analys. Fitch, del et lith. Vincent Brooks, Imp. Sagus Vitiensis, (sp. n), Wendt. - | W Fitch del et lith. Ptychosperma Seemanni, Herm. Wendl. (SP. ry.) Tab. [XXXII Vincent Brooks Day & Sau Imp Tab. LXXXII Vincent Brooks Day& San, Imp. W. Fitch del. et lith. Freycinetia Vitiensis. Seem. /52. n.) Tab. LXXXIV. h Vincent, Brooks, Day & Son. Imp. itch, del et, lith. et : | Ж Freycinetia Pritchardii, Seem. (sp. n) | Vincent Brooks Day & San, Imp. W.Fitch, del et lith. Freycinetia Storckii, Seem. (sp r) : қ Freycinetia Milnei, Seem (sp r Гар. LXXXVIL > 1 Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Imp. Fitch, del et hth. sp. п) Alpinia Vitiensis Seem. ( ÅN е” W. Fitch, del с, hth а = Alpinia Boia (sp) seem سے‎ Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Imp. Åmomum Cevuga, Seem. (sp. т.) , del.et lith. Fi Tab. XC. Vincent Brocks Day & Son, imp. Witch del et lith Thrixspermum Godiffroyanum. Rech? (sp. zv) Vincent Brooks Day &San, imp Religi! anal. W Fitch del et lith Dendrobrum Mohliamum, Reh? f (sp ny - Tab XCII W.Fitch, del et lit del et lith Vincent Brooks Day & Son Imp Dendrobium Tokai. Reh? f / 7/ Tab. XCIII 49 #2 y Ч ES үр w cm (AS VF NP SØGE Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, imp `~ Fitch, del et lith. Pleiosmilax Vitiensis, Seem. (gente) Tab. XCIV. ates enu aM a EET Creo ta С Vincent Brooks Day & San, Imp. . Witch, delet lith. ‘Dracaena sepiaria Seem. (5p. 7) ` Tab. XCV. 7" WORT Tet cS peg appre hirer, Fitch, del.et lith. Vincent Brooks Day&Son, Imp. | lia montana tel Seem. (sp. n) Ås Vincent Brooks, Day&Son. Imp C.praelongum DE 7 | NELS Ss AN МАШМ су pa à 7 ATZ, "Ез TTA we / Y a { AB 7 елес 2 МУУ УМЦ CIS | FÅ | РАД РРР. Å "Sh Ll - гэн I м. SS OO Nesa INN RW DR PLIS Pogonatum Vitense. 5. flagellaris. S.aristifolius S. capilliferus. Mitten, del. Fitch, lith . Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Imp. / FLÅ O.smaragdinum. PARDO sA i 5. glaucovirens. 5. oroceus, С. porrectum. Mitten, dal. Fitch, hth. Tab. XCIX. TT » mase: Aco oge cee қ дам MA Казан ы Ju седі Fitch, del et lich : : Vincent Brooks, Day &Son Imp I Trynenia weinmanniæfolia, Seem. (gem. nav.)