The young undeveloped fronds of this plant yield a remarkable perfume,
much resembling that of a ripe peach. Hk. and B. Syn. Fil.
1868, p. 808.—P l a t e 55.
902. *P. lanceolatum, Linn.; P.lepidotum, Willd.; P.macro-
carpum, Kaulf.; Pleopeltis lepidota, and P. helena, Presl.—A small
Fern, with fronds about six inches long, common as a parasite on the
stems of Tree-ferns, Dicksonia arlorea, and native trees, on the
central ridge, and at Diana’s Peak. Alt. 5-4. Hk. and B. Syn. Fil.
1868, p. 356.—Hab. Also West Indies, Panama to Brazil, Cape of
Good Hope, Bourbon, Sandwich Islands, Neilgherries, &c.
903. *P. rugulosum, Labill.; Phegopteris rugulosa, J. Smith.—
One of the most abundant, and at the same time most beautiful of
the Island Ferns; grows abundantly along the roadsides, at alt.
3 to 4, in the neighbourhood of Bevan’s, Joho’s Hole, Well’s, Sandy
Bay ridge, &c. The fronds reach a height of about two feet.
Pteris, Linn.
904. *P. flabellata, Thunb.—The most common roadside Fern
in the Islan d ; found also abundantly in the -ravines on the upper
lands, where it selects a rocky soil. Scarcely occurs above an alt.
of 4, or below 3. Very plentiful about such places as Joho’s Hole,
Well’s, Oakbank, Bevan’s, &c. Even- occurring on the summit of
Lot, and the eastern side of High Knoll. Hk. and B. Syn. Fil.
1868, p. 161.—Hab. Also Cape of Good Hope, Bourbon, Abyssinia,
Femando-Po, Ascension Island, &c.
905. *P. paleacea, Boxb.—A less abundant species, found at a
higher alt., of about 5, where its remarkable fan-like fronds mingle
with the Dicksonia and Diplazium on the mountain spurs, and in the
ravines north and south of the central ridge, near Diana’s and High
Peaks. Hk. and B. Syn. Fil. 1868, p. 159.
121. Lycopodiace® (Club-moss Family).
Lycopodium, Linn.
906. *L. cernuum, Sw.—Commonly known as Buck’s H o rn ;
growing plentifully on the grassy banks on the high central ridge
near Diana’s Peak, &c. Alt. 4 to 5-4. The plant attains a height
of twelve to eighteen inches.