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POLYPODIUM ($ PHyMATODES) sp.—Summit of Taitukura, alt. 2200 ft... Rare and not 
seen elsewhere. Specimens too imperfect for proper determination. 
POLYPODIUM (o PHYMATODES) EXPANSUM, Baker.—Hills and valleys towards the centre 
of the island, plentiful in shady forests. Attains a height of from 3-5 ft. 
Samoa to Tahiti. 
MonoGRAMME JUNGHUHNII, Hook.—Head of a ravine near Ngatangiia, on trees; not 
seen elsewhere, but it is easily overlooked. 
Pacific Islands and Australia northwards to Ceylon, Java, and the Philippines. 
VITTARIA ELONGATA, Sw.—Abundant at the roots of trees on dry declivities up to 
1500 ft. 
Tropies of the Old World. 
VITTARIA SCOLOPENDRINA, Thw.—Ravines at Ngatangiia, rare. 
Samoa, New Guinea, Malay Archipelago to Ceylon and the Philippines, East Tropical 
Africa. 
ACROSTICHUM SAMOENSE, Baker.—Slopes of Mount Taitukura, 1500-2200 ft. ; not seen 
elsewhere. 
Samoa. 
ACROSTICHUM WiLKEsIANUM, Hook.—Valleys of the interior, not common. Often 
climbs trees to a considerable height. 
Fiji to Tahiti. 
ACROSTICHUM GoRGONEUM, Kaulf— Summit of Mount Tekou, 1800 ft.; slopes of 
Taitukura, 1500—2200 ft. 
Sandwich Islands and Tahiti. 
ACROSTICHUM REPANDUM, Blume.—Moist shady places in the interior, very abundant. 
New Caledonia to Tahiti, Australia, and northwards to China and the Philippines. 
ACROSTICHUM SPICATUM, Linn.—On trees and rocks in the interior of the island, 
most abundant. 
Tropies of the Old World. 
ScHIZEA DICHOTOMA, Sw.—Dry declivities in the forests of the interior, common. 
Widely distributed in the warm regions of both hemispheres. 
ANGIOPTERIS EVECTA, Hoffm.—Native name Anae. Very abundant in the valleys of 
the interior, and attaining a large size. 
Warm regions of the Old World. 
