340 " FLORA VITIENSIS. 
Forst. Prodr. n. 470.  Loxzoscaphe gibberosa, T. Moore in Hook. Journ. 1853, p. 227. Davallia 
feeniculacea, Hook. Second Cent. Ferns, tab.'54.— Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 761; Milne !), Ovalau, 
on trunks of trees in mountain woods (M‘Gillivray!). Also from Aneitum (M‘Gillivray !), Tahiti 
(Banks and Solander! D. Nelson! Barclay !), and Pitcairn Island (Herb. Mus. Brit. !). 
8. D. ferulacea, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 294; fhizomate subcespitoso, horizontali; stipitibus - 
erectis, subteretibus; frondibus ovatis, acuminatis, quadripinnatis v. decompositis ; pinnis ovato-lan- 
ceolatis; laciniis omnibus ahgustissimis, lineari-spathulatis, obtusis, plerisque soriferis; soris termi- 
nalibus; indusio oblongo-lingulato, segmentis angustiore.— Davallia trichomanoides, Hook. (non 
Blume) Second Cent. Ferns, tab. 64.—Wooded mountains, Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 762; Milne !) 
Buke Levu, 4000 feet, Kadavu (Greffe !). 
This species was inadvertently named D. feniculacea in Bonplandia, vol. ix. p. 261. 
9. D. Denhami, Hook. Second Cent. Ferns, tab. 47; rhizomate repente, subulato-pale- 
aceo; stipitibus semiteretibus, castaneis, parte inferiore sparse paleaceis; frondibus subchartaceis, 
elongato-ovatis, acuminatis, bipinnatis ; pinnis subpetiolatis, lanceolatis, acuminatis, remotis ; pinnulis 
lineari-lanceolatis, obtusis, subpinnatifidis, basi sessilibus, subdecurrentibus, laciniis brevissimis 1- 
bidentatis monosoris; indusio pyriformi, parte superiore libera elongata.— Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 
754; Milne !). 
10. D. pinnata, Cav. Descr. Plant. p. 277 ; rhizomate repente, fibrilloso; stipitibus coriaceis, 
nudis, erectis, semiteretibus; frondibus lineari-oblongis, obtusis, pinnatis; pinnis linearibus, crenato- 
dentatis; venis furcatis, apice rami anterioris soriferis ; indusio semiorbiculato, herbaceo, margine 
superiore late rotundato.—Saccoloma pinnatum, Presl, Tent. Pter. p. 126.—Viti (Seemann! n. 755; 
Harvey !). 
11. D. Lapeyrousii, Hook. Second Cent. Ferns, tab. 56; rhizomate brevi repente; stipitibus 
brevibus, aggregatis ; frondibus herbaceis, lanceolatis, pinnatis, basi angustatis; pinnis numerosis, 
horizontalibus, semiovatis, faleatis, parte inferiore integra, superiore profunde pinnatifida; laciniis 
anguste cuneatis, apice truncatis; venis simplicibus v. furcatis; soris infra apicem sitis; indusio 
reniformi-oblongo, membranaceo.—Lindsaya Lapeyrousii, Baker, Syn. Fil. p. 106.—Viti Levu 
(Milne!). Also from Vanikola or Pitt's Island (C. Moore). 
IX. Microlepia, Presl, Tent. Pter. p. 124. Sporangia in receptaculo intramarginali apici- 
bus v. furcatulis venarum imposita, soros rotundatos v. transverse oblongos formantia. Indusia 
membranacea, semiorbicularia, basi et lateribus adherentia, apice libero truncata v. rotundata.— 
Filices rhizomate repente v. cæspitoso, frondibus pinnatis bipinnatis v. decompositis, venis simplici- 
bus furcatis v. pinnatis, ramis liberis.— Scyphofiliz, Thouars, Gen. Madagase. n. 2. Saccoloma, 
Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 224.  Neuropteris, Desv. Mem. Soc. Linn. Par. vol. v. p. 292. 
Besides the species mentioned below, there occur in tropical Polynesia:—1. M. hirt», Presl, Tent. 
Pter., from the Sandwich Islands (Nelson! Menzies! Macrae! Barclay ! Hillebrand ! Seemann D. 2. M.sco- 
paria, Carr. ms. (Lindsea scoparia, Mett. Ann. des Sc. Nat. 1861, p. 64), from New Caledonia (M‘Gillivray ! 
Vieillard). 
l. M. Spelunce, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 93; rhizomate repente; frondibus membranaceis, 
flaccidis, hirsutis, ovatis v. deltoideis, tri- v. quadripinnatifidis; pinnis inferioribus ovato-lanceolatis ; 
pinnulis lanceolatis, obtusis; laciniis rhombeo-ovatis, obtusis, inciso-lobatis ; soris inframarginalibus ; 
indusio glabro v. hispido.— Polypodium Spelunce, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. p. 1093. Davallia Spelunce, 
Baker in Hook. Syn. Fil. p. 100. Polypodium nudum, Forst. Prodr. n. 446. Dicksonia polypo- 
