350 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
subfalcatis, apice obtuse crenulatis; soris elongatis, margine revoluto membranaceo tectis.— 
Pteris tripartita, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 100, 293.  Litobrochia divaricata, Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. 
Filices, p. 108.—Island of Yanuca (Storck! n. 913, Sir E. Home! Harvey !), and Gau (M‘Gil- 
livray !). Also from Tahiti (Collie !). : 
2. L. Milneana, Baker, Syn. Fil. p. 170 ; stipitibus erectis, stramineo-brunneis, glaberrimis ; 
frondibus herbaceis, bipinnatis ; pinnis elongatis, lanceolatis, acuminatis, pinnatifidis, duabus inferiori- 
bus basi exteriori pinnulam minorem gerentibus; segmentis lineari-oblongis, falcatis, apice obtuse 
crenulatis; soris elongatis, margine revoluto membranaceo tectis.— Pferis tripartita, Sw., var. y, 
Milneana, Hook. Sp. Fil. vol. ii. p. 226, t. 138 B.—Viti (Seemann! n. 805). Also from Solomon 
Islands (Milne!), Aneitum (M‘Gillivray !), and Tahiti (D. Nelson !). 
3. L. comans, Presl, Tent. p. 149; stipitibus glabris, semiteretibus, pallidis; frondibus her- 
baceis, glaberrimis, bipinnatis ; pinnis lanceolatis, acuminatis, inferioribus basi bipinnatis, laciniis sub- 
faleatis linearibus acuminatis v. acutis, apice attenuato-serratis, basi decurrentibus ; soris continuis, 
margine revoluto membranaceo tectis.—Pteris comans, Forst. Prodr. n. 419.— Viti (Seemann ! 
n. 810, Milne!). Also from Aneitum, Tana, and Eromanga (M‘Gillivray !), Lord Howe’s Island 
(Milne !), the Tongan Islands (D. Nelson !), and Tahiti (Banks and Solander ! Collie !). 
4. L. sinuata, Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 110. t. 14; rhizomate repente; stipiti- 
bus levibus, teretibus ; frondibus scandentibus, infra glaucescentibus, tripinnatis; pinnis petiolatis 
patentibus ovatis acutis, pinnulis oblongo-lanceolatis margine sinuatis, basi obliquis obtuse cuneatis, — 
superioribus coadunatis ; venulis infimis arcuato-anastomosantibus, exterioribus numerosis multe re- 
ticulatis; soris linearibus, continuis, margine revoluto membranaceo tectis .—Nomen vernac. 
Vitiense, teste Seemann, “ Wa kabo."— Taviuni (Seemann ! n. 807, 808, Milne !), and Ovalau (U. S. 
Expl. Exped.). Also from Aneitum (M‘Gillivray !). 
“ The leaves of this species are used as a potherb by the natives of Viti."—B. SEEMANN. 
XVIII. Lomaria, Willd. Mag. Nat. Ber. 1809, p. 160.  Sporangia in soros lineares geminos 
paginam totam frondium fertilium contractarum tectos collecta. Indusia linearia, scariosa, continua, 
margini inserta, versus costam libera. Venez frondis sterilis simplices v. furcate, venulis liberis, fron- 
dis fertilis obsolete. Filices caudice herbaceo interdum repente v. arborescente, frondibus pinnati- 
fidis v. pinnatis rarissime simplicibus, fertilibus contractis.— Stegania, R. Br. Prodr. p. 152. Loma- 
ridium, Presl, Epim. p. 154.  Polygramma, Presl, Epim. p. 156. 
In addition to the species described below, the following are recorded from tropical Polynesia :— 
1. L. procera, Spreng. Syst. Veg. vol. iv. p. 65, from Tahiti (U. S. Expl. Exped.), and New Caledonia 
(Vieillard). 2. L. contigua, Carr. (Blechnum, Mett.), from New Caledonia (Vieillard). 3. Z. obtusata, 
Lab. Sert. N. Caled. pl. 6, from New Caledonia (Labillardiére, Vieillard, M‘Gillivray!). 4. L. gibba, Lab. 
Sert. N. Caled. pl. 4 and 5 (LL. ciliata, T. Moore?), from New Caledonia (Labillardiére, Vieillard). 5. Z. 
vulcanica, Bl. Enum. Pl. Jav. p. 202, from Tahiti (Nelson!). 6. LZ. opaca, Baker, Syn. Fil. p. 176, from 
New Caledonia (Vieillard). 7. L. Lenormandi, Baker, Syn. Fil. p. 181, from New Caledonia (Vieillard). 
8. L. diversifolia, Baker, Syn. Fil. p. 181, from New Caledonia (Vieillard). 9. L. emarginata, Carr. in 
Herb. Mus. Brit.; rhizomate repente, una cum stipitibus paleis opaco-fuscis lanceolatis longe acuminatis 
dense vestito; stipitibus teretibus; frondibus coriaceis, glabris, sterilibus brevipetiolatis pinnatipartitis 
basi longe attenuatis ; pinnis oblongo-linearibus, subfalcatis, basi dilatatis, apice emarginatis, infimis obtuse 
triangulatis, superióribus in apieem obtusum latum sinuatum confluentibus ; venis prominentibus, furcatis, 
liberis, cum costis rachidibusque subtus setosis; frondibus fertilibus longe petiolatis, pinnatis; pinnis 
elongatis, linearibus, acutis, superioribus sessilibus basi decurrentibus, inferioribus petiolatis.—From Anei- 
tum (M'Gillivray !). 10. L. Vieillardii, Baker, Syn. Fil. p. 175, from New Caledonia (Vieillard). 
. 1. L. elongata, Blume, Enum. Pl. Jav. p. 201 ; rhizomate repente ; stipitibus subteretibus, 
hine sulcatis, supra lobulos rotundos gerentibus; frondibus coriaceis, glabris, late ovatis, acuminatis, 
