FLORA VITIENSIS. - 998 
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In addition to the species described below, the following occur in tropical Polynesia :—1. A. Milnei, 
Carr. in Herb. Mus. Brit. ; stipitibus semiteretibus, supra canaliculatis, basi squamosis, superne inter seg- 
menta alatis ; frondibus coriaceis, ovatis v. late ovatis, pinnatis; pinnis lanceolatis, apice attenuatis, margine 
acute serratis, basi cuneatis v. inequaliter cuneatis; nervis furcatis; soris linearibus, nervorum ramum 
antieum occupantibus.—Lord Howe's Island (Macrae!). Allied to A. remotum, T. Moore. 2. A. enatum, 
Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 153. t. 21. fig. 1, from Oahu, Sandwich Islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
3. A. tenerum, Forst. Prodr. n. 431 (Schkuhr, Krypt. Gew. t. 69; A. elongatum, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 79; 
A. productum, Pres], Rel. Henk. vol. i. p. 42. t. 8. fig. 1), from Dangerous Archipelago (Barclay !), Tahiti 
(Menzies! Barclay! Nelson !), and Samoa (Powell !). 4. A. normale, Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 7 (A. multi- 
jugum, Wall., var. B. Hook. Sp. Fil. vol. iii. p. 140 ; A. pavonicum, Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 150. t. 
20. fig. 1), from Oahu, Sandwich Islands (Macrae!). 5. A. Trichomanes, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1. p. 1080, (A. den- 
sum, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 152. t. 20. fig. 3. The margins of the furrowed rachis of this 
species in European specimens sometimes thin out into a wing as distinct as in the Sandwich Islands form 
to which Brackenridge has given this name,) from Oahu, Sandwich Islands (Neison! Menzies! Macrae! 
Hillebrand!). 6. A. Vieillardii, Mett. Ann. Se. Nat. ser. iv. vol. xv. p. 72, from New Caledonia (Vieillard, 
M‘Gillivray!). 7. A. Kaulfussii, Schlech. Adumb. p. 29, from Oahu, Sandwich Islands (Nelson! Barclay ! 
n. 1223, Macrae! Hillebrand!). 8. A. caudatum, Forst. Prodr. n. 482 ; frondibus pinnatis, rachide paleaceo 
setoso ; pinnis linearibus, acuminatis, pinnatipartitis, basi inequaliter cuneatis ; lobis oblongis, truncato-obtu- 
sis, antice obtuse dentatis; soris costalibus.—A. horridum, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 173. From Pacific Islands 
(Forster !), Tahiti (Nelson !), and Oahu (Barclay ! Hillebrand !). 9. A. Aneitense, Carr. in Herb. Mus. Brit. ; 
stipitibus teretibus, supra subsuleatis, glabris ; frondibus lanceolatis, acuminatis, coriaceis, glabris, piunatis ; 
pinnis breviter petiolatis, elongato-acuminatis, subfalcatis, apice attenuatis, inciso-serratis, basi inzqualiter 
cuneatis, inciso-lobatis ; lobis obovato-cuneatis, apice bifidis, obtuse denticulatis ; venis flabellato-fureatis ; 
soris brevibus, oblongis, costalibus v.ad nervos loborum; indusio rigido, coriaceo.——A neitum (Milne! Feb. 1860, 
n.2). Between A. caudatum, Forst., and A. contiguum, Kaulf. 10. A. contiguum, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 172 
(A. falcatum, R. Br. Prodr. p. 150), from Oahu, Sandwich Islands (Chamisso, Macrae !), and Lord Howe’s 
Island (Milne !). 11. A. paradoxum, Bl. Enum. Pl. Jav. p. 179, from Sandwich Islands (Douglas, n. 34, 
36). 12. A. erectum, Bory in Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. v. p. 510, from Sandwich Islands (Hillebrand!). 13. A. 
Menziesii, Hook. and Grev. Icon. Fil. t. 100, from Oahu, Sandwich Islands (Nelson! Menzies!). 14. 4. 
Maeraei, Hook. and Grev. Icon. Fil. t. 217 (A. strictum, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 168. t. 22. 
fig. 1), from Oahu, Sandwich Islands (Nelson! Menzies! Macrae! Hillebrand!), and Cocos Island (Bar- 
clay! n. 2196). 15. A. spathulinum, J. Sm. in Hook. Journ. 1841, p. 408 (A. lobulatum, Mett. Linnwa, 
vol. xxxvi. p. 100), from Tahiti (Collie!) and Sandwich Islands (Hillebrand !). This species is recorded 
from Viti by T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 169, and Baker, Syn. Fil. p. 215, but I have seen no specimeus. 16. 
A. insiticium, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 161. t. 22. fig. 2 (very distinct from the preceding 
species, A. spathulinum, J. Sm.), from Sandwich Islands (Nelson! Hillebrand! U. S. Expl. Exped.). 17. 
A. acuminatum, Hook. and Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 106, from Sandwich Islands (Nelson! Barclay! n. 
1218, Hillebrand!) 18. 4. patens, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 175, from Sandwich Islands (Chamisso, U. S. Expl. 
Exped.). 19. A. polyphyllum, Presl, Tent. Pterid. p. 108, from Sandwich Islands (Meyen, Macrae!). 20. 
A. viridans, Labill. Sert. Aust. Caled. p. 2. t. 2, from New Caledonia (Labillardiére). 21. A. Adiantum- 
nigrum, Linn., var. acutum, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 110, from Sandwich Islands (Macrae! Hillebrand!). 22. 
A. Poiretianum, Gaud. Bot. Freyc. p. 321. pl. 18, from Sandwich Islands (Nelson! Strickland! Douglas! 
Macrae! Hillebrand!). 28. A. Shuttleworthianum, Kunze, Farrnkr. p. 26, from Kermandee group 
(Milne!). 24. A. dissectum, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 170. t. 24, from Sandwieh Islanda 
(Menzies! Maerae!). 25. A. diparioides, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped, Filices, p. 172, from Oahu, Sandwich 
Islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 26. A. Nove-Caledonie, Hook. Ic. Fil. pl. 911, from New Caledonia (Moore! 
Vieillard). * 
1. A. nidus, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1079; stipitibus brevibus, basi paleis lineari-lanceolatis densissime 
vestitis ; frondibus oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, basi angustatis, junioribus et sterilibus herbaceis, fer- 
tilibus coriaceis ; venis creberrimis, tenuissimis, internis; soris tertiam v. quartam partem latitudinis 
oceupantibus.— Neottopteris nidus, J. Sm. in Hook. Journ. 1841, p. 409.  Thamnopteris nidus, Presl, 
Epim. p. 68.—Viti (Seemann! n. 813, in part; Sir E. Home! Milne!). Also from Aneitum, New 
Hebrides (M*Gillivray ! C. Moore!), Tahiti (Banks and Solander !), New Caledonia (Vieillard), and 
Sandwich Islands (Strickland! Barclay! n. 1230, Macrae !). H 
2. A. Amboinense, Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. v. p. 303; rhizomate repente, squamis nigris acumi- 
natis dense vestito; stipitibus brevibus, squamosis; frondibus coriaceis, glabris, lanceolatis, acumi- 
