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numerosis, inferioribus paucis.—Viti (Seemann! n. 820, 821). Also from Aneitum (M‘Gillivray !) 
and Tahiti (Barclay! n. 5333). 
9. A. cuneatum, Lam. Encyc. Méth. vol. ii. p. 309; rhizomaté repente, paleis nigricantibus 
subulatis vestito; stipitibus semiteretibus, supra sulcatis ; frondibus membranaceis v. subcoriaceis, 
oblongis v. ovatis, acuminatis, bipinnatis; pinnis primariis petiolatis ovatis apice acuminatis attenu- 
atis v. obtusis, secundariis rhomboideo-ovatis, basi cuneatis, apice obtusis, obtuse dentatis; nervis 
furcatis, manifestis ; soris linearibus, in mediam loborum positis.— 4. affine, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 84.— 
Viti (Milne! Harvey !). Also from Aneitum (M‘Gillivray !) and Sandwich Islands (Hillebrand n. 
10. A. laserpitiifolium, Lam. Encyc. Méth. vol ii. p. 310; rhizomate repente, squamis - 
pellucidis lineari-lanceolatis tecto; stipitibus semiteretibus, opaco-purpurascentibus; frondibus 
chartaceis, nitidis, nervis strigosis ovato-acuminatis, tri- v. subquadripinnatis ; pinnis primariis et 
Secundariis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, tertiariis obovato-cuneatis, basi attenuatis, apice obtusis, 
acute dentatis; nervis repetito-furcatis, ramis densis flabellatis; soris ad basin loborum positis.— 
Tarachia laserpitüfolia, Presl, Epim. p. 83.— Viti (Seemann ! n. 822; Milne! Greffe !) Also from 
Aneitum (M'Gillivray ), New Caledonia (Vieillard), Isle of Pines (M‘Gillivray!), and Ulaietea 
(Nelson !). 
1l. A. obtusilobum, Hook. Icon. Plant. pl. 1000; rhizomate stolonifero; stipitibus czespi- 
tosis, compressis, alatis, glabris v. sparsim stellato-pilosis; frondibus erectis, ovato-lanceolatis, basi 
truncatis, pinnatis; pinnis basi cuneatis, obtusis, pinnatisectis, segmentis patentibus lineari-cuneatis 
obtusis integris v. bifidis; nervis furcatis, ante apicem evanescentibus; soris omnino marginalibus. 
— Viti (Seemann! n. 784). Also from Aneitum (Milne!) and Tana (C. Moore). 
12. A. bipinnatum, Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 344, in corrig. (A. furcatum, p. 170); 
stipitibus compressis, basi paleaceis; frondibus lineari-lanceolatis, bipinnatis; pinnis suboppositis, 
pinnatipartitis, laciniis lineari-spathulatis obtusis, infimis summisque bipartitis; rachi compressa, 
alata; soris submarginalibus.— 4. rutefolium, Presl, 8. furcatum, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p.168. A. 
prolongatum, Hook, Second Cent. Ferns, pl. 42.—Ovalau, Viti (Grzffe!, U. S. Expl. Exped.). Also 
from Vonicalle Island (C. Moore !). 
13, A. Seemanni, Carr. in Herb. Mus. Brit.; rhizomate stolonifero; stipitibus fasciculatis, 
semiteretibus, subalatis, basi paleaceis ; frondibus lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, bipinnatis ; pinnis 
primariis suboppositis ovatis obtusis, secundariis apice simplicibus, dichotome 1—2—3.furcatis, seg- 
mentis linearibus, truncatis v. obovatis; nervis simplicibus; soris marginalibus, segmento latioribus. 
— Viti (Seemann! n. 760 and 828). 
Nearly related to A. dichotomum, Hook., from Borneo. 
14, A. multifidum, Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 171. pl. 23; stipitibus levis, angu- 
latis, suleatis, squamosis; frondibus membranaceis, tripinnatis; divisionibus primariis alternis, im- 
bricatis, oblongis, acuminatis; pinnulis oblongis, obtusis, pinnatipartitis, laciniis linearibus obtusis, 
inferioribus bi-trifidis ; rachi parce squamosa; soris semioblongis, submarginalibus ; indusio integer- 
rimo.—Ovalau, Viti (U. S. Expl. Exped.). Also from Tahiti, Society Islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
15. A. dubium, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 172; rhizomate repente ; stipitibus angu- 
latis, parce paleaceo-hirsutis; frondibus membranaceis, glabris, deltoideo-ovatis, bi-tripinnatis ; 
pinnis suboppositis, patentibus, oblongo-lanceolatis; pinnulis lineari-oblongis, inciso-pinnatifidis, 
laciniis linearibus, obtusis; rachi compressa, marginata ; soris?—Sandalwood Bay, Viti (U. S. Expl. 
Exped.). 
