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296 FEKNS OF FIJI. 



the four names really cover. Mr. Horue lias altogether five num- 

 bers that fall within these limits, 



Asplenium [Diplazium) uia.viinum, Don. — Common in woods, 

 Vanua Levn, Home, 1099 ! This exactly matches the common 

 Indian i3lant so-called, which is net distinctly known before as 

 Polynesian. 



Allantodia Bnnioniana, Wall. — In one iDlace, Vieunga, in the 

 interior of Yiti Levu, Hor7ie, 799 ! New to Fiji, but discovered 

 lately by the Eev. S.J. Whitmee in Samoa. 



Aspidium aculeatum, Sw. — Tops of mountains, at about 1800 

 feet, between Waiwai and Naduri, Vanua Levu, common, frequently 

 attaining a height of six feet. Home, 602 ! It is interesting to get 

 this characteristically temperate fern in this group for the first 

 time. Messrs. Powell and Whitmee have met with three well- 

 marked varieties in Samoa. 



213.''' Nephrodium (Sagenl\) tripartitum, Baker, n. sp. — 

 Stipites tufted, nearly black, glossy, 6-10 in. long, with a few 

 lanceolate brown scales near the base. Frond deltoid, 6-9 in. long 

 and broad, green and glabrous on both sides, moderately firm in 

 texture, cut dowm wdthin about an inch of the base into three 

 segments, the central one oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, repand, 

 2-3 in. broad, the side ones shorter and unequal-sided, simple or 

 shortly forked at the base. Main veins ascending, rather w^avy, 

 -|-^ in. apart, distinct nearly to the margin ; areola small, 

 irregular, with abundant free included veinlets. Sori large (nearly 

 a line broad), forming two distinct rows (6-8 sori in the central 

 pinnae) between the main veins ; involucre large, reniform, 

 glabrous, persistent. Damp shady places amongst the mountains 

 near Waiwai, Vanua Levu, Home, 562 ! Allied to V. Pica, of 

 Mauritius. 



219.''' Nephrodium (Sagenia) heptaphyllum. Baker, n. sp. — 

 Stipites about a foot long, pale brown, naked. Frond deltoid, 

 above a foot long and broad, moderately firm in texture, green and 

 glabrous on both sides, simply pinnate, with 3-4 pairs of pinn® 

 and an end one. Pinnae oblong, acute, 2-8 in. broad, the upper 

 confluent at the base or broadly adnate to the rachis, the lowest 

 pail* shortly stalked and forked at the base. Main veins erecto- 

 patent, distinct to the edge, ^-^ in. apart, with very copious 

 distinct small intervening areolae, with free included veinlets. Sori 

 middle-sized, forming two distinct rows between the main veins, 

 6-8 to a row ; involucre glabrous, persistent. Upulo, Samoa, on 

 mountains at 1500 feet elevation, on the slopes of an extinct 

 crater 15 miles fi'om Apia, Home, 20! Allied to the West African 

 N. Barteri. 



219. "• Nephrodium (Sagenia) juglandifolium, Baker, n. sp. — 

 Ehizome woody, wide-creeping, ^ in. diam., clothed densely with 

 dull dark brown lanceolate paleae. Stipites contiguous, brown, 

 9-18 in. long, with a few paleae towards the base. Frond oblong- 

 rhomboid, about a foot long, simply pinnate, moderately firm in 

 texture, green and glabrous on both sides. Pinnae generally 5, the 

 end one like the others, lanceolate, 6-9 in. long, 15-21 Hues broad, 



