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middle, acute, narrowed gradually from the middle to the base, 

 firm in texture, green on both sides, glabrous or slighly pilose on 

 the main ribs on the under surface. Main veins distinct to the 

 ficlge. 8~6 ill- apart, with 5-8 areolge between the midrib and 

 margin. Sori deltoid, occupying nearly the w^hole length of the 

 cross-veins. Voma peak and other mountains near Namosi, Viti 

 Levu, at about 1800 feet, Home, 74.5 ! 795 ! This is one of the 

 many interesting species discovered by Professor Beccari in his 

 recent exploration of the mountains of New Guinea. 



Vittaria scolopendrina, Thwaites. — Trees in damp, shady forests 

 near Namosi, Viti Levu, Home, 780! This is not published 

 as a Fiji species, but we received it not long ago from Mr. Edgar 

 Layard. 



Antrophyum reticulatum , Kaulf. — On trees in low, damp, shady 

 forests, both in Walau and Yiti Levu, Home, 16 ! 106 ! 



Gymnogramme horneensis, Hook., var. major, Baker. — Woods 

 near Nadrau, Viti Levu, at 1500 feet, Home, 926 ! The type is a 

 rare Bornean plant, discovered by T. Lobb, and regathered lately 

 by Burbidge. The Fiji plant coincides with it in texture, veining, 

 and sori, but the lamina is twice as long and as broad, and furnished 

 with a distinct stipe. 



60.* Gymnogramme (Syngramme) scolopendrioides, Baker, n. sp. 

 — Ehizome woody, wide-creeping, clothed with copious spreading 

 lanceolate crisped brown scales. Stipe very short, scaly. Frond 

 lanceolate, entire, 10-12 in. long, f-1 in. broad above the middle, 

 narrowed very gradually to the base, acute, coriaceous, green and 

 glabrous on both surfaces, a few scales similar to. those of the stipe 

 extending to the midrib on the under surface. Veins distinct, 

 erecto-patent, simple or forked, ^-f lin. apart, united at the ajDex 

 by an obscure intramarginal vein, like that of Thamnopteris. Sori 

 shorter than in any of its allies, confined to the uj)per part 

 of the frond, irregular, the largest nearly touching both midrib 

 and margin. On trees near Navesi saw-mills, Suva, Viti Levu, 

 Home ! 



Gymnogramme Wallicliii, Hook. — At Koroivono, and also at 

 Waiwai, Vanua Levu, in open parts of the forests, at about 1000 

 feet, Home, 522 ! 621 ! New to Polynesia. 



Gymnogramme pinnata, Hook. — Of this there seem to be three 

 well-marked varieties ; the type, as figured by Brackenridge under 

 the name of Hemionitis elongata (Atlas, tab. 8), with copiously con- 

 fluent linear sori ; a var. hrachysora (Milne, 321 ! Home, 737 !) 

 with the sori mostly oblong, ^— |- in. long, rarely round or linear ; 

 and a var. polyjiodioides, gathered for the first time by Mr. Home, 

 in which the sori are more numerous, smaller, and mostly round. 

 The three forms all correspond in veining and in the texture and 

 cutting of the frond. 



AcrosiicJium conforme, Sw. — A plant gathered by Mr. Home on 

 trees on the mountains near Namosi, Viti Levu, agrees well with 

 the Himalayan A. marginatum, AVall. 



Acrosticfwm. sorhifoUum,, L. — A specimen gathered by Mr. Home 

 shows conclusively that Gymnogramme / suhtrifoliata, Hook. Sj). 



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