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ON A COLLECTION OF FEKNS MA.DE IN SAMOA, 11 



56. Hypolepis tenuifolia, Bernh. 

 53. Lindsay a lobata, Poir. 



57. Pellsea geranisefolia, Fee. 



58. Pteris ensiformie, Burm. 



59. 60. quadriaurita, Retz. 

 63. marginata, Bory. 



69 ex parte. Lomaria vulcanica, Blurne. 

 ,, procora, Spreng. 



,, lanceolata, Spreng. 



71. Asplenium Nidus, L. 



72. feejeense, Brack. 



75. multilineatum, ZToo^'. Showing the curious dimorphic, 



decompound, barren fronds discovered by Mr. Powell. 

 77, 78, Asplenium resectum, Smith. 

 81 ex parte. falcatum, Lam. 



„ lobulatum, Mett. 



79. caudatum, Forst. 



affine, Sw. 



laserpitiifolium, Lam. 

 84. multifidum, Brack. A fine series of specimens of 



this little-known species, throwing doubt upon the distinctness 



from it of A. Poicellii, Baker. 

 89. japonicum, Thunh. A good series of the typical 



Japanese form. 

 86. esculentum, Presl. 



88. decussatum, Sw. 



92. Aspidium aristatum, Siv. 



110. Nephrodium Brackenridgei, Baker. 

 103. Harveyi, Baker. 

 107. dissectum, Desv. 



113. intermedium, i?«/(;er. New to Polynesia. 



111. davallioides, Baker. 

 94. Leuzeanum, Hook. 

 171. molle, Besv. 



97. unitum, R. Br. 



100. truncatum, Presl. 



102. latifolium. Baker. 



101b. decurrens. Baker. 



118. Nephrolepis cordifolia, Presl. 

 117. ramosa, Moore. 



119. var. trichomanoides, J. Sm. 



115. acuta, Presl. 



116. var. rufescens, Presl. 



120. Oleandra neriiformis, Car. 



121 (3*). Wmi'MEi, Baker, n. sp. Rhizome trailing, sufFruticose, 



flexuose, as thick as a quill, clothed with dense, spreading, linear, 

 acuminate, membranous, pale brown scales 3-4 lines long. Stipe 

 6-18 lines long, scaly, with a distinct swollen articulation about 

 halfway down. Lamina linear-ligulate, simple, 10-18 inches long, 

 12-21 lines broad, acute, cuneate or narrowly rounded at the 

 base, membranous, both sides bright green, the upper glabrous, 

 the lower and edge minutely pubescent, the midrib beneath 



