564 FILICES. [ Phegopteris, 
or twice forking, their costule sinuate. Sori ~— seated near the Voie, 
of the first veinlet, one to a lobule about its middle or near the sinus, 
Annulus with 16 joints. Spores ovoid-reniform, a8 Fib. vas. Geum 
5, the 2 lower ones largest. — Sp. Fil. IV, 266. — Synops. Fil. p, 311. — 
Brack. 1. ¢. p. 16. 
Not uncommon in forests from 1000— iat Simply bipinnate forms from Nuwan 
Oahu. Small eet uae ee in my poss ee - herbace e€ous, bed entire rea les Spee 
not more than igh, with only a eae a, probably represent the yo 
6 var. tripinnata. — Frond 1—2 ft. long, siaiiddiuanan “ihe nse 
nearly glabrate. Lowest pinnae 6—8’ long on stalks of 3—4“. Tertiary 
pinnules or segments with simple veinlets and 2—6 sori near the edge 
or ane 
Oahu i! The upper pinnae, as often occurs in the more compound forms 
of Se tk on ferns, are catadromous at the base, but soon vier omous from the second 
or third pinnule onward. Brac eget sige gene «plant from 6 ft. high», undoubt- 
edly refers to P..unidentata. Nat. na «Palapalai aumakua 
5. P. Seaman Mann, Enum no. 611. — ¢ PETES unidentatum), Hook, 
& Arn, l.c. p. 105 — Caudex erect, 1--2 ft. high and about 10‘ thick. Stip, 
1—3 ft. long, a neo r dusky, always oqeaagh Te below with 
narrow lanceolate vedidiok: aad glandless scales 1/2—1'/2‘ long, which rise 
from rough protuberances, the scales falling off in size na une toward the 
upper portion. Frond firm membranous, dark green, close, deltoid-oblong, 
subcyatheoid, 1—3 ft. long, 3/s—2'/ ft. broad at the base, tri-, quadripinnate, 
the rhachides sparingly fibrillose or naked. Stipitate pinnae 10—16 on a side, 
the lowest deltoid- or ovate-oblong, 6—18’ ei shortly stalked on stipites 
of 11/2, long-acuminate, more or less uneyen-sided. Lowest secondary 
pinnae the largest, 3—6’, oblong- lanceolate, cdin acuminate, projecting 
downward. Tertiary pinnae '/s—l'/2‘ >< 1—3”, stipitate or sessile, ovate: 
oblong, with a generally cuneate base, obtuse, crenate or lobed or again 
pinnate, the lobes broad, obtuse, curved upward and provided with 1 or 
2 toothlets, one generally near the sinus. Veinlets not excurrent, simple 
or once or twice forking. Sori one to each lobe below the apex of the 
first upper fork-branch, in much compound forms close to the sinus, ie 
narrow pinnules filling the entire surface. apavone flat. Sporangia 
dark red, with 13—17 joints; no paraphyses. Spores lt ee 
warty. Two large fib, vas. fascicles along i pales: with 4—8 smaller 
ones along the convexity of the stipes. — Sp. Fil. 1V, 267. — pa 
Fil. p. 310. — pa erm. Et 
rests Not kno from elsewhere. Nat. name: «Akole». — 
all others catadromous until the second to fifth pinnule; likewise the pinnules are ho- 
modro sat the k tad il the second or fifth segment. The under sur 
face is often whitish from a waxy secretion. 
8 var. paleacea. — Caudex subarborescent, 2—3 ft. high. Stip. 2—3 ft 
long, rough, densely paleaceous throughout with long and dark linear 
