BOTANY. 393 



Lonchitis tenuifolia. An elegant tree-fern. Mar- 

 quesas. 



Asplenium nidus. The fronds of this fern are three 

 feet long, and resemble those of the common harts- 

 tongue (Scolopendrium vulgbre) of Europe; they grow 

 on moist soil and on the trunks of trees. 



Society Isles. 



A. falcatum. Society Isles ; native name ane. 

 A. resectum. Sandwich Isles. 



Polypodium phymatodes. Society Isles. Caroline 

 Island. 



P. Aureum. Society Isles ; native name atua buaa 

 (or god of the pigs, a frond of this fern being usually 

 spread before parturient sows, to aid them in bringing 

 forth their litter.) Marquesas, omdho. 



P. Gramitidis. Grows on the branches of aged 

 trees. Society Isles. 



P. Serpens. P. Sp. ; native name/fire rupe. Society 

 Isles. 



P. Grammitis. P.Atro-punctatum. P. Pseudo-gram- 

 mitis. Sandwich Group. 



P. Viscidum.St. Helena. 



P. Sp. The tall handsome fronds of this fern have, 

 when faded, a fragrant odour, and are much used by 



