394 BOTANY. 



the natives as wreaths for the head. In the days of 

 idolatry, a frond of the same species was offered at the 

 sacred morais, by females who intended to procure 

 abortion or murder their offspring. Society Isles ; 

 native name mairi. 



Schizoea dichotoma. Society Isles ; native name diti, 



Angiopteris evecta. This is a very lofty species, its 

 unbranched fronds attaining the height of twelve feet. 

 The leaflets are smooth and light-green, and their dorsal 

 surface is margined with a continuous line of fructifica- 

 tion. The root of this fern is of gigantic size, solid, 

 and farinaceous ; it is roasted and eaten by the natives, 

 when other and more palatable food is scarce. 



Society Isles ; native name enai. 



Gleichenia Hermanni. This tree-fern may be re- 

 garded as the common " brake" of these islands, it 

 covers so profusely the arid and unwooded lands. 



Society Isles. Sandwich Isles. 



G. polypodiotdes. Marquesas ; native name mono, 

 mono, ena. 



Lygodium reticulatum. Society Isles. 



Davallia remota ; native name eremu. D. pectinata. 

 D. tubulosa ; native name atete. Society Isles. 



D. tenuifolia. D.flaccida. Sandwich Isles. 



Cibotium Chamissonis. This bushy and handsome 

 tree-fern is common at the Sandwich Islands, where it 



