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is called apu. A thick silken down, of bright-auburn 

 colour, which invests the stem and bases of the stipes, 

 is called pulu apu (or apu-cotton) by the natives, and 

 is largely employed in stuffing pillows and matrasses. 



C. Sp. Sandwich Group ; native name ohio. The 

 fronds of this species contain a great quantity of muci- 

 laginous fluid, which the native females smear over 

 their hair, to impart to it an agreeable moisture and 

 gloss. 



Adiantum capillus Veneris. The natives of Maui, 

 Sandwich Islands, construct curious ornamental bas- 

 kets from the slender, black, and polished stipes of this 

 fern. 



Lindseea Sp. This is a very delicate and elegant 

 plant : the leaflets of its fronds are pellucid, light-green, 

 and in form (as well as in their spangled fructification) 

 resemble a butterfly's wing. Sandwich Isles. 



Doodia Kunthiana. Vittaria rigida. Nephrodium 

 exaltatum. Adenophorus tripinnatifidus. Dicksonia 

 flaccida. Hymenophyllum recurvum. Sandwich Isles. 



Aspidium microsamm. Marquesas. 

 Cheilanthes tenuifolia. St. Helena. 



FINIS. 



