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NEW FERNS COLLECTED BY J. B. THURSTON, ESQ., 
IN FIUI. 
By J. G. Baxer, F.R.S. 
In an 7 eee recently made by the Colonial Secretary of 
Fiji, J. B. Thurston, Esq., C.M.G., across = mountains of Viti 
Levu, the following new ferns were discovered. The numbers 
Pie: their position in the sequence tollowed:i in our ‘ Synopsis 
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the mi of the pinnules above. inne oblong-lanceolate, 
1-14 ft. me 7-8 in. broad; their rachises castaneous, naked ; 
lower —— reduced in size. Pinnules lanceolate, 8-4 in. long, 
3-3 in. broad, cut down to the midrib into numerous adnate 
as oblong enti or crenate tertiary segments 1-12th in. broad, 
with a distinct space between Veins 12-15 jugate, 
at most 10-12 to a segment. Indusia cup-shaped, oe firm 
in texture, — at the throat, often turned over on the side, 
remaining entire or finally breaking up into two or ‘three pieces.— 
Allied to C. affinis Swarts and C. Milnei Hook. 
ophila dissitifolia, n. sp. — Candex short. Fronds 
ample, tripinnate, 4—5 ft. long, moderately firm in texture, green 
and oe rous on both surfaces, paleaceous on the midrib of the 
tertiary segments beneath. Pinne oblong-lanceolate, above a foot 
long, half a foot broad, their pee cet unarmed castaneous rachises 
slightly raceous and minutely gs wegfee Pinnules lanceo- 
late, pinnate, distinctly stalked, 8-84 in. long, 3-3 in. bro ad. 
Tertiary segments linear-oblong, airiaieiiie. the sterile ones 
lobe, reaching to a apex of the segments, often 14-16 to a 
segment.— Allied to A. Hornei, truncata, and decurrens. 
146.* prin His (LastrEA) maximum sp. — Caudex 
short, erect. Stipe short. Frond ample, Ren ft. 
a foo 
inate, cut away on the lower side at the base. Tertiary seg- 
ments lanceolate-deltoid, unequal-sided sessile, cuneate-truncate 
on the lower side at the base; ultimate lobes ascending, linear- 
oblong, obtuse. —- forked or simple in the ultimate tae 
Sori costular, one at the base of each ultimate lobe. Indusi 
