20 F I L I C E S. 



Bootstoch creeping, a little over an inch in length, paleaceous-hirsute. 

 Stipe and rhachis paleaceous; palese ciliate. Fronds about a span 

 long, lanceolate-ensiform, bipinnate at base, pinnate towards the point. 

 Pinnw petiolate, about half an inch in length, ovate and slightly cor- 

 date, the lower 3 or 4 pairs pinnate, upper ones pinnatifid, or bluntly 

 lobed or dentate; upper surface of a dark green colour, with scattered 

 oppressed hairs; the lower face densely imbricated with brown, linear- 

 lanceolate, ciliated scales, their points projecting beyond the margin. 



2. NOTHOCHLuENA HIRSUTA, DesV. 



NothochJcena hirsuta, Desv. Jour. Bot. 1, p. 93, ex Kaulf. En. Fil. p. 138. 

 Pteris hirsuta, Willd. Spec. PI. 5, p. 390. 



Hab. Feejee Islands ; in the mountains of Muthuata. 



In our specimens, the fronds are much longer and considerably 

 broader than those described by Kaulfuss; but in all other particulars 

 we consider the two plants as identical. 



3. Nothochl^na pilosa, Hook. & Am. 



NothochJcena pilosa, Hook. & Am. Bot. Beech. Yoy. p. 47. 

 Yar. (3. Frondibus lanceolatis ; pinnis 2-3 inferioribus distantibus. 



Hab. Tahiti, Society Islands; in dry and rocky places near the 

 coast. ($. Feejee Islands ; on dry, almost barren hills. 



In the var. /?. the fronds are longer, and more erect and lanceolate 

 in their outline, than in the Tahiti plant. 



4. NOTHOCHL^ENA TENERA, Hook. 

 Nothochlcena tenera, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3055; Hook. Gen. Fil. t. 76. 

 Hab. Peru ; in the vicinity of Obrajillo. 



