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Hab. On the Corcovado, Rio Janeiro, Brazil ; in dense woods. 



Fronds from 2 to 3 feet high, imparipinnate on a glahrous and 

 angular stipe. Pinnce alternate, about 4 inches long and 10 lines 

 broad, lanceolate, acuminate, seated on a very short petiole, having a 

 crenate-dentate margin and glossy upper surface. Bhachis angular and 

 channeled on the upper side, slightly villose, with proliferous buds 

 near its extremity, seated in the axils of the pinnoe. Son numerous, 

 distant and scattered, except those seated nearest the costa, which are 

 arranged in a partially interrupted line parallel to it. 



2. GONIOPTERIS PENNIGERA, J. Sm. 



Goniopteris pennigera, J. Sin. in Hook. Jour. Bot. 4, p. 54. 



Arctium pennigerum, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 49; A. Rich. Bot. Voy. Astrol. p. 67 j A. 

 Cunn. in Hook. Comp. to Bot. Mag. 2, p. 367. 



Hab. Tipoona, Bay of Islands, New Zealand. 



This species sometimes has a rootstock of two or three feet in 

 length. 



3. Goniopteris costata, Sp. Nov. 



& frondibus pinnatis ; pinnis sessilibus distantibus subalterns glabris 

 lanceolato-linearibus attenuatis pinnatifidis, laciniis oblongis obtusis 

 integris; rliaclii sulcata costaque supra pubescentibus ; soiis numerosie 

 approximates biserialibus. 



Hab. Feejee Islands. Tahiti, Society Islands. 



Fronds 2 feet and upwards in length, of a lanceolate-oblong form, 

 pinnate. Pinnas sessile, spreading, lower ones opposite and distant, 

 those towards the summit alternate and approximate, 7 inches long 

 by 7 lines broad, lanceolate-linear, narrowed into a serrate point, the 

 lower pinnatifid about half way down to the costa, which latter is pro- 

 minent on the under side ; the two lower opposite pair of venules 

 only uniting. Soii small, of a yellowish-brown colour, and crowded 



