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to refer to. But we may state, that there are now before us forms 

 of our present species, to which the description of P. rneniscifolium 

 equally applies. As authority for Q. neriifolium, we relied principally 

 on the figure in Hooker's Genera Filicum. 



11, GONIOPHLEBIUM ALBO-PUNCTATUM. 

 Polypodium albo-punctatum, Raddi, Plant. Brasil. p. 21, t. 30. 



Hab. Organ Mountains, Brazil : in dense forests. 



In all respects, save in the larger size of the frond, and the absence 

 of the white dots on the upper surface of the segments, our single 

 specimen of this plant agrees with the figure and description of Raddi : 

 the slight discrepancies may have been the result of some local cause. 



12. GONIOPHLEBIUM SERRATIFOLIUM, Sp. Nov. 



O. rhizomate repente; stipite semitereti basi paleaceo; fronde membra- 

 naceo glabro pinnato; pinnis sessilibus subaltemis patentibus linearis 

 lanceolatis acuminatis serratis basi obtuse cuneatis; saris orbicularis 

 approximates uniserialibus. 



Hab. Feejee and Samoan Islands. 



Stipe about 18 inches long, about the thickness of a goosequill, 

 straw-coloured and angular in front, the back round and of a chestnut- 

 brown colour ; the palem at the base long, slender, pointed, and beau- 

 tifully reticulated. Fronds membranaceous, 2 to 3 feet in length ; the 

 subalternate, smooth, sessile, spreading, linear-lanceolate pinnee from 6 

 to 8 inches long, and 6 to 8 lines broad, with a coarsely serrate margin, 

 and a bluntly cuneate base, articulated with the rhachis. Veins slender, 

 and distinct to the naked eye on both sides. Sori rather large, round, 

 and approximate, forming a continuous line almost to the apex of 

 the pinnaa, on each side of and close to the costa. 



