gg F I L I C E S. 



Our specimens, it will be observed, are from the locality where 

 Raddi first detected the species. 



2. Elaphoglossum Samoense, Sp. Nov. 



E. ccespitosum ; stipite tereti villoso; frondibus simplicibus subcoriaceis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis utrinque sparse villosis, fertilibus rnidto 

 niinoribus lanceolatis obtusis; venis prominentibus furcatis patentibus. 



Hab. Tutuila, Samoan Islands ; in the vicinity of Pago-pago Bay, 

 in mountain forests : on trees. 



Rootstoek cazspitose, short and globose, coated with ferruginous, villose, 

 squamose scales. Sterile fronds subcoriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 about a span long, and 10 lines broad, villous with sparse, brown hairs 

 on the margin, together with the forked veins and costa, which are 

 prominent on both sides; the fertile fronds lanceolate, obtuse, 21 inches 

 long by 6 lines broad. Stipe about 4 inches long, that of the sterile 

 frond about half this length, densely villous; the hairs a little 

 deflexed. 



This is related to Acrostichum strictum of Raddi; but the fertile 

 frond is much smaller in proportion to the sterile one than in Raddi's 

 plant, which has a shorter stipe and narrower sterile fronds. 



3. Elaphoglossum splendens. 



E. rhizomate co3spitoso; frondibus confertis elongato-lanceolatis apice 

 acutis basi subattenuatis utrinque paleaceo-squamosis, squamis lanceo- 

 latis ciliato-dentatis. 



Acrostichum splendens, Bory, ex Willd. Spec. PI. 5, p. 104 ; Graud. Bot. Freyc. Voy. 

 p. 303; Hook. & Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 103. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands : on trees and rocks ; on the latter at an 

 elevation of 8,000 feet. 



The rootstoek is usually coespitose, but sometimes forms a short 



