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20. Asplenium scleropfjum, Montague. 



Asplenium scleroprium, Montagne, Crypt. Bot. Voy. Astrol. & Zelee, 1844, t, 1, f. D. 



Hab. Lord Auckland Islands. 



The pinnae of this are more crowded than in A. obliquum, and of a 

 lanceolate, acuminate, subfalcate form, unequal and cuneate at the base, 

 with short sori and confluent sporangia. The margins of the pinnae 

 in our specimens are not so regularly biserrate as represented in the 

 figure. 



21. Asplenium obtusatum, Forst. 



Asplenium obtusatum, Forst. ex Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 78 & 267 ; Willd. Spec. PL 5, p. 

 317; E. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 150; A. Cunn. in Hook. Comp. to Bot. Mag. 

 2, p. 364 ; Montague, Crypt. Bot. Voy. of the Astrol. & Zelee, 1844, t. 1, f. B. 



Hab. Lord Auckland Islands. 



The A. apicedentatum of Montagne appears to be merely a variety 

 of the present species, differing from it only by a slight contraction 

 of the pinnae into an apiculate tooth. 



22. Asplenium distans, Sp. Nov. 



A. frondibus gldbris membranaceis pinnatis ; pinnis divaricatis cdtemis 

 remotis lineari-lanceolatis attenuatis serrulatis basi incequalibus cune- 

 atis; rhaclii hinc sulcata; venis simplicibus furcatisve divaricatis ; 

 soris approximatis confluentibus ; indusio lineari coriaceo integerrimo 

 recurvo. 



Hab. Island of Savaii, Samoan Group. 



Stipe not preserved. Fronds large, smooth, membranaceous, and some- 

 what flaccid, simply pinnate. Pinnw 6 inches long and 8 lines broad, 

 the inferior ones petiolate, towards the point sessile, rather remote, 



