POLYPODIACE.E. 



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large, in a single row about 2 lines breadth within the margin. In- 

 dusium round-reniform and entire. 



7. Nephrolepis biserrata, Presl? 



Nephrolepis biserrata, Presl, Tent. Pterid. p. 79 ? 



Aspidium Mserratum? Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 46 & 242; Willd. Spec. PI. 5, p. 231. 



Hab. Sandalwood Bay, Feejee Islands. 



This, though much smaller in all its parts, approaches very closely 

 to the N. splendens, of which it may possibly be only a well-marked 

 variety; but the single specimen we possess does not enable us to 

 decide this point. The pinnae are shorter and narrower, and have 

 a much more attenuated point; the margin is bluntly-serrate, the 

 serratures bidentate ; the superior base truncate-cuneate, the inferior 

 rounded; both sides are smooth, and without the chalky dots on 

 the upper surface ; and the sori are a little closer to the margin than 

 in N. splendens. 



66. OLEANDRA, Cav. 



(Aspidii Spec. Sw. & Auct. Neuronia, Don.) 



1. Oleandra neriiformis, Cav. 



0. rhizomate tereti rarnoso squamoso; sti/pite brevi basi articulato; fron- 

 dibus fasciculatis glabris coriaceis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis; sons 

 approximatis uniserialibus costce jproxirais ; indusio reniforrni inte- 

 gerrimo persistente. 



Oleandra neriiformis, Cav. ex J. Sm. in Hook. Jour. Bot. 4, p. 197. 

 Aspidium neriiforme, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 42 & 237 ; Willd. Spec. PL 5, p. 213 ; Blume, 

 Enum. Plant. Jav. fasc. 2, p. 140. 



Hab. Ovolau, and vicinity of Sandalwood Bay, Feejee Islands ; at 

 the altitude of 2,000 feet. 



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