220 FILICES. 



Hab. Oahu, Sandwich Islands : in the crevices of rocks ; rare. 



Whole plant about 3 inches in height, having a ccespitose rootstoch, 

 and slender, linear-lanceolate, pinnate fronds, supported by wiry, 

 slender, nahed, black and glossy stipes, of about an inch in length. 

 Pinnae small, sessile, alternate, crowded, coriaceous and opaque, 3 lines 

 long by 2 lines broad, triangular-ovate, the margin entire and repand; 

 the base truncate, its superior half auriculate. Indusium rather coria- 

 ceous, straiv-coloured, equal with the margin. 



This is very distinct in character from the two preceding species ; 

 and the habitats of each are also very dissimilar. In none of the 

 localities were plants of either of the species plentiful. 



70. LINDS^EA, Dryand. 



1. LlNDS^A LINEARIS, SlV. 



Lindsma linearis, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 118 & 318, t. 3, f. 3 ; R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. 



Holl. p. 156 ; A. Rich. Bot. Voy. Astrol. p. 85 ; A. Cunn. in Hook. Coinp. Bot. 



Mag. p. 366; Hook. Spec. Fil. 1, p. 206. 

 L. lunata, Willd. Spec. PL 5, p. 421. 



Hab. Vicinity of the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Port Jackson, 

 New South Wales. 



From the latter country we have specimens of this Fern over 18 

 inches long. Stipe naked, purplish, glossy, usually about the same 

 length as the frond itself. 



2. Lindsma microphylla, Sw. 



Lindscea microphylla, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 120 & 319 ; Willd. Spec. PL 5, p. 426 ; R. 

 Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 156; Hook. & Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 194; Hook. Spec. Fil. 

 1, p. 218. 



Hab. Port Jackson, New South Wales. 



