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( ?, No. 4; recorded as) Aspidium nov. sp. Frond pinn., the lobes hastate. 



Mauna Halealcala, at the elevation of about 5500 feet. 

 Aspidium (No. 8); lax, frond tripinnate, the pinn. dentate. Between the Great Crater 



and Mauna Roa ; also, on Mauna Kea. 

 (No. 9) ; near New Zealand sp. Paleaceous, frond bipinn., the segments incurved. 



In the forest on Mauna Kea, at the elevation of about 4000 feet. 

 (No. 10); frond wide, 4-pinnate, the divisions and subdivisions given off at right 



angles. In tufts spreading above the ground within the upper margin of the forest on 



Mauna Kea, and extending into the inferior portion of the pastoral district. 

 ; compare the last sp. Frond bipinn., the pinn. incurved ; stipe and rachis very 



paleaceous. Bank of stream in the forest on IMauna Kea, at the elevation of 3500 feet. 

 (No. 11) ; habit of right-angled sp. (No. 10). Frond tripinn. ; the stipe and rachis 



very pubescent. In the forest on Mauna Kea, at the elevation of about five thousand 



feet. — The Mauna Kea sp. with the stipe hairy, growing also on Mauna Haleakala, at 



the elevation of 5500 feet. 

 (No. 12); like A. filix-mas. In radiated tufts, like nests, the rachis being 



exceedingly paleaceous and somewhat rigid. The prevailing fern in the upper portion 



of the forest on Mauna Kea; also seen near Puna; and again, on the North flank of 



Mauna Haleakala to the elevation of 7200 feet; and on the Tabular summit of Tauai. 

 (No. 13). Four to six feet high, forming nests ; stipe and rachis white and tender, 



about a third of an inch in diameter, and with long paleae; frond tripinn. In the forest 



on Mauna Kea, at the elevation of from 3000 to 4500 feet. 

 (iN^o. 14) ; a fine species. Three to five feet high ; frond large, bipinn. ; palese 



all along the midrib; fr. large, along the margin. On the mountains behind Honolulu. 

 nov. sp., (No. 15). Habit of P. hexagonopterum ; broad frond, two feet; the 



lower segments tripinn. and lobed. Oahu. 

 ? nov. sp., (No. 16). Four feet high; frond narrow, 4-pinnatisect ; covered with 



broad chaff's to end ; sori minute. " North flank of Mauna Kaala," Rich and Brack- 



enridge. 



Diplazia? (No. 11); frond large, and tender. Mauna Haleakala, at the elevation of 



about 4000 feet ; compare tlie species on Oahu. 

 Gen. near Asplen., (No. 1) ; but apparently no indusium ?. Ornamental ; three feet high ; 



frond pinnate, with segments at base. In the Upper portion of the forest on Mauna 



Kea, at the elevation of 4500 feet. 

 Asplenium nidus?, (compare No. 1 Paumotuan to the Otafuan coral-islands and the Fee- 



jeean Group); yet seeming distinct; frond with the margin callous, and the nervures 



more prominent and conspicuous; compare also Scolopendrioid (No. 1 Feejeean Group). 



At the " saw-mill near Hilo," Brackenridge. 



; seeming distinct from A. nidus. On the mountains behind Honolulu. 



(No. 19); like A. ebeneum, but longer recurved segments, incised ; thin consistence. 



" Puna, near Kaivi's residence, growing on the ground in the woods," Brackenridge. 

 (No. 20); like A. ebeneum, but sometimes larger, frond rooting at the apex; 



pinn. undulate or coarsely crenate. At the saw-mill near Hilo. 

 (No. 21); habit of A. serrat., but bipinn. Three to four feet high; long narrow 



rigid frond. " On the mountains behind Honolulu," Brackenridge. 

 (No. 22) ; near A. serra. Segments long-acuminate ; sori nearly parallel to the 



midrib ; indusium not made out. Frequent in woods in the Puna District. 



