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Faurie No. 95, Oahu, Kalihi, alt. 600 m. 
Nearest to Sadleria cyatheoides, but with broader segments and very 
much harsher scales. These have a deep chestnut middle line, and in the 
lower part paler margins. 
ASPLENIUM POLYODON Forst. 
Faurie No. 224, Kauai, Holokele, alt. 600 m. ; No. 312, Hawaii, Glenwood, 
alt. 600 m. 
In form this is very like some specimens of Asplenium pseudofalcatum, 
but the venation and sori are closer. There is no proliferation, and the 
texture is such that it is not to be expected. These specimens agree per- 
fectly with specimens from New Zealand, and Samoa, bearing the name 
A. falcatum Lam. Our Australian specimens are uniformly more slender. 
I use Forster’s name because I am not convinced that the Polynesian and 
Indian plants are identical. A falcatum is reported from Java, Borneo, 
and Celebes, but our large collections from Java and Borneo do not contain 
it. If I knew the plants of Forster and Lamarck to be identical, I would 
use Lamarck’s name in deference to long usage. If I were using the name 
Asplenium adiantoides, it would be in Lamarck’s sense. 
ASPLENIUM COOKI1 Copel. sp. nov. 
Species gregis A. caudati Forst., rhizomate repente, valido, 
paleis atrogriseis; fronde grande, angusta; pinnis incisis, pin- 
natifidis vel pinnatis, papyraceis; soris longis (interdum plus 
quam 1 cm), divergentioribus. 
Faurie No. 232, Kauai, Waimea, alt. 1,000 m, Feb., 1910, Type; bipinnate, 
with oblanceolate rather than obovate pinnules, narrowly cuneate below, 
and the apices narrowed or rarely truncate, and finely toothed. No. 227, 
Hawaii, Glenwood, alt. 600 m, is almost certainly the same, but the rhizome 
is wanting. 
In my opinion, the following less cut plants may be referred to this 
species: Nos. 222, Hawaii, Glenwood, alt. 600 m; 226, Hawaii, Maunakea, 
alt. 2,000 m; 217, Maui, Makawao, alt. 700 m; 308, ibidem, alt. 800 m; 
229, Molokai, Pakoo, alt. 800 m; and 223, Molokai, Kamalo, alt. 1,000 m. 
These represent Asplenium spathulinum of Hillebrand’s Flora, p. 604, which 
is not a tenable name for the Hawaiian plants. Robinson, 3 discussing A. 
caudatum, says “Hillebrand separates Knudsen 141 and 148 as A. spathuli- 
num on the basis that the pinnae in these specimens are more deeply incised 
than in the others.” That Hillebrand never intended to separate the two 
species on this character alone, or mainly, is sufficiently indicated by his 
including under A. caudatum his “var. sectum.” 
I have given to this species the name of the famous explorer who dis- 
covered the Hawaiian Islands and met his death there. 
ASPLENIUM SECTUM (Hilleb.) Copel. comb. nov. 
Asplenium caudatum Forst. var. sectum Hillebrand Flora Hawaii 
(1888) 603. 
Faurie No. 236, Maui (a monstrosity) ; Nos. 460, 461, Kauai, Waimea, 
alt. 1,000 m. 
3 Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 40 (1913) 213. 
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