Die Farne der Samoa-Inseln. 
359 
„S. rhizomate scandente; stipitibus glabris basi teretibus palea- 
ceis; frondibus coriaceis latis pinnatis; pinnis petiolatis, sterilibus 
late lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis basi oblique cuneatis margine inte- 
gerrimis recurvis, fertilibus linearibus elongatis acutis basi rotundatis 
margine leviter undulatis; rhaclii paleacea hirsuta.“ 
„Hab. Feejee Islands: ascending the trunks of trees.“ 
„Rootstock long and climbing, about tbe tliickness of a little 
Finger, and almost entirely concealed with ochraceous, long, slender, 
submembranaceous paleae. Stipes smooth, about 5 inch. long; 
botli kinds about equal, nearly terete at tbe base, with a shallow 
groove in front towards tbe base of the frond, and densely covered 
with long, slender, reflexed and twistet, brown paleae. Botli kinds of 
fronds are about equal in size, broad, from 15—18 inch. long, 
very co riaceous, pinnate. Pinnae from 12—14 in number, 
about a span long, petiolate; the petiole very distinctly articula- 
ted with the rhachis: sterile ones 9 lines broad, 1 i n e a r -1 a n ceo- 
late, tapering rather suddenly into a short acuminate point, 
the base ob 1 ique 1 y cuneate; the margi n rather thick 
and recurved: fertile ones 3—4 lines broad, long-linear, 
acute, with a rounded base and a somewhat undulated 
m a r g i n. 
— Powell (t. Ilook.)! 
11. Polybotrya H. B. K. 
32. Polybotrya lomarioides Kuhn. 
Lssn. Fil. GraeiT. 1. c. 74. 
Upolu: Graeffe no. 368! 
T ut u i la: Graeffe no. 423, 456! In der Nachbarschaft der Pa- 
go-pago Bay: Brackf.nridge (als Lomagramma pteroides — vgl. 
Lssn. Fil. Graefl. 1. c. 75.)! 
— Powell no. 26, 28! 
Subordo II. Polypodieae. 
Mett. 1. c. pag. 12. 
12. Vag-inmlaria F£e. 
33. Vaginularia Junghuhnii Mett. 
Lssn. Fil. Graefl'. 1. c. 75. 
