346 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
Venze flabellato-furcate v. a costa media fureate, ramis liberis.—Filices candice herbaceo, plerumque 
frondibus simplicibus pinnatis, pedatis v. supradecompositis, 
The following species have been found in tropical Polynesia, in ane to sate Sesceibia below -— 
1, A, Capillus-Veneris, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1096, from the Sandwich Islan 8 (Menzies! Collie! Macrae! M'G). 
livray! Hillebrand !), and New Caledonia (Vieillard !) 2. A. Bennettir, Carr. in Herb. Mus. Brit. ; stipitibus 
teretibus, ebeneis, nitidis; frondibus ovatis, tripinnatisectis; pl nnalis petiolatis, subcoriaceis, supra glabris, 
infra sparse hirsutis, equilateralibus, rotundato-reniformibus basi sinll @XCisis, V. subcuneatis v. cutieatig, 
antice integris denticulatis; nervis Habellato-dichotomis ; soris oblongo lunulatis. — Sandwich Islands 
(Strickand!), Separated, but not named, from the former species by Mr. J. J. Bennett in Herb, Mus, 
Brit. 3. A. Aneitense, Carr. in Herb. Mns. Brit. ; stipitibus semiteretibus, antice canaliculatis, nigris, 
elaberrimis; frondibus amplis, 3—4-pinnatis, rachibus uigris, antice birsutis, postice glaberrimis ; pinnig 
lineari-acuminatis ; pinnulis glabris, alternis dimidiatis rbomboideo-oblon gis obtusis vy. in sterilibus subacutis, 
margine superiore et antico lobatis; soris in lobulo sitis, rotundatis, integerrimis, antice sinu excisis— 
Aneitum (M‘Gillivray! n. 110), This plant is a near ally of the 8. American A. polyphyllum, Willd., but 
may easily be distinguished by the hairy rachis and the form of the piunew and pinnules, 
repente, 
1. A. lunvlatum, Burm. Fl. Ind. p. 235; stipitibus cxspitosis, gracilibus, atro-fuscis, glabris; 
frondibus oblongis, obtusis, pinnatis; pinnis alternis, petiolatis, lunulato-oblongis, obtusissimis, 
suprema cuneata, margine superiore rotundatis lobatis ; soris linearibus, interruptis, nune confluenti- 
bus.—Pteris lunulata, Retz. Observ. vol. ii. p. 28. t. 4. A. arcuatum, Sw. Prodr, p, 122.— 
Nomen vernac. Vitiense, teste Storck, “ Kau-ni-vatu.”’—Viti Levu, Ovalau, and Moturiki (See- 
mann! n. 801, Storck! n. 915), 
2. A, diaphanum, Blume, Enum, Fil. Jav. p. 215; stipitibus czespitosis, ebencis, nudis; fron- 
dibus pinnatis vy, ad basin 1-3-ramosis ; pinnulis petiolatis, dimidiato-oblongis, obtusis, margine in- 
feriore integerrimis subdecurvatis, antico et superiore lobatis; venis fureatis, venulis liberis in pinnulis 
sterilibus et inter soros fertilium in deutem obtusum desinentibus ; soris obreniformibus.—<A. setu- 
losum, J. 8m, Bot. Mag. Comp, 1846, p. 22.—Viti (Seemann! n, 803, Harvey !). Also from Aneitum 
M‘Gillivray !), 
3. A. hispidulum, Swartz, Prodr. p. 124 et 321; stipitibus czspitosis, filiformibus, nigris, 
rachique asperis; frondibus pedato-bipinnatis; pinnulis dimidiato-ovato-rhombeis, sterilibus mar- 
gine superiore et antico denticulatis, fertilibus crenulatis, utrinque pilosiusculis, striatis, e nervis 
radiato-dichotomis ; soris confertis, subrotundis, indusio hirsuto.—A. pedatum, Forst. Prodr. n. 458 
(non Linn.). A. puhescens, Schkuhr, Fil. p. 108. t.116; Brack. U. 8. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 100, 
—Viti (Seemann ! n. 802, U. 8. Expl, Exped.). Also from Aneitum (M‘Gillivray!), Tongan Is- 
lands (Nelson !), and Tahiti (Barclay !). 
Var. 8. divaricatum, Brack, U, 8. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 100; ramis divaricatis ; pinnis sub- 
flabellatis, oblongis.— Munia, Viti (U. S. Expl, Exped.). 
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ebeneis, postice hirsutis; frondibus. oyato-deltoideis, subpedato—3-4-pinnatis, subhirsutis; pms 
lineari-acuminatis, terminali elongata, pinnulis dimidiato-rectangularibus, margine superiore ¢ 
antico sublobato sorifero, inferiore integro; soris rotundato-reniformibus.— Viti (Milne). Also 
from New Caledonia (Vieillard). 
4, A. fulvum, Raoul, Choix de Pl. de la Nouv. Zél. p. 93 stipitibus erectis, antice elabris, 
The Polynesian plant referred to this species is probably only a variety of the previous species. 
XII. Hypolepis, Bernh. Schrad. Neues Journ. Bot. 1806, vol. i. pt. 11. p. 34. Sporangia 
apicibus venaram imposita, in soros suborbiculares ad marginem sinuum laciniarum frondis eollecta. 
Ind 81 ix j ” s ~~ . ‘ 4 
u tum suborhiculare, submembranaceum, e marine ortum. Vena simplices vel furcate, ¢ costa 
centrali, venulis liberis. — Filices herbacez, fr e late 
ondibus magnis 2-3-4-pinnatis, rhizomat 
repente, 



