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pinnatis; pinnis sterilibus alternis adnatis elongato-lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis basi decurrentibus, 
fertilibus elongato-linearibus acuminatis; soris lateris inferioris decurrentibus ; indusio crenato- 
lacero.—L. punctata, Blume, Enum. PI. Jay. p- 201. JL, coriacea, Brack. U.S, Expl. Exped. Filices, 
p- 122.—Viti (Seemann! n. 797). Also from Tahiti (Barclay !), 
2. L, doodioides, Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 124; rhizomate repente, apice pale- 
aceo; stipite semitereti, purpurascente, levi, frondis sterilis brevi, fertilis elongato; frondibus steri- 
libus rigidis, lanceolatis, attenuatis, pinnatipartitis, pinnis confertis subfaleatis oblongo-lanceolatis 
obtusis, margine reflexis minute dentatis ; frondibus fertilibus majoribus, pinnatis, caudato-acumiatis, 
basi attenuatis, pinnis remotis elongato-linearibus acutis; indusio membranaceo.—L. attenuata, 
Hook. Sp. Fil. vol. iii. p. 6 (ex parte, non Willd.),—Viti (Seemann! n. 796. U.S. Expl. Exped.}. 
Also from Aneitum (M‘Gillivray !). 
3. L. pilosa, Brack. U. S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 125. t. 15; stipite semitereti, punctis 
elevatis aspero, basi squamigero ; frondibus rigidis, deltoideo-ovatis, acuminatis, pinnatis; sterilium 
pinnis adnatis, suboppositis, oblongo-linearibus, attenuatis, margine revolutis undulatis, basi superne 
subauriculatis ; fertilium elongato-linearibus, obtusis, basi superne lobato-auriculatis ; venis prominen- 
tibus costisque subtus pilosis ; indusio membranaceo, lacero,—Viti, in mountain forests, rare (U.S. 
Expl. Exped.). 
4, L. filiformis, A. Cunn. Comp. Bot, Mag. vol. ii. p. 363; rhizomate scandente, paleaceo- 
squamato; frondibus pinnatis, glabris, pinnis sterilibus lanceolatis serrulatis apice attenuatis basi 
brevipetiolatis simpliciter v. inzequaliter truncatis, fertilibus elongato-filiformibus rachique crinito- 
ramentaceis.—L, propinqua, A, Cunn. Comp. Bot. Mag, yol. ii. p. 363. L. pimpinellefolia, Hook. f. 
in Hook. Journ. 1844, p. 412. Stenachlena heteromorpha, J. Sm. Hook. Journ. 1842, p. 149. 
S. Feejeensis, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped, Filices, p. 78. pl. 2. fig, 1.—Sandal-wood, Viti, on trees 
(U.8. Expl. Exped.). 
The small abnormal barren form is the ouly one yet recorded from Viti. In it the frond is small, 
nearly sessile, lanceolate, acute above, and with smaller and more distant pinne below; the pinna are 
small, oblong, and with a short petiole. The drawing and description of the plant given by Brackenridge 
agree entirely with this abnormal form. It has not been detected by any one else out of New Zealand, so 
that it seems to me probable that some error has crept into the labelling of this plant. 
5. L. Milnei, Carr.in Herb. Mus. Brit. ; frondibus membranaceis pinnatifidis ; sterilinm pinnis 
suboppositibus elongato-linearibus, apice obtusis, basi meequalibus, superne liberis, inferne adnatis 
non-decurrentibus, margine serratis; fertilium inferne petiolatis, superne sessilibus elongato-linea- 
ribus, acuminatis ; venis numerosis parallelis simplicibus v. furcatis, apice pinnarum flabellatis, soris 
lateralibus, indusio crenato.—Viti (Milne !). 
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XIX, Blechnum, Linn, Sp. Pl.ed.1. p.1077. Sporangia in soros lineares geminos intramaryi- 
nales costze approximatos continuos v. rarissime interruptos collecta. Indusia linearia, versus 
eostam libera. Venze frondium sterilium simplices y. furcate, venulis liberis, frondium fertilium in 
receptaculo coalitee,—Filices caudice herbaceo erecto interdum stolonifero, frondibus simplicibus pin- 
natifidis v. pinnatis. —Distavia, Mesothema, Spicanta, Blechnopsis, et Orthogramma, Presi, Epim. 
pp- 110-121. 
The following species occur in tropical Polynesia, in addition to those mentioned below :—l. B. siria- 
tum, R. Br. Prodr. p. 152, from Aneitum (M‘Gillivray!). 2. B. irregulare, Oarr. ms, 10 Herb. Mus. Brit. : 
rhizomate adscendente, paleis nigro-fuseis lanceolato-acuminatis tecto ; stipitibus semiteretibus, stramineis, 
sparse paleaceis; frondibus piunatifidis, sterilibus pinnis oblongis obtusis basi decurrentibus, margine 
sinuato-lobatis denticulatis, fertiliibus elongato-linearibus sinuato-crenatis; venis fureatis; soris costa. 
adpressis; indusio nembranaceo.—Interior of New Caledonia (M‘Gillivray !). 
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