352 FLORA VITLIENSIS. 
1. B. orientale, Linu. Sp. Pl. p, 1077; rhizomate adscendente, paleis pallide fuscis setoso. 
stipitibus basi paleaceis, glaberrimis; frondibus coriaceis, pinnatisectis ; pinuis 
acuminatis tecto ; e's ; i ‘ wil tas ne 
infimis abortivis ad basin stipitis insertis, superioribus linearibus attenuatis acuminatis integerrimis, 
mareine tenuissime callosis ; nervis densis simplicibus v. fureatis ; soris costa adpressis ; indusio mem. 
D5 a ad : Z ‘4° ron. . 
branaceo.—Blechnopsis orientale, Presl, Epim. p. 117.—Viti (Seemann! n. 795; Sir E. Home! 
Milne! Greeffe!). Also from Aneitum (M‘Gillivray !), and Wallis Island (Sir E. Home !). 
9, B. vittatum, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 131; stipite levi, semitereti, basi paleaceo. 
crinito; frondibus membranaceis, glabris, oblongo-lanceolatis, pinnatis ; pinnis alternis, sterilibus 
lineari-lanceolatis attenuatis serrulatis, basi dilatatis, fertilibus contractis laneeolato-linearibus 
acutis basi dilatatis, apice sterilibus ; venis simplicibus v, furcatis, parallelis ; soris cost approximatis, 
continuis; indusio cartilaginco, imtegerrimo.—Viti, in wet lands (U.S. Expl. Exped.) ; Ovalau, in 
mountain woods (M‘Gillivray !). Also from New Caledonia (Vieillard). 
XX. Doodia, BR. Br. Prodr. p. 151. Sporangia im receptaculo ramulis anastomosantibus 
venarum imposita, soros lineares v. lunulatos costze parallelos formantia. Indusia plana, introrsum 
libera.—Filices cwspitosis, subcoriaceis, pinnatis; pinnis dentatis, quandoque coadunatis; venis 
arcuato-anastomosantibus, apicibus liberis, snbtus elevatis.—Woodwardie sp. auct. 
Tn addition to the species described, the following occur in tropical Polynesia:—1l. Doodia media, 
R. Br. Prodr. p. 151, from New Caledonia (M*Gillivray ! Vieillard) and Sandwieh Islands (Barclay! 
Muerae!), Mettenius (Filie. Hort. Lips. p. 66) erroneously quotes D. /unulata as Mr. Brown’s name for 
thia species. Perhaps the error crept into his ms. from observing a specimen of the species in Herb. 
Banks. named Polypodium lunulatum, Soland. ms. 2. D. Kunthiana, Gaud. in Freye. Voy. Bot. p. 401, 
pl. 14, from Oahu (Macrae! Barclay! n. 1221; Bennett!), 3. D, Mlilnei, Carr. in Herb. Maus, 
Brit.; frondibus ovato-lanceolatis, ¢ medio versus basin et apicem decrescentibus, pinnatis, membranaceis ; 
pinnis sessilibus, superioribus basi inferiore decurrentibus, inferioribus basi superiore liberis, inferiore 
adnatis, lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, margine dense argute serratis, soriferis; soris bi-triseriatis, lunu- 
latis, seriebus primis elongato-lunulatis, serie tertia ere cat connexa, Hook. (in part) Sp. Fil. vol. iti. 
p. 75.— Distinguished trom this species by the form of the piunw, the repeated subdivision and abundant 
reticulation of the yeins, and the numerous sori completely covering the pinne.—Raoul or Sunday Island 
(Milne !). 
1. D. Brackenridgei, Carr. in Herb. Mus. Brit.; stipitibus teretiusculis ; frondibus ovato- 
lanceolatis, pinuatis, apice pinnatisectis; pinnis remotis, subpetiolatis, oblongis, sensim attenuatis, 
acutis, margine undulatis argute serratis, segmentis lateralibus basi sequaliter dilatatis, termina- 
libus acuminatis integris; soris biseriatis, costalibus magnis lunulatis, exteruis minoribus subcou- 
tmuis v. incompletis.—D, Kunthiana, Gaud. var. 8. Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 138.— 
Ovalau, mountains, woods (M‘Gillivray !) ; Viti (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
r 7 a . “4 a . 
The genus Sadleria is confined to the Sandwich Islands, There appear to be two well-marked species : 
1. 8. cyatheoides, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 162 (Chamisso, Seemann! Macrae! ete.), and, 2. 8. sguarrosa, Gaud. 
Voy. Bonite, pl. 2. fig. 1-6 (Expedition of La Bonite, Hillebrand 1), 
Trisus TV. ASPLENIE A. 
XXI. Asplenium, Jinn. Gen. Pl. ed. 1. n. 783. Sporangia venis transversalibus imposita, in 
soros lineares collecta. Indusia membranacea, e vena lateraliter orta, versus costam libera. Ven 
simplices y. fureats, venvlis liberis v. interdum areu transverso marginali conjunctis.—Filices rhizo- 
mate erecto v. decumbente, interdum stoloniferse ; frondibus coriaceis herbaceis v. membranaceis, 
simplicibus lobatis pinnatis vy, decom positis,— Onopteris, Neck, Elem. n. 1721. Darea, Juss, Gen. 
p. 15, Canopter és, Berg. in Noy. Act. Petrop. vol. ix. Acropteris, Link, Hort. Berol. vol. ii. p. 55. 
, 3. Sm. ‘. Journ, 1841, p, 409, Thamnopteris, Presl, Epier. p, 68. 

