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In addition to the species described below, the following occur in tropical Polynesia:—1. A, ALidner, 
Carr. in Herb. Mus. Brit. ; stipitibus semiteretibus, supra canaliculatis, basi squamosis, superne inter sey- 
menta alatis; frondibus coriaceis, ovatis v. late ovatis, pmnatis; pinnis lanceolatis, apice attennatis, margine 
acute serratis, basi cuneatis v. ineequaliter cuneatis; nervis furcatis; soris linearibus, neryorum ramum 
nntieum occupantibus,—Lord Howe’s Island (Macrae!). Allied to 4. remotum, T. Moore. 2. A. enatunt, 
Brack. U. 8. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 158. t. 21. fig. 1, from Oahu, Sandwich Islands (U, 8. Expl. Exped.). 
3. A. tenerum, Forst. Prodr, n. 431 (Sehkuhr, Krypt. Gew. t. 69; A. clongatum, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 79; 
A. productum, Pres), Rel. Henk, vol. i. p. 42. t. 8. fig. 1), from Dangerous Archipelago (Barclay !), Tahiti 
(Menzies! Barclay! Nelsou!), and Samoa (Powell!), 4. A. normale, Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 7 (4. multi- 
jugum, Wall,, var. 8, Hook. Sp, Fil. vol.iii. p. 140; A. pavoniewm, Brack. U.S. Expl, Uxped. Bilices, p. 150. ¢. 
20, fiz, 1). from Oahu, Sandwich Islands (Maecrae!), 5. A. Zrichomanes, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1. p. 1080, (4. den- 
sum, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 152. t. 20. fig. 3. The margins of the furrowed rachis of this 
species in Huropean specitiens sometimes thin out into a wing as distinct as in the Sandwich Islands form 
to which Brackenridge has given this name,) from Oahu, Sandwich Islands (Nelson! Menzies! Macrae! 
Hillebrand!). 6. A. Vieillardii, Mett. Ann. 8c. Nat. ser. iv. vol. xv, p. 72, from New Caledonia (Vieillard. 
M‘Gillivray!). 7. A. Kawlfussii, Schlech, Adumb. p. 29, from Oahn, Sandwich Tslands (Nelson! Barclay ! 
n. 1223, Macrae! Hillebrand!). 8. 4. eaudatum, Forst. Prodr.n. 432 ; frondibus pinnatis, rachide paleacen 
setoso ; pinnis linearibus, acuminatis, pinnatipartitis, basi inequaliter cuneatis ; lobis oblongis, traneato-obtu- 
sis, antice obtuse dentatis; soris costalibus— A. horvidum, Kaulf. Hnum. Fil. p. 1738. From Pacifie Islands 
(Forster !), Tahiti (Nelson !),and Oabu (Barclay! Hillebrand !), 9. 4, Aneitense, Carr. in Herb. Mus. Brit, ; 
stipitibus teretibus, supra subsulcatis, glabris ; frondibus lanceolatis, acuminatis, coriaccis, glabris, pinnatis ; 
pinnis breviter petiolatis, elongato-acuminatis, subfalcatis, apice attenuatis, inciso-serratis, basi insequatliter 
etineatis, inciso-lobatis ; lobis obovato-cuneatis, apice bifidis, obtuse denticulatis ; yenis flabellato-furcatis ; 
soris brevibus, oblongis, costalibus v.ad nervos loborum; indusio rigido, coriaceo.—Aneitum (Milne! Feb. 1860, 
n.2). Between A. caudatum, Forst., and A. contiguum, Kaulf. 10. A. contiguwm, Kault. Enum. Fil. p. 172 
(A. faleatum, R. Br. Prodr. p. 150), from Oahu, Sandwich Islands (Chamisso, Macrae), and Lord Howe's 
Island (Milne!), 11. A. paradowum, Bl. Enum. Pl. Jav. p. 179, from Sandwich Islands (Douglas, n. 34, 
36). 12. 4. erectum, Bory in Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. v. p. 510, from Sandwich Islands (Hillebrand!), 13. A- 
Menziesii, Hook, and Grev. Icon. Fil. t. 100, from Oahu, Sandwich Islands (Nelson! Menzies!). 14. 4. 
Macraei, Hook. and Grev. leon, Fil, t. 217 (A. strietum, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 168. t, 22. 
fig. 1), from Oahu, Sandwieh Islands (Nelson! Menzies! Macrae! Hillebrand!), and Cocos Island (Bar- 
clay! n. 2196). 15. A, spathulinum, J. Sm. in Hook, Journ, 1841, p. 408 (A. lobulatum, Mett. Linnea, 
vol, xxxvi. p. 100), from Tahiti (Collie!) and Sandwich Islands (Hillebrand!), This species is recorded 
from Viti by T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 169, and Baker, Syn. Mil. p, 216, but I have seen no specimens. 16. 
A. insiticium, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 161. t. 22, fig. 2 (very distinct from the preceding 
species, A. spathulinum, J, Sm.), trom Sandwich Islands (Nelson! Hillebrand! U.S. Tixpl. Exped.). 17. 
A. acuminatum, Hook. and Aru. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 106, from Sandwich Islands (Nelson! Barclay! n. 
1218, Hillebrand!) 18. 4. patens, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 175, trom Sandwich Islands (Chamisso, U.S. Expl, 
Exped,). 19. A. polyphylium, Presl, Tent. Pterid. p. 108, trom Sandwich Islands (Meyen, Macrae!). 20, 
A, viridans, Labill. Sert. Aust. Caled. p. 2. t. 2, from New Caledonia (Labillardiére), 21, A. Acrantwm- 
nigrum, Linn., var. acutum, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 110, from Sandwich Islands (Macrae! Hillebrand!), 22. 
A. Poiretianum, Gaud. Bot. Freye. p. 321. pl. 18, from Sandwich Islands (Nelson! Strickland! Douglas! 
Macrac! Hillebrand!). 23. 4. Shutlleworthianum, Kunze, Farrnkr. p. 26, from Kermandee group 
(Milne!). 24. A. disseetum, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 170. t. 24, from Sandwich Islands 
(Menzies! Macrae!). 25. A. diparioides, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped, Pilices, p. 172, from Oabu, Sandwich 
Islands (U. 8. Expl, Exped.). 26. A. Nove-Culedonie, Hook. Te. Fil. pl. 911, from New Caledonia (Moore! 
Vieillard). 
1. A. nidus, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1079; stipitibus brevibus, basi paleis lineari-lanceolatis densissinic 
yestitis ; frondibus oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, basi angustatis, junioribus et sterilibus herbaceis, fer- 
tilibus coriaceis; venis creberrimis, tenuissimis, internis; soris tertiam vy, quartam partem latitudinis 
occupantibus.—Neottopteris nidus, J. Sm.in Hook. Journ. 1841, p. 409. Thamnopteris nidus, Pres, 
Epim. p. 68,—Viti (Seemann! n. 313, in part; Sir EH. Home! Milne!). Also from Aneitum, New 
Hebrides (M‘Gillivray! C. Moore!), Tahiti (Banks and Solander!), New Caledonia (Vicillard), and 
Sandwich Islands (Strickland! Barclay! n, 1230, Macrae !). 
2, A. Amboinense, Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. v. p. 303; rhizomate repente, squamis nigris acumi- 
natis dense yestito; stipitibus brevibus, squamosis; frondibus coriaceis, glabris, lanceolatis, acumi~ 
