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interdum tuberifero ; frondibus pinnatis ; pinnis articulatis.—Nephrodium, Link, Fil. 8 p. (non Rich.) 
Lepidoneuron, Fée, Gen. Polyp. p. 301. 
The following species have been noticed in tropical Polynesia :—1. W- oxaltatn, Schott, Gen. Fase. 1, 
from the Sandwich Islands (Hillebrand !), Oahu (Macrae! Barclay! n. 1227), and Maui (Collie !), Tahiti 
(Neison! Barclay !), Tongan Islands (Nelson!), and New Hebrides, Aneitum (M‘Gillivray!), 2. ¥. ra- 
mosa, I’. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 102, from Samoa (Powell !). . 
iL WN. tuberosa, Presl, Tent. Pter. p. 79; rhizomate oblique fibroso ; stipitibus fasciculatis, 
brevibus, supra dense infra Jaxe paleaceis ; frondibus subcoriaceis, linearibus, pinnatis ; pinnis approxi- 
matis v. imbricatis, basi inzequaliter cordatis, lobo inferiore plus minus rotundato, superiore auricula- 
tim producto, oblongis, obtusis ; sterilibus serratis, fertilibus undulato-serratis, auricula integerrima, 
majuscula acuta, dorso rachis pinnzque proxime superioris incumbente; venis furcatis, ramis anteri- 
oribus soriferis ; soris obliquis ; indusio semiorbiculari v. subreniformi, versus apicem pinnze libero, 
—Aspidium tuberosum, Bory in Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. v. p. 234. N. cordifolia, Baker (ex parte), Syn, 
Fil. p. 300 (non Polypodium cordifolium, Linn,)—Viti (Seemann! n. 745). Also from Aneitum 
(M‘Gillivray !), 
2. IN. acuta, Presl, Tent. Pter. p. 79; stipitibus subteretibus, antice sulcatis, flavicantibus, 
paleaceis ; frondibus membranaceis, viridibus, glabris, oblongo-lanceolatis, pinnatis; pinnis alternis, 
subsessilibus, patentibus, lanceolatis, acutis, crenatis, basi truncato-rotundatis, sursum latioribus, non 
autem in lobulum dilatatis; venis 3-4-furcatis; soris inter costam et marginem positis, v. submargi- 
nalibus, indusio reniformi-orbiculare.—Aspidium acutum, Schkuhr, Fil. p. 32. t. 31. A. diserratum, 
Schkuhr, Fil, p. 34. t. 33.—Viti, Ovalau (M‘Gillivray !), Sandalwood Bay (U.S. Expl. Exped.), Also 
from ‘Tahiti (Banks and Solander!), and Aneitum, New Hebrides (M‘Gillivray !). 
8. N. hirsutula, Presl, Tent. Pter. p. 79; stipitibus teretibus, antice sulcatis, paleaceo- 
hirsutis ; frondibus oblongo-lanceolatis, pinnatis ; pinnis pilis paleaceis pubescentibus, alternis, sub- 
sessilibus, patentibus, falcato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, crenatis, apice serratis, basi truncatis, utrinque 
auritis, auricula sursum spectante longiore angusta acutiuscula, deorsum spectante, oblique rotun- 
data; nervis furcatis; soris submarginalibus, indusio orbiculari-reniformi.—Polypodium hirsutulum, 
Forst. Prodr, n. 439, <Aspidium hirsutulum, Schkuhr, Fil. p. 33. t. 38, Nephrodium hirsutulum, 
Gaud. Bot. Freyc. Voy. p. 339. <Aspidium pilosum, Langsd. et Fisch,—Viti (Seemann ! n. 744; 
Harvey! U.S. Expl. Exped.; Greeffe!) Also from Pacifie Islands (Forster !), Tahiti (Banks and 
Solander!), Isle of Pines (M‘Gillivray!), Upolu (Sir E. Home!), and Wallis’ Island (Sir E. 
Home!). se , >) 
Var. 8. nudiuscula, Solander, ms. in Prim, Flor, Ins, Oc. Pac. (ined.) ; stipitibus pilis paleaceis 
e flayo-ferrngineis adpressis; pinnis latioribus pallidioribus, minusque pubescentibus ; Soris margina- 
libus.—Oahu (Nelson !), Tonga Islands (Nelson !), and New Hebrides, Aneitum (M‘Gillivray !), 
Tana (Barclay !). 
4, N. saligna, Carr. in Herb. Mus. Brit. ; stipitibus lsvissimis, strictis, tenuibus, antice late 
canaliculatis, basi paleaceis; frondibus glaberrimis, longissimis, lineari-lanceolatis, pinnatis ; piniis 
alternis, sessilibus, remotis, lanceolatis, acuminatis, basi cuneatis, articulatis, margine serratis ; venis 
3-4-furcatis, ramis anterioribus apice soriferis; soris submarginalibus magnis ; indusio orbiculari- 
reniformi integro.—Polypodium salignum, Solander in Herb. Mus. Brit. es splendens, 
Presl?, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 212.—Viti (Seemann! n. 743 ; Sir H. Home! oe Expl. 
Exped,),—Also from Tahiti (Banks and Solander !), and Mangsi Islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
& WN. trichomanoides, J. Sm. in Hook. Journ, 1841, p, 413; rhizomate eeuentes ae ei 
hirsuto ; stipitibus brevissimis, teretibus, articulatis; frondibus membranaceis, ovato- v. lineari-lanceo- 
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