FLORA VITIENSIS. 363 
This species is yery nearly related to W. 
- propinguum, R, Br., but the enlarged base of the mo i 
pinne and the greater pubescence, besides other characters, sufficiently Siitasutal them, ia 
4. IN. nymphale, Carr. ms. ; stipitibus pubescentibus, semiteretibus, supra suleatis ; frondibus 
membranaceis, utringue pubescentibus, oblongis, acuminatis, pinnatis; pinnis alternis, remotis 
horizontalibus, lineari-acuminatis, pinnatifidis, apice attenuatis, serratis v. integris, basi eaaeaeS: 
infimis distantibus reflexis; lobis oblongis, obtusis, subfaleatis ; costa venisque hirsutis; venis sim 
plicibus, infimis anastomosantibus ; soris inter costam et marginem loborum positis, indueié hirsuto. 
—Polypodium nymphale, Forst. Prodr. n. 442. Nephrodium molle, Auct. ex parte.—Viti (U.S. 
Expl. Exped.). Also from Pacific Islands (not New Zealand, as stated in Prodr. Flor. Ins. Aust.) 
(Forster !), Tahiti (Banks and Solander! Nelson! Barclay! n. 3337), Tongan Islands (Nelson! 
Barclay ! n. 8418), and New Hebrides, Aneitum (M‘Gillivray !), 
5, N. truncatum, Presl, Tent. Pter. p. 81; stipitibus levis, trisulcatis ; frondibus membranaccis, 
pinnatis, supra nitidis, ad costam pubescentibus, oblongo-lanccolatis ; pinnis subalternis, sessilibus, 
lineari-lanceolatis, in apicem serratum denique integerrimum attenuatis, basi subtruncatis, infimis 
distantibus cordato-ovatis, pinnatifidis, laciniis oblongis, truncatis v. obtusis; venis simplicibus, 2 
rarius 3 inferioribus anastomosantibus; soris parvis, indusio reniformi integerrimo glabro,— Aspidium 
truncaium, Gaud. Freye. Voy. p. 332. t. 10. WV. Hudsonianum, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, 
p. 188. t. 25.—Viti, Ngau (M‘Gillivray! Milne!). Also from Aneitum (M‘Gillivray !), Manicola 
(C. Moore !), and Sandwich Islands (Nelson! Seemann! Hillebrand !). 
XXIX. Pleocnemia, Presl, Tent. Pter. p. 183. Sporangia receptaculo ex ‘medio venularum 
imposita, in soros globosos compacta. Indusia reniformia. Ven reticulate et arcuato-anastomo- 
santes, areolis costalibus elongatis, venulis marginalibus liberis.—Filices rhizomate subarbores- 
cente ; frondibus amplis, bipinnato-pinnatifidis ; pinnis inferioribus bipartitis vy, parvis pinnatifidis,— 
Haplodiciyum, Presl, Epim. Bot. p. 50, 
1, P. Leuzeana, Presl, Tent. Pter. p. 184; caudice brevi, crasso, erecto; stipitibus striatis, cum 
ramificationibus supra glanduloso-hirtis; frondibus amplis, subcoriaceis, infra pallidis, subdeltoideis ; 
pinnis lineari-lanceolatis, pinnatifidis v. inferioribus subpinnatis; laciniis oblongis, subfalcatis, 
integris, serrato-dentatis, crenatis v. pinnatifidis; soris ad costulam laciniarum uniseriatis v. irregu- 
lariter bi-triseriatis ; indusio reniformi, minuto, fugace.—Polypodium Leuzeanum, Gaud. Bot. Freye. 
p. 861. t. 6. Nephrodium Leuzeanum, Hook. Sp. Fil. vol. iv. p, 61,—Viti (Seemann! n. 741 ; 
Harvey! Milne! U. 8. Expl. Exped.). Also from the Samoan Islands (Powell !). 
XXX, Sagenia, Presl, Tent. Pter, p. 86. Sporangia receptaculo ex apice venularum liberarum 
y. ex medio y. anastomosanti venularum coalitarum imposita, in soros rotundatos compacta. Indusia 
cordato-reniformia. Venze e costa pinnate prominentes, venulis arcuato- et repetito-anastomosan- 
tibus cum ramis liberis.—Filices rhizomate breyi erecto v. decumbente vy. subrepente; frondibus 
amplis pinnatis, bi-tripinnatis, spe pedato-pinnatis, 
i i in tropical Polynesia:—1. 8. apiifolia, T, Moore, Ind. Fil. 
p- Se eee cach Maveads (Macrae! Strickland Gears’ Seemann ne is 8. caryotideum, Wall, 
Cat. n. 376, from Sandwich Islands (Nelson! Hillebrand! U. 8. Expl. Exped.). 
1. S. pteropus, Kunze, Bot. Zcit. iv. p. 462; trunco erecto, paleis fuscis ovato-lanceolatis 
acuminatis onusto; frondibus subcoriaceis, glabris, breviter stipitatis, oblongis, basi longe attenuatis, 
pinnatipartitis; laciniis ala lata confluentibus, lanceolato-oblongis, acuminatis, subsinuatis, infimis 
eee ks an Sratid--—anyrelt s secundarias biseriatis, iisque 
nonnunquam bipartitis, superioribus approximatis; sors inter costa a | 
