FLORA VITIENSIS. 367 
bus = ees ee Presi, Tent. Pter. p. 186 ; rhizomate repente, pallide fusco; stipiti- 
PGBS VOTES eretibus, antice canaliculatis glabris, basi incrassatis et paleaceis ; frondibus mem- 
REAM ACEI giahris, pinnatis, pinnis sessilibus subalternis patentibus lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis 
servatie: har cuneato-truncatis ; soris orbiculatis, approximatis, semiserialibus.—Polypodium subauri- 
Sees Blume, Fil. Jay, p. 177. t. 83. Goniophlebium serratifolium, Brack. U. 8, Expl. Exped 
Filices, p. 85.—Viti (Seemann! n. 714, Milne! U.S. Expl, Exped.). ti ene 
XXXV. BaEonpins, Kaulf. Enum, Fil, p. 124. Sporangia apice v. latere venularum libera- 
rum v, abastomoraniam imposita, in soros globosos cyclosos v. ellipticos collecta. Ven interne 
obscure, v. pinnate prominentes, venulis anastomosantibus ultimis liberis divaricatis.—Filices rhizo- 
mate i a ys GenuanpEnte je feondibhe simplicibus v. lobatis, rigidis, coriaceis, preesertim subtus 
squamis peltatis stellato-ciliatis, v, pilis stellatis dense v. sparse obtectis; soris uni- y. pluriseriatis, 
seepe confluentibus.—Cyclophorus, Galeoglossa, Scytopteris, Spherostichum, Polycampium, Apalo- 
phlebia et Gyrosorium, Presi, Epim. Bot. pp. 129-139. Niphopsis, J. Smith, Cat. Ferns, p. 6. 
The following species are also found in tropical Polynesia :—1. J. tricholepis, Carr. ms. (Polypodium, 
Mett.), from Society Islands, Tahiti (Andersson, Vesco, Vieillard, Jelineck, n. 152), 2. WV. serpens, Carr, ms. 
(uon Endl.) (Polypodium serpens, Forst. Prodr. n, 435 (non Swartz). P. stellatwm, Vahl. Niphobolus bicolor, 
Kaulf.), from Society Islands, Tahiti (Banks and Solander! Barclay! n. 3825), Raiatea (A. Collie !).—The 
locality given by Forster (Prodr. p. 81) is most probably a mistake ; it should be Society Islands rather 
than N ew Zealand, 3. WV. acrostichoides, Carr. ms. (non Presl). (Polypodium acrostichoides, Porst. Prodr. 
n. 424. Niphobolus glaber, Kault.), from Society Islands (Forster !), New Hebrides, Aneitum (M‘Gillivray!), 
and Tanna (Barelay !). = 
1, N. adnascens, Kaulf. Enum. Fil, p. 124; rbizomate repente, squamis ovato-lanceolatis, 
acuminatis, ciliatis, serratis; stipitibus brevibus, sulcatis; frondibus coriaceis, sterilibus ellipticis 
obtusis basi in stipitem angustato-decurrentibus, fertilibus lineari-lanceolatis acutis ; soris copiosis- 
simis, profunde immersis, tomento stellato obductis, dein emersis, confluentibus.—Polypodium adnas- 
cens, Sw. Syn. Fil. pp. 25, 222. Cyclophorus adnascens, Desv. Berl. Mag. vol. v. p. 800. Nipho- 
holus elongatus, Blume, Fil. Jav. p. 52. Drynaria ottusata, Brack. U. 8. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 44. 
—Viti (Seemann! n, 724, Sir E. Home! Milne! Harvey!). Also from Tonga Islands (Nelson ! 
Barclay! Sir E. Home !), Solomon Islands (Milne !), and New Ireland (Labillardiére !). 
XXXVI, Pleopeltis, Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. v, p. 211. Sporangia anastomosi 
venularum imposita, in soros rotundatos v. ellipticos collecta. Veni pinnate v. pinnato-furcate, 
venulis repetito-ramosis, reticulatis, ultimis liberis, apice clavatis.—Filices rhizomate repente, fron- 
dibus articulatis simplicibus, pinnatifidis v, pinnatis——Anavelum, Schott, Gen. Fil. t.1. Phymatodes, 
Presl, partim, Tent. Pter. p. 205. Microgramma, Presl, Tent. Pter. p. 218. Muicroterus, Presl, 
Epim. Bot. p. 124. Anapeltis, J. Smith, Cat. Ferns, p. 5. 
The following species also occur in tropical Polynesia :—l. 
Oahu, Sandwich Islands (Nelson ! Menzies! Barclay! n. 128, Macrae! Seemann | Chamisso, Mann). 2. 
P. lanceola, Carr. ms. (Polypodium lanceola, Mett.), from New Caledonia (V ieillard, n, 1595). 3. P. affinis, 
T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 344, from Tahiti (Banks and Solander!) and Saraii, Samoan Islands (U. 5. Expl. 
Exped.). 4. P. Powellii, Carr. ms. (Polypodium Powellii, Baker), from Samoa (Powell, n. 185), 5. P. lon- 
gissima, Carr. ms. (Polypodium longissimum, Blume, Vil. Jay. p. 159. t. 68), from Tahiti (Banks ane 
‘Solander !). 6. PB, maxima, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 846 (Drynaria maxima, Brack.), from Tahiti (Nelson 
Barclay! U.S. Expl. Exped.). 7. P. spectrum, T'. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 348, from Sandwich Islands (Nelson ! 
Strickland! Macrae! Hillebrand ! Chamisso, U. 8. Expl. Exped., Mann). 
P, elongata, Kaulf, Enum, Fil. p, 246, from 
mbricatis ovatis acumi- 
-lanceolatis, acutis v. 
3B 2 
1. P. irioides, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 78; rhizomate repente, paleis i 
natis reticulatis obsito; stipitibus brevissimis, teretibus ; frondibus elongato 
