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obtusiusculis, inferne angustatis et decurrentibus, integerrimis, glabris, membranaceis ; venis pri- 
mariis manifestis, secundariis numerosis reticulatis, ramis liberis; soris parvis in dorso vs angulo 
nervulorum impositis.—Polypodium irioides, Poir. Ene. Meth. vol. vy. p. 515. Phymatodes iriotdes, 
Presl, Tent. Pter. p. 198. Drynaria irioides, J. Sm. Hook. Journ. 1841, p. 398,— Viti (Seemann ! 
u. 728, Harvey!). Also from New Caledonia (M‘Gillivray ! Strange !), Isle of Pines (M‘Gillivray ! 
Sir E. Home !), and Tahiti (Nelson !), 
2. P. accedens, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 845; rhizomate repente, paleis lanceolatis teneris 
onusto; frondibus coriaceis, glabris, ovato-oblongis v. ovato-lauceolatis, basi cuneatim attenuatis, 
obtusis, integerrimis; fertilibus apice linearibus; soris rotundatis, apicem productum frondium 
occupantibus.—Polypodium accedens, Blume, Enum. Pl. Jay. p. 121. Drynaria cuspidiflora, J. Sm. 
Hook. Journ. 1841, p. 8397. D. acuminata, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 42,.—Viti (See- 
mann! n. 727, U.S, Expl. Exped.). Also from Tahiti (U. 8. Expl. Exped.). 
3. P. nigrescens, Carr. ms.; rhizomate repente, membranaceo-squamato ; stipitibus elongatis, 
teretiusculis, inferne semiteretibus; frondibus profunde pinnatifidis, membranaceis, glabris; laciniis 
elongato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, integerrimis, oppositis; soris ad costam uniseriatis, im excavationi- 
bus sacciformibus immersis.—Polypodium nigrescens, Blume, Fil. Jay. p. 161. t. 70—From Viti 
(Milne !). 
4, P. alternifolia, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p, 344; stipitibus glabris, semiteretibus; frondibus 
subcoriaceis, profunde pinnatifidis; laciniis subalternis, distantibus, patentibus, lineari-lanceolatis, 
attenuatis, margine repando-dentatis; soris rotundis, uniscrialibus, subimmersis, distantibus,— Dry- 
naria alternifolia, Brack, U. 8. Expl. Exped, Filices, p. 53.—Viti, Sandalwood Bay (U, S. Expl. 
Exped.). 
5. P. alata, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 344; rhizomate crasso, repente, nudo; stipitibus glabris, 
stramineis, semiteretibus, suleatis ; frondibus membranaceis, glabris, profunde pinnatifidis ; segmeutis 
subalternis, distantibus, lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, margine sinuato-dentatis v. repandis, basi 
decurrentibus; soris parvis, rotundis, inter venas laterales biseriatis.—Drynaria alata, Brack. U.S. 
Expl. Exped. Filices, p, 48. t. 6. Polypodium alatum, Hook. Sp, Fil. vol. v. p, 85.—Viti (Seemann ! 
n. 731), Ovalan (U.S, Expl. Exped.). 
6. P. coadunata, T'. Moore, Ind, Fil. p. 345; stipitibus acute angulatis, paleaceis ; froadibus 
Slabris, membranaceis, basi pinnatis, versus apicem pinnatifidis, infimis petiolulatis, triangularibus 
basi obliquis ; laciniis triangulari-ovatis, obtusis, crenatis ; rachibus costisque glanduloso-pubescenti- 
bus; soris numerosis, parvis, rotundis, sparsis.— Drynaria coadunata, Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped. 
Filices, p. 49.—Viti, Sandalwood Bay, in mountain forests (U.S. Expl. Exped.), 
ie Phymatodes, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 347; rhizomate late repente, ramoso, epigzo v. 
scandente, paleis ovatis vestito, denique glabro; stipitibus elongatis, glabris; frondibus coriacels; 
glabris, sim plicibus v. 2-, 3-fidis vy. pinnatipartitis ; laciniis e basi latiore sensim attenuatis v. lineari- 
lanceolatis, plerumque acuminatis, integerrimis; soris ellipticis v. rotundis, uni- v. biseriatis.—Poly- 
podium phymatodes, Linn, Mant. p. 306. Phymatodes vulgaris, Presl, Tent, Per. p.196, Drynaria 
vulyaris, J. Smith, Hook. Journ. 1842, p. 61, Chrysopteris Phymatodes et C. longipes, Link, Fil. Sp, 
Polypodium grossum, Laugsd. et Fisch, Ie. Fil. p, 9. t. 8. €. longipes, J. Smith, Bot. Mag. 1846. 
—Viti (Seemann ! n, 730, 732; Harvey! Milne!). Also from Tahiti (Banks and Solander !), Vavao 
(Home !), Tongatoboo (Home!), Upolu (Home!), New Caledonia (M‘Gillivray !), Isle of Pines 
(Home! M’‘Gillivray !), Aneitum, New Hebrides (M‘Gillivray !). 
IT may here correct an error in regard to an allied species, Polypodium Billardieri, R. Br. This plant 
was originally deseribed by Forsterin his Prodr. np, 436 as P. pustulatum, but Schkuhr, in his Filiees, gave 
