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soris magnis, oblongis, inferioribus 2 v, pluribus inter yenas pinnatas, superioribus solitariis.—Poly- 
podium caudiformis, Blume, Fil. Jay. p. 146, t. 54. £2. Grammitis caudiformis, Hook, Sp. Fil, 
vol, v. p. 158.—Viti (Milne!). Also from Ancitum (M‘Gillivray !). 
2. L. lanceolata, Presl, Tent. Pter. p. 215; rhizomate repente, paleis ovato-lanceolatis acumi- 
natis onusto ; stipitibus brevissimis, basi paleaccis ; frondibus coriaceis, glabris, lanceolatis, acumi- 
natis, basi attenuatis et longe decurrentibus; venis immersis; soris elongatis, valde obliquis.— 
Grammitis lanceolata, Sw. Syn. Fil. p.22 and 212. Antrophyum lanceolatum, Blume, Fil. Jay. p. 84. 
Silliguea lanceolata, Wée, Gen, Polyp. p. 177. Silliguea involuta, Brack. (non Don) U. 8S. Expl. 
Exped. Filices, p. 58.—Viti (Seemann! n. 725; U. 8, Expl. Exped.). Also from Tahiti (Nelson !) 
and Solomon Islands (Milne!), 
XLII. Antrophyum, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 197. Sporangia in soros lineares elongatos flexu- 
osos spe interruptos immersos raro superficiales collecta. Ven reticulate, areolas elongato- 
hexagonoideas constitaentes.—Filices rhizomate repente, frondibus simplicibus, coriaceis v. membra- 
naceis.—Polylemium, Desv. Ann. Soc. Linn. Par. vol. vi. p. 218. 
The following species occur in tropical Polynesia in addition to those described :—1. A. Grevillii, Balf. 
Ann. Nat. Hist. ser, 2. vol. ii, p. 11. pl. 1 (A. aagustatum, Brack.), from Tahiti (Menzies! Barclay ! 
Collie! U,S, Expl, Bxped.; Sibbald), 2. A. retieulatum, Kaulf. Enum, Fil. p. 198, from Society Islands 
(Forster !), Tahiti (Banks and Solander! Collie! Barclay !), Christmas Island (Collie!). 
1, A. plantagineum, Kaulf. Enum. Fil, p. 197; rhizomate brevi, repente ; stipitibus elongatis, 
basi squamis linearibus subulato-attenuatis serratis tectis; frondibus lanceolatis, acutis v. acumi- 
natis ; costa evanescente ; soris anastomosantibus, immersis.— Hemionitis plantaginea, Cavan, Preel. 
n, 643,—Viti (Harvey!). Also from Erromango (M‘Gillivray !), Aneitum, New Hebrides (M‘Gil- 
livray !), Tahiti (Barclay! U.S. Expl. Exped.). 
2. A. Lessonii, Bory, Voy. Coquille, p. 254. t. 28. f. 2; rhizomate brevi, repente ; stipitibus 
elongatis, squamis lanceolatis acuminatis remote denticulatis tectis; frondibus ovoideo-eclongatis, 
utrinque attenuatis, ecostatis, integris, coriaceis; soris linearibus, raro reticulatis, immersis.— Viti 
(Seemann! n. 717), Also from Society Islands (Forster !), Raiatea (Collie !), Mallicollo (Sinclair !), 
Tahiti (Barclay! Banks and Solander!). 
3. A. subfaleatum, Brack. U. 8. Expl. Exped. Filices, p. 65; rhizomate repente, squamis 
ovato-lanceolatis serratis tecto; frondibus czspitosis, membranaceis, subcostatis, lineari-ianceolatis, 
acuminatis, basi angusto-attenuatis, sessilibus; soris anguste linearibus, immersis— A. Brookei, 
Hook, Second Cent. Ferns, pl. 79.—Viti (Greeffe ! U.S. Expl. Exped.; Milne), Also from Samoan 
Jslands (Parker). 
4. A. semicostatum, Blume, Fil. Jav. p. 110; rhizomate repente, squamis lanceolatis denti- 
culatis tecto; frondibus oboyato-lanceolatis, acuminetis, basi attenuatis, stipitatis, membranaceis ; 
soris angustis, rectiusculis, subimmersis.— Viti (U.S. Expl. Exped.). Also from Mallicollo (Sinclair '), 
Samoa (Powell! U.S. Expl. Exped.), Tahiti (U. 8, Expl. Exped.; Durville), New Iveland (Labil- 
lardiére). 
XLIII. Vittaria, Smith, Act. Taur. vol. v. p. 413, t. 9. f. 5. Sporangia in sporos lineares 
extrorso-marginalibus plus minusve immersos collecta. Ven obscure, simplices, ad 
—Filices rhizomate repente, squamis longis dentatis tecto, frondibus 
continuos sulcis 
marginem fructiferum coalitee. 
linearibus glaberrimis coriaceis, margine integris. 
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