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_ The following 1s a non-Vitian species :—W, viridissima (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; caulis elongatus, ramis divari 
eatis pinatus; folia explanata, ovata, obtusissima, lobulo parvo anguste | oblongo intewerrimo ; am he 
gastria ovato-oblonga, obtusa, integerrima.—Samoa (Powell! n. 161)—Canlis 3-4 uncias longus frais 
semiuncialibus latitudine, cum folis lineam metiens, Folia intense viridia —A M. Stangeri foliis magis 
ovatis, amphigastrii forma magis ovata angustis, et lobulo angustiore diversa. é ¥ 
i. M. Stangeri, Lindenb. et Gottsche, iidem et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 280; caulis elongatus 
ramis divergentibus pinnatus; folia dorso convexa, orbiculato-oblonga, lobulo late ovali, suiGtieees 
trioque oblongo-rotundo, margine recurvo integerrimo; folia involucralia denticulata, perianthio 
labtis denticulatis.— Viti (Seemann !), Tahiti (Collie in Herb. Mus. Brit.). 
Specimens all without fruit, but to all appearance not different from the states of this species so 
abundant in New Zealand. 
VI. Bryopteris, Lindenb. ; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. 284, Caulis primarius 
repens, radicans, ramos elongatos liberos ramosos ascendentes dependentesve prodens, Folia lobulo 
parvo involuto; amphigastria integra. Fructus e latere ad caulis apicem spectante ramulorum late- 
ralium oriundus. Perianthium plicatum. 
The following species is non-Vitian;—B. vittata (sp. nov.), Mitt.; rami graciles, elongati, ramulis 
breviusculis remotis, pinnatim ramosi; folia patenti-divergentia, ovata, acuta, margine apicem versus 
dentata, basi ventrali subdecurrentia, lobulo minuto suboblongo unidentato inflexo appendiculo parvo 
alzeformi carinato, cellulis in folii medio majoribus ovalibus vittam fuscidulam formantibus reliquis rotundis ; 
amphigastria pateutia, basi cordato-auriculata, subovata, apice sinu obtuso bidentata, lateribus reflexis 
conniventibus remote breviterque denticulatis.—Samoa (Grieffe!), Tutuila (Powell!).—Rami 4-6 uncias 
longi, ramulis uncialibus patentibus, cum foliis lineam lati. Folia fusco-olivacea, sicca arcte inflexa.— 
The specimens, which are uot in a fertile state, are more slender with more remote branchlets than is 
usual in B. Sinelairii or B. striata, but in other respects closely resemble those species, from both of which, 
however, they are immediately distinguished by the leaves. 
* Hubryopteris.—Perianthinm dorso planum, ventre unicarinatum, 
1. B. Sinclairii, Mitt. ‘Bonplandia, 1862, p. 19; rami clongati, pinnati; folia patentia, 
ovato-oblonga, obtusa, apice denticulis paucis brevibus, margine ventrali incurva, lobulo parvo 
involuto in foliis ramulinis unidentato, cellulis parvis oblongis subobscuris; amphigastria oblongo- 
ovalia, apice obtusa, paucidentata, lateribus recurvis; folia involucralia lobulique elongate late lan- 
ceolati, acuti, breviter dentati; amphigastrium ad medium usque in laciniis duabus lanceolatis 
fissum; perianthium dorso planum, ventre unicarinatum, angulis denticulatis.—Viti (Sinclair! 
Seemann! inter n. 843), Samoa (Powell! n, 152). 
Rami 4-12-unciales, ramulis subuncialibus simplicibus ramulosisye. Folia olivacea, firma, lineam 
longa, sicca inflexa. 
This species differs from Bryopter 
elongated fronds, which are more prod 
is filicina, Swartz, so widely distributed in South America, in its more 
uced at their apices, as if they would be indefinitely continuous. 
** Ptychanthus, Nees ab E,; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn, Hepat. p. 289.—Perianthium 
subcompressum, 8—10-plicatum, 
9. B. striata, Lehm. et Lindenb.; rami elongati, pinnati; folia divergentia, oblongo-ovalia, 
obtusiuscula subacutave, apice denticulata, lobulo minuto ovali involuto; amphigastria rotundata, 
i ia i i i . l i compressum, 
apice retusa, denticulata ; folia involucralia minora, acuta; perianthium obovatum, ] 
decemplicatum.—Viti (Milne). | 
mis uncialibus, cum foliis lineam lati, Folia olivaceo-fuscescentia. 
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Rami 3—4 uncias long! pear to differ from those from India. 
These specimens do not ap 
VII. Phragmicoma, Dumort. ; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees 5yn. Hepat. p. 292. Caules pro- 
