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liom China to I'itcairn Island. USEE s.n.?; Setchell
10 I?, 300. 'l'he identity of these specimens has not
been verified.
LINDSAEACEAE
Lindsaca ensifolia Sw.
ssp. agatii (Bracken.) Kramer
Small terrestrial fern with a creeping rhizome
clothed in reddish brown scales, pinnate to bipinnate
lamina having 8-1 5 pinnae per side, anastomosing
veins, and sori covered with an indusium and nearly
continuous on the pinnae margins. Occasional to
locally common in littoral to montane forest and
fernlands, reported from near sea level to 600 m
elevation. Indigenous, ranging from Australia and
the Marianas to Samoa. Sledge 1826; Whistler
2975, 3752, 3756, 8662!, 8730!, 9192.
Lindsaca harveyi Carruthers ex Seem.
Medium-sized terrestrial fern with a short-creeping
rhizome, bipinnate or rarely simply pinnate fronds
10-50 cm long, 1-5 pinnae to a side with a similar
terminal one, an oblong sorus one to a lobe on 2-4
nerve endings, and an indusium not quite reaching
the margin. Uncommon in lowland to montane
forest, reported from ca. 100 to 1000 m elevation.
Indigenous, ranging from New Caledonia to Samoa.
Setchell 272; Garber 883; Christophersen 1828!,
35 14; Whistler 3655, 8942, 8995! Another species
reported from Tutuila, L. pacifica Kramer, is
virtually indistinguishable from this and its
existence there as a separate entity is doubthl.
* Lindsaca pulchra (Bracken.) Carruthers ex Seem.
Small terrcstrial or epiphytic fern with a long-
creeping rhizome covered with reddish brown
acuniinatc scales up to 3 mm long, some veins
anastomosing, lamina simple, 15-40 pinnules per
side, sorus 1 to each lobe on 2-4 vein endings, and a
delicate indusium not reaching the margin. Uncom-
mon in lowland to cloudforest, reported from 320 to
1500 m elevation. Indigenous, ranging from the
Bismarck Archipelago to Samoa. USEE sen.;
Reinecke 72a.
Lindsaea tetragona Kramer
Medium-sized terrestrial fern with a short-creeping
rhizome clothed in yellowish brown triangular
Scales, fronds bipinnate with 3-9 pairs of lateral
pinnae and a similar terminal one, veins free, and
marginal sori covered by an indusium. Uncommon
in lowland to montane forest, reported from 300 to
500 m elevation. Indigenous, ranging from the
Celebes to Tahiti. USEE s.n.; Tetens s.n.; Graeffe
s.n.; Whistler 9340!.
Microlepia speluncae (L.) Moore
Medium-sized terrestrial fern with a creeping rhi-
zome, tripinnate lamina, narrowly deltoid pinnules,
secondary pinnules with crenate or lobed margins,
and sori situated at the sinuses and covered with an
indusium. Uncommon in sunny places in lowland to
montane forest, reported from near sea level to 600
m elevation. Indigenous, pantropical in distribution.
Setchell 90, 359; Bonaparte 4393; Whistler 8592!,
9122.
LOMARIOPSIDACEAE
Elaphoglossum feejeense Bracken.
Medium-sized epiphytic fern with a thick, short-
creeping rhizome, leathery, simple, oblanceolate
fronds attenuate at the base, and sori covering the
entire undersurface of the fertile fronds. Uncommon
in lowland to montane forest, reported from ca. 500
m elevation. Indigenous, also found in Fiji. Chri-
stophersen 1204, 1210, 3489, 3520; Whistler 8727!,
8941, 9052!. The difference between this and E.
reineckei Hier. et Lauterb. of the other Samoan
islands is not always apparent.
Lomagramma cordipinna Holttum
Medium-sized terrestrial or epiphytic fern with a
long-creeping or climbing rhizome, pinnate imma-
ture fronds, pinnate to bipinnate mature fronds, and
sori covering the lower surface of fertile pinnae.
Common to locally abundant in lowland to montane
forest, reported from near sea level to 800 m eleva-
tion. Indigenous, also found in Fiji. Safford (ac-
cording to Holttum); Reinecke 55b; Wilder sun.;
Long 1977; Sledge 1831; Whistler 2967, 8489,
8594!, 91 74.
MARATTIACEAE
Angiopteris evecta (Forst. f.) Hoffman
nase
Large terrestrial fern with fronds up to 3 m in length
that radiate from a short, massive, fleshy stock,