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lamina e basi sensiin ampllata obovata apice rotimdata usqiio ad 9x3-5 cm., 

 margine recurvata, cosfca media usque ad 5 mm. ab apice maiiifesta, veiiEe 

 latorales angalo acuto egrodiontes semol bisve furcatas, facios sui)erior glabra, 

 inferior ramentorum fasciculis parvis inspersa. Frondes fert'des erectro ; 

 stipes usque ad 9 cm. attingens, sensim in lamiuain transiens, lamina oblongo- 

 lancoolata, obtusa 5-6 x 1-1-7 cm., subtus omnino sporangiis tecta. 



Ignambi ; abundant on gneiss boulders, along streams; 3500 ft. 1612. 



Related to E. Franci Rosonstock, but differs chiefij therefrom in tlio 

 different size and proportions of its parts. 



Elaphoglossum Vieillardii T. Moore. Mt. Humboldt: amono- loos and 



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stones in moist forest near stream; serpentine; 1000 ft. 10^: Fiji. 



GLEICHENIACE^. , 



Stromatopteris moniliformis Mett. Plaine des Lacs ; frequent in clayey 

 ferruginous soil; open Dacnjdium association; serpentine; 800-2000 ft. 

 Nekando ; in undergrowth of SpermoIe/>is forest (shade form) ; 300 ft. 



Prosqu'ile Bogota ; serpentine scrub ; 1500 ft. ; etc. 313, 989. 



Endemic : a monotynic a'euus. 



For the first time the existence is recorded oE a horizontal rhizome, buried 

 in tlie soil to a depth of 3-4 inches, and giving off erect branches which fork 

 repeatedly in an irregular fashion. Roots are borne sparsely on this hori- 

 zontal rhizome. Hitherto the existence of horizontal rhizome and roots has 

 been denied. 



Gleichenia flabellata R. Br. Mt. Mou ; dry scrub ; serpentine ; 

 2000 ft.; damp gully by stream; cretaceous; GOO ft. Mt. Araoo • dry 

 Melaleuca association; occasional with G. linearis; schists; 2000ft. 428, 

 540, 1454. Australia, Tiismania, New Zealand'. 



Rosensfock's Fil. JS^ov, Cal. exs. 60 is this species with elongate lio-ulate 



pinna-tips ; it is issued as G. ftahellata forma proUfera. This name doos 



not appear to have been published with description, but is used by Prince 



Roland Bonaparte (in Sarasin and Roux, Nova Caledonia, B. i, 49). Mj 



No, 426 is this forma, 540 has some pinnse '^proliferous," others not, all on 

 the same frond. 



G. MoNTAGUEi Comi)ton, sp. nov. Rhlzoma in solo repens 2 cm, diam. 

 terete durissimum protostelicum. Frondes distantes 5-G m. lono-. luventute 

 ramentis brunneis lanosis et squamosis omnimodo vestitse; stipes busi erectus, 

 2 cm. diam., supra sensim tenuior teres durus glaber utrinque pinnas 

 pinnato-flabelhformas distantes ferens ; pinnm primi ordinis expansae, rbachi 

 producto, pinnulas oppositaa pseudo-dichotomas fereutes ; pinnulce ter 



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