Filices Uleanae Amazonicae. 359 



terminali conformibus brevissime petiolatis. Costis prominentibus, 

 nervis manifestis elevatis 1 mill, distantibus fere horizontalibus sac- 

 pissime basi geminatis rarius infra medium furcatis. Rachi exalata 

 ad pinnarum insertionem articulato-nodosa, lamina coriacea subnitente 

 obscure viridi infra pallidiore nee glaucescente, squamulis numerosis 

 per faciem Inferiorem sparsis nee nervis impositis. Margine etiam 

 apicali integro undulato. Textura coriacea. Folii soriferi stipite 

 60 cent, longo, infra laminam semel articulate, lamina pinnata, pinnis 

 7 quarum terminali 15 cent, longa, 3 cent, lata lanceolata acuta basi 

 cuneata, lateralibus 10 cent, longis, 2^2 cent, latis brevissime stipi- 

 tatis facie superiore inprimis secus costam multis squamulis brunneis 

 vestitis, statu immature sporotheciis (synangiis) vix 1 mill, latis. 



Hab. Puritisal, Jurud Miry, Rio Jurua. Juli 1901. 5758. 



Obs. D. elliptica Sm. Rees Cyclop, ex Hook. Grev, Icon. fil. 

 I. Tab. 51 (Quito 1. Sordiro. Grenada 1. Eggers 6070. Porto Rico 

 1. Sintenis 2700) differt dimensionibus multo minoribus, stipite pluries 

 nodose, pinnis 9 aut 11, semper paribus, 11 cent, longis, 3 cent, 

 latis, pinna terminali vix majore, pinnis infimis baud diminutis, nervis 

 confertioribus, textura herbacea. 



Inter D. ellipticam et D. Ulei quasi intermediae due species 

 Antillanae sunt collocandae: 



D. polymorpha Leprieur en Baker Summary 116. Stipite 

 pluries nodose, 7 pinnis cenfertis breviter petiolatis, omnibus quasi 

 aequilengis, 15 ad 20 cent, longis, 5 cent, latis, late ovatis, abrupte 

 in cuspidem angustam 2^2 cent, lengam, 2^/2 mill, latam centractis, 

 basi cuneatis, infimis nen diminutis. Nervis valde manifestis 1 mill, 

 distantibus. Pinnis seriferis 9, ovate-elongatis 7 cent, longis, 2 cent, 

 latis apice non contractis. Margine integro undulate-crispo. Textura 

 subcoriacea opaca. Squamulis raris minutis. 



Hab. Guadeloupe, Bois de Sofia, Ste. Rose. 22. April 1896. 

 1. P. Duss. 4315, 4316. Trinidad Aripo 1. Hart. 6267. 



D. eligosora Fournier ex Baker Summary 116. 



Pinnis 9 angustioribus aequilengis 15 cent, longis, 4 cent, latis 

 oblongis apice aliquantulum centractis medice cuspidatis, basi retun- 

 dato -ovatis, infimis non diminutis. 



Hab. Guadeloupe, Sogofa, Ste. Rose. 1893. 1. Duss. No. 7. 



Clavem specierum gregis D. ellipticae addere placet: 



Danaeae cencoleres nee subtus glaucae, rachi nodosa sed exalata, 



pinnis aequibasalibus nee antice auctis, marginibus integris, squamulis 



dispersis nee secus nerves ordinatis. 



Pinnis 6, .terminali reliquis valde majere, basali 

 valde diminuta, pinnis (excepta basali) 20 cent. 

 et ultra longis D. Ulei n. sp. 



nedwigia Band XL IV, 



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