g(3 COPELAND. 
most easterly known point, but have been collected in Malaya. Of all 
the extensive botanical evidence against the naturalness of Wallace's line 
between Malaya and New Guinea, this is the most conclusive. 
As a matter of fact, the fern flora of all Polynesia is Malayan in 
general character, as evidenced by the fact that King's collection contains 
eighty-seven species found both east and west of 'New Guinea. There 
nown 
two species described here as new. 
MARATTIACE^. 
MARATTIA Swartz. 
1. Marattia Kingii Copel. species nova. 
Fronde teste King 1 m alta; pinnis 20-25 cm longis, rhachi deorsum 
albicante et sparse paleacea, sursum alata; pinnulis sessilibus, late cuneatis, 
acuminatis, majoribus ca. 35 mm longis, 9 mm latis, lanceolatis, acute 
serrulatis, rigide coriaceis, infra albidis et ad costam venasque minute 
paleaceis; venis simplicibus; soris medialibus, 1-1.5 mm longis, sporangiis 
utroque latere 4 vel 5, indusio lacero conspicuo, receptaculo elliptico. 
No. 214, Goodenough Bay, altitude 1,200 in. 
Distinguislied from its apparently nearest relative, M, melanesica Kulin, by 
much finer serration, veins standing at nearly a right angle, and the fine scaliness,^ 
characters easily recognized even on small fragments. 
2. Marattia grandifolia Copel. species nova. 
Ehachi pinnae glabra, angustissime alata; pinnulis breviter (ca. 2 mm) 
stipitatis stipite subvelutino glabrescente, maximis ultra 20 cm longis, 
ultra 3 cm latis, basi inaequale cuneato-rotundata, acuminatis, acute 
leviter serratis, herbaceo-coriaceis, glabris, infra pallidis; venis simpli- 
cibus baud pellucidis; soris submarginalibus, ca. 2 mm longis, sporangiis 
utroque latere 9-12, indusio inconspicno, searioso, receptaculo oblongo- 
lineare. Species M. macrophyllae De Vr. affinis, qu^ pinnulis majoribus 
durioribus, venulis opacis distinguenda. 
No. 305. 
Of the numerous forms sometimua grouped under M. fraxinea, this is near 
only to the M, macrophylla named above. The leaflets of M. grandifolia are 
broadest below the middle. 
OPHIOGLOSSACE^. 
OPHIOGLOSSUM Linnaeus 
1. 0. reticulatum L. 
No. 232, Ambasi. 
Most tropical lands. 
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