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PAPUAN FERNS. g] 
NEPHROLEPIS Schott. 
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1. N. biserrata (Swtz.) Schott. ^ 
Isos. 125, 162, Ambasi. No. 162 has the sori very near the margin. 
Widespread. 
2. N. cordifolla (L.) Presl. 
No. 224, Goodenough Bay, altitude 900 m. 
Widespread. 
3. N. acuminata (Houtt.) Kuhn. 
No. 223, Goodenough Bay, altitude 900 m. 
Malaya. 
A rather shallowly lobed form. The indusia are frequently peltate; but the 
form is inconstant, and peltate ones are occasionally found on Bornean specimens. 
New to New Guinea, 
OLEANDRA Cavanilles. " 
0. neriiformis Cav. 
No. 192, Camusi River flats; No. 343, Lakekamu. 
Almost pantropic. 
As the specimens are fallen fronds the identification is not quite positive. 
HUM ATA Cavanilles. 
1. H. sp. 
No. S26, Lakekamu. 
2. H. gaimardiana (Gaud.) J. Sm. 
No. 165, common on the coast. 
Polynesia to Burma. 
3. H. heterophylla (Sm.) Desv. 
No. Ill, Waria River, altitude 300 m; No. 201, Camusi River flats. 
Malaya, Polynesia. 
DAVALLIA Smith. 
1. Davallta papuana Copel. spec. nova. 
Stipite 30 cm alto, basi paleis angustis 4 mm longis ferrugineis vestito, 
aliter rhachique glabris, brunneis; fronde 45 cm alta, deltoidea^ fere 
quadripinnata; pinnis infimis fere 30 cm longis, deltoideis, acuminatis, 
rhachibus sursum anguste alatis ; pinnulis ovatis, obtusis; segmentis earum 
majoribus incisis, lobis vel dentibus plus minus cornutis, lamina glabra, 
eoriacea; venis spuriis intercalatis ; soro inf ramarginaJe ; indusio 1 mm 
longo, aequilato vel angustiore, limbo plerumque rotundato, interdum 
obtuse et late cuspidato et reflexo. 
No. S45. 
Well marked among the speoies with false veins by the position of the sorus, 
combining then the characters of D. deniiculata and D. divaricata. ' 
SCYPHULARIA F^ 
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1. S. pentaphylla (Bl.) F4e. 
No. 183, Goodenough Bay, altitude 1,200 m. : 
Jialaya to Polynesia. - 
This is better kno\v'n as Davallta pentaphylla Bl., but it seems to me advisable 
to recognize Ffe's genus as distinct. 
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