PAPUAN FERNS. 87 
VITTARIA J. E. Smith. 
1. Vittaria scabricoma Copel. spec. nova. 
TaeniopsiSj paleis rhizomatis vix 5 mm longis, angustissimis, basi 
dilatatis, rigidis, sparse denticulatis, nigris; frondibus approximatis, sessi- 
libus^ 20-25 cm longis, 4 mm latis, utrinque angustatis, acuminatis, 
glabris, coriaceis ; costa manifesta baud prominente ; soris submarginalibus, 
sporangiastris claviformibuSj obscuris; sporis reniformibus. 
No. 166. 
A species of the "K. lineata group, which as commonly construed contains a 
number of distinct Malayan species, none of which probably belong to it as a 
species. The paleae are very harsh, having exceptionally thick cell-walls. 
2. V. scolopendrina (Bory) Thwaites. 
No. 244) Ambasi. 
Samoa to Africa. 
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3. V. zosterifolia Willd. 
Nos, 199, 200, Goodenough Bay, altitude 1,200 ni. 
Polynesia to the Comores. 
" No. 129 is exceptionally broad and long stalked, and may be distinct. 
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4. V. elongata Swtz. 
No. 187, Goodenough Bay. 
India to Polynesia. . 
ANTROPHYUM Kaulfuss. 
1. A. reticulatum (Forst.) Kaulf. 
No. SlGy Ambasi, a decidedly long-stipitate form. 
Polynesia to Madagascar. 
2. A. plantagineum (Cav.) Kaulf. 
Nos. 198, 23Jf, Ambasi. 
Polynesia to India. 
3. A. semicostatum Bl. 
No. 330, Lakekamu. ■ • 
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Polynesia to Ceylon. 
LOXOGRAMME (Blume) Presl. 
1. Loxogramme paltonioidea Copel. spec. nova. 
Species L. lanoeolatae Presl similis et affinis, soro composite iitroque 
latere uno intramarginale costae parallelo, ad partem supenorem frondia 
paullum angustatam restricto. 
No. 253; No. 217 i« probably a juvenile form of the same; the sori are not 
quite continuous, and in one place overlap slightly. The question raises itself, , 
if Paltonium chinense (Christ) C. Chr. may not be a Loxogramme. 
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2. L. involuta (Don) Presl. 
No. 297, Ambasi. 
Melanesia to Malava and China. 
A very large form, but otherwise typical. 
