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Cyathea auriculifera Copel. sp. nov. > , 
Ehachi castanea, minute furfuraeea^ sparse et minute echinulata ; 
pinna mihi missa 50 cm longa, 12 cm lata^ fere sessile, rhachi sub indu- 
mento denso minuto castaneo nigra sparsissime echinulata; pinnulis 
subsessilibnSj horizontalibuSj 14 mm latis, abrupte acutis^ aeumine in- 
tegrOj ubique pinnatis; pinnulis" brevistipitatis, 2 mm latis, obtusis^ 
inferioribus utroque latere auricula una suborbiculare libera omatis, 
alitor integris, medialibus basi truncatis . et inaeqiiilateralibus, supra 
glabris et viridibus^ infra sparse paleaceis et perpallidis; yenis utroque 
latere 7 vel 8, inferioribus furcatis, medialibus solummodo f ertilibus : 
soris costalibus, confertis, laete bninneis, indusio membranaceo. 
Papua,. Goodenough Bay, alt. 1,200 ni, growing in scrub, C. King [227. 
A very peculiar species,, which, in form only, is somewhat suggestive oi ,G.. 
truncala. 
A diagnosis was also prepared for Cyathea hotryocarpa, founded cin No. 57 Kitty, 
but in the meantime Rosenstock has published' this as Alsophila Uformis in 
Fedde's Repertorium 9 (1911) 423, issued August 15. Assuming that ''Uformis" 
and "dimorpha" are properly different names, I will call this Cyathea biformis 
(Rosenstock) comb. nov. 
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Rosenstoclv also describes Cyathea Kingii, based on King's No. 277. I have 
three sheets of this fern,, and do not see why it should not be called Cyathea 
fusca Baker. Beside these two Cyathoas, Rosenstock publlslies six new species 
from King's collection; I published three of these six weeks earlier, and" one 
Pteris gracillima, is not new. When I put Mr. King in communication with 
the Buitenzorg Garden, I did not suspect that it would result in double publication, 
or in my having to publish in haste to avoid it. 
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