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NEW SARAWAK FERNS. Ql 
plants are as described, except in size. The sterile fronds are a meter 
or more long and 30 cm wide. The fertile frond is still wider, its pinnae 
2 to 4 mm wide, and straight or curved. 
The species is nearest to Lomagramma perakensis Bedd., differing con- 
spicuously in the very short stipes and persistent scaliness. 
Athyrium sorsogonense (Presl) Milde, var. poense Copel. var. nov. 
Forma laxa et grandis, pinnis remotis infimls usque ad 25 
cm longis, 2.5 ad 3.5 cm latis, rhachi mox glabrescente. 
Sarawak, Mount Poe, alt. 900 m, Brooks 143. 
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Athyrium carnosum Copel. sp. nov. 
Species gregis A. maximi vel A. pinnati, fronde pinnata, 45 
cm alta, fere 30 cm lata, rhachi furco excepto glabra vel mox 
glabrescente; pinnis liberis utroque latere ca. 10, subsessilibua 
vel sursum adnatis, horizontalibus, falcato-acuminatis, basi late 
cuneatis, 3.5 cm latis, ^ ad i ad costam pinnatifidis, glabris, 
carnoso-subcoriaceis, viridibus; lobis 9 mm latis, rotundatis; 
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venis ca. 9, angulo acuto distantibus, simplicibus; soris lineari- 
bus, usque ad 10 mm longis, paginam totam complentibus, in- 
dusio angusto mox sporangiis occulto. 
Sarawak, Matang, collected by native collector of the Sarawak Museum. 
The pinnae look like pinnules of Athyrium ma/ximum, but are remark- 
ably large and coarsely cut and peculiar also in the clear but deep-green 
color and almost fleshy texture. 
Athyrium (Diplazium) polycarpum Copel. sp. nov. 
Stipite teste Brooks 60 cm alto et paleis paucls brunneis ovatis 
vestito; fronde 75 cm alta, 45 cm lata, sulcis axium exceptis 
glabra, deorsum baud angustata, sub apice pinnatifido bulbifera, 
rhachi brunnea, deorsum sparsissime argute spinosa; pinnis 
stipitatis, subacuminatis, basi inaequaliter truncatis, infimis 25 
cm longis, 45 mm latis, praecipue deorsum fere ad costa pinna- 
tifidis cum segmentis ibidem solumodo remotis; segmentis ca. 
2 cm longis, 1 cm vel ultra latis, rotundatis vel truncatis, ob- 
scure serrulatis, supra punctis albis marginalibus donatis, coria- 
ceis; venis utroque latere ca. 11, simplicibus vel furcatis, omni- 
bus" soriferis ; indusio lineare, atro. 
Sarawak, Mount Penrissen, alt. 1,050 m, Brooks 151. Also Bidi, Brooke, 
Au^., 1908. Intermediate between the (groups of Athyrium norsogonenne 
and A, viaximum. 
Athyrium murlcatum Copel. sp. nov. 
Species gregis polymorphae .4. maximi (Don) Copel., rhizo- 
mate 12 mm crasso; stipite 30 cm alto, 4 mm crasso, spinoso, 
basin versus paleis lanceolato-ovatis incurvatis sordide brunneis 
5 mm longis vestito; pinnis infimis 20 ad 25 cm longis, 5 cm 
