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3-pinnatifidae, rachide primaria in parte inferiore aculeolata, 

 cum rachidibus secundariis supra pubescenti, juvenili subtus 

 probabiliter furfuraceo-tomentosa et squamulosa; pili (partis 

 ventralis) breves, patentes, incurvati, rufi vel castanei; tomen- 

 tum (partis dorsalis) ochraeeum; squamulae anguste subulatae 

 vel filiformes, fuscae. Pinnae patentes, breviter petiolatae, 

 acuminatae, rachide apicem versus anguste alata; pinnae maxi- 

 mae ovato-lanceolatae, usque ad ± 50 cm longae et 17.5 cm latae; 

 pinnae inferiores valde remotae, reductae. Pinnulae firmiter 

 herbaceae vel subcoriaceae, glabrae, usque ad 20-25 utrinque, 

 breviter petiolulatae, obliquae vel inferiores patentes vel hori- 

 zontales, profunde pinnatifidae, basi cuneato-truncatae, apice 

 longe acuminato, subcaudato, grossius serrato-dentatae, costa 

 supra fusco-puberula, cum costulis subtus squamulis minutis, 

 ovatis, bullatis, acuminatis, pallidis (squamulis minus bullatis 

 intermixtis) munita; pinnulae maximae ±9cm longae et 1.5 cm 

 latae. Segmenta conferta vel approximata, patentia vel subhor- 

 izontalia, lineari-oblonga, recta vel subfalcata, usque ad 1 cm 

 longa et 3 mm lata, parte inferiore crenata vel crenulata, apicem 

 obtusiusculum vel acutiusculum versus serrato-dentata, venis 

 usque ad 8-10 utrinque, furcatis, superioribus simplicibus. Sori 

 subcostulares, venas inferiores occupantes, usque ad ± 6 utrinque, 

 demum confluentes; capsulae pilis hyalinis, articulatis (capsulas 

 non conspicue superantibus) intermixtae. 



Amboina, Hatiwe, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 464, September 15, 1913, 

 in forests, altitude 300 meters; Soja, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 465, August 

 4, 1913, in forests, altitude 400 meters. 



Representing: Palmafilix nigra Rumph. Herb. Amb. VI, 65 (tab. 

 XXVII?). 



The esential parts of Doctor Robinson's notes regarding this tree fern 

 are as follows: Trunk 4 to 5 m high, 8 to 10 cm in diameter, somewhat 

 spiny. Fronds tripinate, about 2.5 m long, narrowly elliptic in outline; 

 pinnae about 35 on each side of the rachis. The stipes run down on the 

 trunk, which has a tendency to branch. 



ALSOPHILA RUMPHIANA v. A. v. R. sp. nov. 



Frondes 3-pinnatifidae, rachide in sicco subfusca, gibbis mi- 

 nutis, oblongis, apice atro-brunneis scabra, subtus decidue fur- 

 furaceo-tomentosa, supra hispida et paleacea; tomentum pallide 

 ochraeeum; pili longiusculi, pallide ochracei, longitudinaliter 

 subappressi, setis articulatis, patentibus, basi runs (sursum in- 

 terdum applanatis, non-articulatis, pallide flavidis, breviter cilio- 

 latis) intermixti; paleae longae, anguste subulato-lanceolatae, 

 pallide flavidae, pilis brevibus, suberectis, acutis, runs ciliolatae. 

 Pinnae breviter petiolatae, ± 50 cm longae, acuminatae, rachide 



