xi, c a v. A. v. Roseriburgh: Amboina Pteridophyta m 



SCLEROGLOSSUM van Alderwereldt van Rosenburgh 

 SCLEROGLOSSUM PUSILLUM (Bl.) v. A. v. E. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 

 7 (1912) 37, t. 5, fig. 1-2. 



Vittaria pusilla Bl. Enum. PI. Jav. (1828) 199; v. A. v. R. Mai. 

 Ferns 560. 



Amboina, Salahoetoe, Rel. Robins. 1965, November 27, 1913, epiphytic, 

 altitude about 950 meters. 



Distrib.: Ceylon, Malacca, Java, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea, 

 Queensland. 



ANTROPHYUM Kaulfuss 



ANTROPHYUM CALLI FOLIUM Bl. Enum. PI. Jav. (1828) 111; v. A. v. 

 R. Mai. Ferns 535. 



Amboina, Soja, Rel. Robins. 19iS, August, 3, 1913, on rocks, altitude 

 about 400 meters. 



Distrib.: Malaya, Polynesia. 



ANTROPHYUM PLANTAGINEUM (Cav.) Kaulf. Enum. Fil. (1824) 197. 

 Hemionitis plantaginea Cav. Descr. (1802) 260; v A. v. R. Mai. 

 Ferns 533 

 Amboina, Ayer putri, Rel. Robins. 19U5, July 28, 1913, on trees and coral 

 limestone at low altitudes. 



Distrib.: Northern India, Ceylon, Malaya, and Polynesia. 



DRYMOGLOSSUM Presl 

 DRYMOGLOSSUM FALLAX v. A. v. R. sp. nov. Plate VI. 



Rhizoma longe repens, gracile, firmum, ramosum, in sicco 

 obscure fuscum vel nigrescens, squamis ovatis vel lanceolato- 

 subulatis, subrufis, acuminatis, irregulariter denticulatis, basi pel- 

 tatis ornatum. Stipites remoti, 2-seriati, supra basin articulati, 

 frondium sterilium 2-3, f rondium fertilium usque ad 12 mm longi. 

 Frondes steriles coriaceae, pilis stellatis, pallidis, appressis, pau- 

 cis munitae, late oblongae vel ovatae, integerrimae, apice obtusae 

 vel rotundatae, basi late cuneatae, rotundato-truncatae vel sub- 

 cordatae, ad stipitem abrupte et anguste euneato-decurrentes ; 

 costa sursum sensim evanescens ; areolae subhexagonae, obliquae, 

 venulis liberis, excurrentibus parce munitae. Frondes fertiles 

 lineares, semiteretes, 1.5 ad 4.5 cm longae, 2.5 ad 3 mm latae, sub- 

 tus profunde et late 2-sulcatae, apice obtusiusculae, marginibus 

 parallelis, basi anguste cuneatae et longe decurrentes. Sori lati, 

 continui, in sulcis positi, costam subapproximati. 



Amboina, Hitoe messen, Rel. Robins. 9152, October 14, 1913, epiphytic 

 in light forests, altitude 175 meters, locally known as paku tali. 



Very remarkable in having the sori flanked by rows of long-stalked 

 peltate hairs, and the capsules of each sorus separated by a longitudinal 

 series of densely crowded, simple or variously branched, pale paraphyses, 



