Vane,  Spapuenennaag 
XII, C, 1 Copeland: New Species Borneo Ferns 55 
sursum venisque paleis parvis in pila decrescentibus sparse ves- 
titis; venis ca. 5-paribus, plerisque furcatis; soris medialibus, 
magnis, laminam totam complentibus; indusio laete fusco, mox 
fisso, persistente; receptaculo parvo. 
Mount Kinabalu, Paka Cave to Lobang, Topping 1759. 
Cyathea crinita (Hooker) Copel., reported by Miss Gibbs, is less densely 
paleaceous and has narrower ultimate divisions, beside being exindusiate. 
The scales of C. megalosora are typically entire, but those of the upper 
axes are soft and flexuous, forming thick mats. 
DRYOPTERIS Adanson 
DRYOPTERIS INCONSPICUA sp. nov. 
Lastraea; rhizomate repente vel suberecto, breve, ca. 4 mm 
crasso, paleis parvis ovatis apiculatis fuscis sordidis vestito; 
stipitibus confertis, 15 ad 20 em usque ad pinnas normales altis, 
fusco-stramineis, deorsum sparse paleatis, sursum rhachique 
superne velutinis, inferne glabrescentibus, pinnis subnormales 
2- ad 4-paribus remotis ad auriculas reductis ornatis; fronde 
25 ad 30 cm alta, 8 ad 12 cm lata, acuminata; pinnis infimis 
normalibus plerumque deflexis et rhachin versus angustatis; me- 
dialibus sessilibus vel brevi-stipitulatis, falcato-acuminatis, basi 
truncatis, 12 ad 16 mm latis, ad alam 1.5 mm latam costalem 
pinnatifidis, herbaceis, pilis pallidis minutis dense adpressis ves- 
titis; segmentis obliquis, obtusis, 2 ad 3 mm latis; venis utroque 
latere ca. 4, simplicibus; soris medialibus; indusio fusco, tenue, 
nudo. 
Mount Kinabalu, Kiau, Topping 1543 (type); Gurulau Spur, Topping 
1837, 1839. 
Apparently a quite distinct species, characterized by the dwarfed lowest 
pinnae and peculiar pubescence of costae and veins; but without any one 
distinctive feature to invite attention in the field. 
DRYOPTERI!IS KINABALUENSIS sp. nov. 
Lastraea ; rhizomate breve, suberecto, paleis nigris lanceolatis 
valde acuminatis ca. 6 mm longis vestito; stipitibus confertis, 
10 ad 17 cm altis, deorsum paleatis atris vel atropurpureis, 
sursum glabrescentibus et viridescentibus; fronde usque ad 25 
- em alta et 8 em lata, acuminata, rhachi costisque ubique sed 
praecipue superne brevissime hirsutis; pinnis liberis utroque 
latere 15 ad 23, infimis haud brevioribus, paullo deflexis, brevis- 
sime stipitulatis, aliis sessilibus, inframedialibus horizontalibus, 
rhachin versus interdum paullo angustatis deinde truncatis, pro- 
funde pinnatifidis, tenuiter chartaceis, superne atroviridibus, 
punctulis minutissimis albis ornatis, nec carent inferne punc- 
tulae; segmentis 2 mm latis, obtusis, decidue ciliatis; venulis ca. 
5-paribus, simplicibus; soris medialibus, indusio pallido, tenue. 
