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tenui-coriacea, inferne pallida; venis utroque latere ca. 30, omni- 
bus simplicibus, plerisque fertilibus, soris medialibus, nudis; 
sporangiis paucis, castaneis. 
Woodlark Island, King 284. 
A remarkably distinct species. “Tree fern. It did not grow above the 
surrounding tangle of Stenochlaena palustris and other species.” 
CYATHEA SCABRISETA sp. nov. 
Alsophila profunde tripinnatifida pubescentia triforme; rhachi 
fulva, squamulis minutis ad basin fimbriatis albis deciduis vestito, 
deinde nitido et propter baseos setarum hispida; setis mox deci- 
duis, e basibus vinosis ad apices albidas pallescentibus, dentibus 
minutissimis nigro-rubis ciliatis ; inter setas descriptas aliis mino- 
ribus pallidioribus deciduis ; pinna 60 cm longa, 18 cm lata, brevi- 
stipitata, abrupte acuminata, rhachi obscure sordida superne 
fusco-velutina, inferne minute furfuracea et sparse hispida gla- 
brescente; pinnulis horizontalibus infimis brevipedicellatis, 2 cm 
: latis, proximis, abrupte in caudam 1 cm longam serratam 
a contractis, fere ad costam pinnatifidis, costa superne appresso- 
ciliata, subtus squamulis albidis plerisque dissectis rarius lanceo- 
latis fere integris vestita; segmentis 2.5 mm latis, obtusis, 
plerisque subfalcatis, minute serratis interdum obscure biserratis, 
subcoriaceis, subtus pallidis, superne atroviridibus, costa et 
rarius venis squamulis bullatis pallidis, et sparsius aliis sordidis 
q angustis plerumque fissis ornatis: venis utroque latere ca. 12, 
E fere omnibus furcatis; soris medialibus, sporangiis cum pilis 
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brunneis multis mixtis. 
a Papua, without definite locality, King. 444. 
BS Related to Cyathea crinita (Hooker). 
% DRYOPTERIS BIPINNATA sp. nov. 
; Thelypteris gregis D. immersae: rhizomate inviso; stipite recto, 
30 cm alto, gracile sed valido, brunneo cum pede nigro, sub oculo 
nudo glabro, sub lente sursum rhachique dense minute pubescen- 
tibus; fronde 30 cm alta, 17 cm lata, abrupte longe acuminata, 
deorsum bipinnata; pinnis horizontalibus, rectis vel rarius 
subfalcatis, acuminatis, inferioribus brevipedicellatis haud dimi- 
nutis, aliis sessilibus, costis ubique minute pallide setosis; pinnulis 
liberis paucis, infimis (rhachi proximis) brevipedicellatis, brevi- 
3 bus; segmentis pinnae multis, utroque latere 20-30, proximis, 
oe apice crenulatis aliter integris, oblique acutis, ca. 7 mm longis, 
2 mm latis, papyraceis; venis subtus setis paucis brevibus obsitis, 
3 alibi glabris; venis simplicibus, utroque latere ca. 10, omnibus 
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