259 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
ssepius bifurcatis. Sori ad bases nervorum prope costam biseriati. Indusium 
globosum, apice irregulariter fissum. | 
Camps III to IV, 1100 to 2500 ft. 
Allied to C. Christi, Copel., of the Philippines; differing in its simply pinnate leaves 
and scaly rhachis. 
CYATHEA VERSTEEGII, Christ, in Nova Guinea, viii. 161. 
Camp VI 5, 3900 ft. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
The rhachis is more pubescent and the pinne are deeper cut than in a type-specimen 
in Herb. Kew. 
ALSOPHILA SAPARUENSIS, Alderweldt and Rosenburgh, Malayan Ferns, p. 38. 
Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft. 
Distrib. Buru and Saparua. 
ALSOPHILA PAPUANA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Frondes magne, 115 cm. longe, stipitibus longis 5 mm. crassis glabris parce spinu- 
losis. Pinne alterne, subremote, 8 cm. distantes, 80 cm. longe, glabre. Pinnule 
8 em. longe, 2 mm. late, lanceolate, longe acuminate, subcoriacee, glabra, subtus 
pallidiores, petiolis 2 mm. longis, lobis 20 oblongis obtusis subtruncatis crenulatis 
ultra dimidium fissis, nervis 12 sspe bifurcatis. Sori 12 in medio nervorum. 
Indusium parvum, mox disruptum. 
Camp III, 2500 ft. 
The indusium forms at first a small globose covering to the sporanges, but soon 
breaks up into very minute fragments. Near A. glabra, Hook., but the pinnule are 
all petiolate, and the indusium is different, the sori being hardly arranged in V-shape. 
GLEICHENIA DICARPA, R. Br. Prod. 161. 
Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft. 
Distrib. Malay Islands. 
` GLEICHENIA MONTICOLA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Stipes fragilis, 11 cm. longus, squamis lanceolatis acuminatis ad basin læte brunneis. 
Rami 2, dichotomi, bis ramosi, rhachi squamis lanceolatis apice albo-lanuginosis 
tecta. rondes 9 cm. longe, recurve, 5 cm. late, sicce atrobrunne®, subtus 
glaucm, glabre, lobis ovatis obtusis valde coriaceis, marginibus multo incurvis 
2 cm. longis, nervis elevatis ramosis ultra 5. 
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 
A most distinct plant with the habit of G. circinata, Sw., but. the leaflets are much | 
larger and ovate. 
