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magnis. rondes fertiles angustiores. Sori copiosi, in lineas singulas in utroque 
latere costæ dispositi et approximati. Indusium reniforme, persistens. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 
Allied to A. decurrens, Presl, but differing in the stipes and the. rhachis being 
eovered with brown scales. 
LasrguA Macerecorit, Ridl. comb., nov. ( Nephrodium Macgregori, Baker, Summary, 
60 (1892); N. simulans, Baker, in Ann. Bot. v. (1891) 60, non alior.; Dryopteris 
conterminoides, Christen. Ind. Fil. 258). 
Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
LASTRÆA BECCARIANA, Ridl., comb. nov. (Nephrodium Beccarianum, Ces. Fil. Becc. 
Born. 23). 
Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 
Distrib. Malaya. 
LASTRJEA SPARSA, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. 87, 104. 
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. ; VIb, 3900 ft., and VI c, 5500 ft. 
Distrib. India and Malaya. 
LastRAA Krossi, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Frondes 30 cm. longe, 5'5 cm. late, pinnate. Stipes gracilis, atro-purpureus, 
pubescenti-hirsutus, in dorso squamis latis ovatis tenuibus paucis munitus. 
Rhachis gracilis, superne pilis et squamis rufo-brunneis tecta. Pinnæ basin versus 
vix breviores, alternze, coriacee, 2:5 cm. longs», 7 mm. latz ; lobi fere ad costam fissi 
oblongi, obtusi, integri, nervis 8, costa parce squamosa, squamis rufo-brunneis. 
Sori plures in nervis in medio lobo congesti. Zndusiwm reniforme, brunneum. 
Camp VI c, 5500 ft. 
An elegant fern of the habit of Nephrodium cucullatum, Blume. 
MESOCHLÆNA POLYCARPA, Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. Suppl. 13. 
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. 
Distrib. Malaya. 
NEPHRODIUM CUCULLATUM, Baker, in Hook. Syn. Fil. 290. 
Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 
Distrib. Mascarenes, Indo-Malaya, Polynesia. 
NEPHRODIUM GLANDULOSUM, Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 76. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft, and Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 
Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Java. 
NEPHRODIUM PENNIGERUM, Presl, Rel. Haenk. i. 35. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 
Distrib. Africa, Indo-Malaya. 
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