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Drpiazium (ANISOGONIUM) PROLIFERUM Thouars. 
Manokoeari, terrestrial in base of high forest, 200’. Dec. 6159. “ Like 
small tree-fern in habit.” 
Distrib. New Guinea (D.S.W., Noord River, Versteegy; Mt. Carstensz, 
Kloss; N.H.). Malay Islands to Polynesia and tropical Africa. 
ASPLENIUM LASERPITIIFOLIUM Lam. 
Manokoeari, common in “ korang” forest, 500’. Jan. 6183. “ Rosette 
habit, fronds 1 m., naked stipes 0°50 m., young plantlets make roots on 
parent plant.”” 
Mnstrib, New Guinea (D.N.W., Ramoi, Beccari; D.S.W., Hellwig-Gebirge, 
von Roemer; N.E.; 8.E.). Malay Islands. Polynesia. Trop. Australia. 
HYPOLEPIS GRANDIFRONS Gepp, sp. nov. 
rons maxima subdeltoidea (pinna basalis c. 72 em., pinna media c. 92 em. longa) 
tripinnata ; pinne primarie lanceolate acuminate 22-25 em. late; pinne secundarie 
alterne c. 40-jugate breviter stipitate, intervallis c. 2°5 cm. inserte, lineari-lanceolatw 
acuminate usque ad 12°5 em. longe 2°5 cm. late; pinnule alterne 20-22-jugate 
breviter stipitate oblonge obtusissimz pinnatifide, lobis anticis 5 et posticis 4 
instructze, apice + flabellate ; lobi oblongi paucicrenati vel integri, venulis 3 anticis 
1 postico percursi; lobus anticus inferior duplo major, venulis 3-jugatis furcatis 
percursus. Sort in lobis solitarii, in sinu marginis antici positi, lobulo (indusio) 
parvo luteo-fusco involuto obtecti; in lobo antico inferiore duo sori adsunt. 
Sporangia circum penicillum paraphysium articulatarum disposita. Texrtura 
membranacea ; color valde viridis. hachis primaria (? 1 cm. crassa) straminea ; 
rhachis secundaria et tertiaria atque pinnularum coste superne sulco pilis articulatis 
brevibus + villoso exarate; costa et venule pilis paucis hinc illine instructe. 
Hab. Humboldt Bay, ridge behind “ campong,” 500’, terrestrial by stream 
in high forest. Jan. 6258. “ Magnificent single fronds from underground 
creeping rhizome, 5 m. long, petiole 3 m., lamina 2 m. deltoid.” © 
The huge fronds, the stipitate pinnules, and the few sori distinguish this 
species from the rest. The material consists of two pinne with fragments of 
the main rhachis attached. 
Prerts (EUPTERIS) BAMBUSOIDES Gepp, sp. nov. 2 
Rhachis erecta crassa atro-purpurea subnitens minute pubescens. Pinne inter- 
vallis circa 4 em. inserte, erecto-patentes, alterne (?) brevi-stipitate, ad basin imam 
1-2-dichotome, segmentis usque ad 40 em. longis e basi cuneata linearibus sensim 
attenuatis, fertilibus integris, sterilibus serrulatis, versus apicem spinuloso-serratis, 
margine incrassata venuliformi, lamina nitente, costa inferne plerumque rubella et ad 
latera spe pubescenti, venulis plurimis (circa 33 in centimetri spatio) conspicuis 
simplicibus fureatisve. Zndusiwm angustum brunneolum membranaceum. 
Hab. Arfak Mts., inundation area of Momi River, and common down to 
Wariap. Dec. 5732. ‘Each shoot up to 3 m, tapering; growing in 
clumps. Pinnz on young fronds plane, but on rhachis twisting in growth, 
finally arranged spirally.” 
