ON A NEW FERN FROM JAVA. 193 



On a New Fern from Java, detected by Mr. Thos. Lobb. 



(Tabs. VII. VIII.) 



Among a rich collection of Plants lately presented to me 

 by James Veitch, Esq. of the Nursery, Exeter, from Java, 

 I find a splendid new species of an Acrosticoid Fern, of the 

 genus Gymnopteris, Bernhardi, which I thus designate : 



Gymnopteris Vespertilio. 



Caudice repente fulvo-hirsutissimo, fronde longe stipitata, 

 sterili basi subrotundo-cordata superne biloba lobis divari- 

 catis acuminatis plurinerviis, fertili anguste lanceolata acu- 

 minata 4-5 venia venis lateralibus marginantibus, capsulis 

 luteis totam paginam inferiorem (nervis exceptis) obtegen- 

 tibus. (Tab. VII. VIII.) 

 Hab. Mountains in Java, Thos. Lobb. 



Caudex (seu rhizoma) repens, ut videtur, brevis, crassus, 

 villis copiosis oblongis sericeis fulvis tectus. Frondes plu- 

 rimae (fertiles et steriles) ex eodem caudice, longe stipitatae ; 

 steriles subspithameae longae et latae, coriaceo-membranaceae, 

 virides, inferne subrotundo-cordatse, superne profunde usque 

 ad medium bilobae, lobis magis minusve divaricatis, acumi- 

 natis, non raro inaequalibus, pluriveniis sinu obtuso : venis 

 primariis 5-6 in singulo lobo, parallelis, flexuosis, secundariis 

 tertiariisque reticulatis, ultimis divaricatim ramosis, ramulis 

 liberis apice punctato-clavatis :— Fertiles 7-9-pollicares, lan- 

 ceolatae, basi attenuates, superne longe acuminates, 4-5 veniae, 

 venis (primariis nempe) parallelis, rectis, strictis, lateralibus 

 marginantibus, reliquis ut in fronde sterili, sed areolis valde 

 elongatis. Capsulee pallidae, fulvse, totam paginam infe- 

 riorem frondis (venis primariis exceptis) tegentibus. Stipes 

 sesquipedalis, semiteres, subherbaceus, in frondem sterilem 

 superne dilatatus, canaliculars. 

 This is, I have every reason to believe, a perfectly un- 



