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from it by the reflexed pinnse and quite obtuse apex of the lobes. Also 

 resembles Lastrea imdulata (THWAITES) (BEDD. Fern. South Ind. t. 271), 

 but distinguishable from it by the less flexuose quite glabrous rhaehis 

 and stipes. The ramification of the fern is somewhat similar to that 

 of Gymnorjrammc anfraduosa CHEIST (Farnkriiuter der Erde p. 73, fig- 

 187). 



Dryopteris (Eudryopteris) reflexosquamata HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 

 114). Rliizoma ? Stipes 20-30 cm. longus dense squamatus, squamis reflexis 

 lanceolato-ovatis 9 mm. longis 2 J mm. latis apice acuminatissimis margine 

 remote brevissimeque setoso-ciliatis. Frons oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata 



35-40 cm. longa medio latis- 

 sima 20cm. lata apice 



triangulari-acuta vel breve 

 cuspidata basi rotundata 

 bipinnata vel bipinnatifida, 

 pinnis inferioribus a se 

 4 cm. remotis angulo 45 a 

 rhachibus divaricatis, pinuis 

 mediis longissimis lanceo- 

 latis 12 cm. longis 3 cm. 

 latis apice cuspidato-acumi- 

 natis basi plus minus con- 

 tractis pinuatis, pinnulis 

 inferioribus a se 6 mm. 

 remotis a rhacliibus angulo 

 80-90 divaricatis lineari- 

 lanceolatis, mediis longis- 

 simis 18 mm. longis basi 

 latissimis 5-6 mm. latis apice 

 obtusis basi abrupte cunea- 

 tis sessilibus a se 7 mm. 

 remotis margine duplicato- 

 serrulatis, serrulis obtusis 



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Fig. 114, Drynpteris reflexosquamata HAYATA ; a, the 

 plant ; b, a scale of the stipe ; c, a pinnule. 



