252 ME. 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. Christ/, Copel., of the Philippines ; differing in its simply pinnate leaves 

 and scaly rhachis. 



Cyathea Versteegii, Christ, in Nova Guinea, viii. 161. 



Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 



Distrih. Endemic in New Guinea. 



The rhachis is more pubescent and the pinnse 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. 

 Distrih. Buru and Saparua. 



Alsophila papuana, Hidl., sp. nov. 



Frondes maguae, 115 cm. longiB, stipitibus longis 5 mm. crassis glabris parce spinu- 

 losis. FinncB alternEC, subremotse, 8 cm. distantes, 30 cm. longse, glabrae. Finnulce 

 8 cm. longiE, 2 mm. latte, lanceolatse, longe acuminatse, subcoriaceae, glabrae, subtus 

 pallidiores, petiolis 2 mm. longis, lobis 20 oblongis obtusis subtruncatis crenulatis 

 ultra dimidium lissis, nervis 12 ssepe bifurcatis. Sori 12 in medio nervorum. 

 Indusium parvum, mox disruptvim. 

 Camp III, 2500 ft. 



The indusium forms at first a small globose covering to the sporang'es, but soon 

 breaks up into very minute fragments. Near A. glabra. Hook., but the pinnulae are 

 all petiolate, and the indusium is different, the sori being hardly arranged in V-shape. 



Gleichenia dicarpa, Pt. Br. Prod. 161. 

 Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft. 

 Bistrib. Malay Islands. 



Gleichenia monticola, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Stipes fragilis, 11 cm. longus, squamis lanceolatis acuminatis ad basin Isete brvinneis. 

 Band 2, dichotomi, bis ramosi, rliachi squamis lanceolatis apice albo-lanuginosis 

 tecta. Frondes 9 cm. longse, recurvse, 5 cm. latae, sicca" atrobrunnea3, subtus 

 glauccB, glabrii^, 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. 



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