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magnis. Frondes fertiles angustiores. Sori copiosi, in liiieas singulas in utroqiie 

 latere costaj dispositi 6t approximati. Indusium renifoi'me, persistens. 



Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



Allied to A. decurrens, Presl, but differing in the stipes and the rhachis beiug 

 covered with brown scales. 



Lastr^a Macgkegokii, Ridl. comb., nov. {Nejjhrodium llacgregotn, Baker, Summary, 

 60 (1892) ; N. sinmlans, Baker, in Ann. Bot. v. (1891) 60, non alior. ; Dryopteris 

 conterminoides, Chi'isten. Ind. Fil. 258). 

 Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft. 

 Bistrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



Lastr^a Beccariana, E-idl., comb. nov. {Nephrodium Beccanannw, Ces. Fil. Becc. 

 Born. 23). 

 Camp Via, 3100 ft. 

 Dislrib. Malaya. 



LastryEA sparsa, T. Moore, Ind. Til. 87, 104. 



Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. ; VI b, 3900 ft., and VI c, 5500 ft. 

 Listrib. India and Malaya. 



Lastr^a Klossii, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Frondes 30 cm. longoe, 5*5 cm. latoe, pinuatse. Stipes gracilis, atro-purpureus, 

 pubescenti-hirsutus, in dorso squamis latis ovatis tenuibus paucis munitus. 

 Uliaclds gracilis, superne pilis et squamis rufo-brunneis tecta. Finuo} basin versus 

 vix breviores, alternaj, coriaceae, 25 cm. longse, 7 mm. latae ; lobi fere ad costam fissi 

 oblongi, obtusi, integri, nervis 8, costa parce squamosa, squamis rufo-brunneis. 

 Sori plures in nervis iu medio lobo cougesti. Indusium reniforme, brunneum. 



Camp VI c, 5500 ft. 



An elegant fern of the habit of Nephrodium cticullattim, Blume. 



Mesochl^na polycarpa, Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. Suppl. 13. 

 Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. 

 Distrib. Mala^'a. 



Nephroditjm cucullatum, Baker, in Hook. Syn. Fil. 290. 

 Camp VI «, 3100 ft. 

 Bistrib. Mascarenes, Indo-Malaya, Polynesia. 



Nephrodium glandulosum, Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 76. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft , and Camp VI «, 3100 ft. 

 Bistrib. Malay Peninsula and Java. 



Nephrodium pennigerum, Presl, Eel. Haenk. i. 35. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 

 Bistrib. Africa, Indo-Malaya. 



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