COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 259 



ad dimidium lobatae, lobis rotundatis, mai-ginibus svibtus incurvis obtiisis, nervis 10 

 superne depressis subtus elevatis hirtis jiilis atris. Sori in iiiSdio nervorum orti, 

 a costa et marginibvis sequidistantes, parvi. 



Camp VI c, 5500 ft. 



A very distinct, stiff and hairy plant, with the pinnse cut very shortly into rounded 

 lobes, about 32 in number. 



GoNioPTEEis RUDis, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Frondes circiter 60 cm. longse, stipitibus basi squamis lanceolatis aciiminatis tectis 

 et cum rhachi pilis brevibus rigidis ruio-brunneis tectis duplo longiores. JPinnce 

 9, integrae, oblongao, subabrupte cuspidatae, sessiles, oppositse, glabrae, 16 cm. 

 longae, 4 cm. latae, herbaceae, basi latte, breviter cuneatae, cuspide pugioniformi 

 2 cm. longo, nervis plurimis, nervulis 5-6 gracilibus. Sori ex apicibus nervulorum 

 orti, orbiculares, plurimi. 



Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. 



Nearest to G. arfakiaiia, Ces., but the sori do not cover the whole surface of the 

 fronds. 



PoLYPODiUM HiRTELLUM, Blume, Euum. PI. Jav. ii. 122. 

 Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft. 

 Dislrib. Ceylon, Malaya. 



Polypodiijm: inconspictjum, Blume, Enum. PI. Jav. ii. 130. 

 Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft. 

 Distrib. Malay Islands. 



PoLTPODiTJM FASCiATUM, Presl, Tent. 180. 

 Camp III, 2500 ft., and Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 

 Distrib. Java, Sumatra. 



PoLYPODlUM SUBSELLIGUEUM, Baker, in Journ. Bot. xxviii. (1890) 107. 

 Camp VIS, 3900 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



POLTPODITJM FRIGIDTJM, BidL, sp. nov. 



jRMzoma 4 mm. crassum, squamis lanceolatis acuminatis pallide brunneis tectum. 

 Frondes coriaceae, 17 cm. longae, integrae, glabrae, lineares, angustae, versus apicem 

 et basin acuminatBe, obtusse, 2 mm. longae, stipitibus distinctis gracilibus 4 cm. 

 longis fugaciter furfuraceo-pubescentibus. Sori rotuudato-elliptici, biseriati, in 

 medio laminae siti (apice et basi frondis sterilibus), costa crassiuscula, nervis 

 celatis. 



Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 



Allied to P. siibselliffueum. Baker, but much smaller and narrower, the blade distinctly 



separate from the pubescent stipes. 



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