A 



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 1/9 mm. vix latiores, ubtasae, in stipitem sensim angustatae, 



, 2 

 fere semiteretes, subtiis planae, supra convexae et basin versus 



sulcatae, costa subtus prominente, in stipitem decurrente, venis 



absconditis: frondes fertiles oblongae vel lineari-oblongae, decur- 



vatae, semiteretes, 3-10 mm. longae, ca 2 mm. latae et 1 mm. 



crassae. basi et apice angustatae, apice obtuse apiculatae, ceterum 



foliis sterilibus similes. Sori oblongi, utrinque 1-6, mediani, 



alternantes, profunde immersi, costae paralleli, demum prominentes 



et continentes, partem dilatatani frondis fertilis occupantes. 



Very remarkable by its fertile fronds resembling the long- 

 stalked sporocarps of a moss. 



New Guinea {Mount Goliath^ de Kock No. 45). 



Polypodiiim pseinlo-siiirale, w A. v. «.; (? P. con 



junctisorum, Bk., in Ann. of Bot., VIII, 129). 



Eupolypodium, Pimiatae. - Rhizoma brève, repens, paleis fuscis, 

 lanceolatis, integerrimis dense vestitum. Frondes approximatae 

 vel paullum remotae, sessiles, pinnatae, lineares, ca 10 cm. longae, 

 ca 5 — 8 mm. latae, basin versus sensim angustatae, apice obtusae. 

 Pinnae numerosae, horizontales, oblongae vel semiorbiculares, apice 

 rotundatae, basi dilatatae, contiguae, integerrimae, rigide coriaceae, 

 glabrae, latere anteriore oblique decurvatae, margine superiore et 

 exteriore plus minusve revolutae. Rachis glabra, supra sulcata, 

 subtus prominens; venae absconditae. Sori rotundati, vix immersi, 

 ad basin pinnarum solitarii.— 



Very peculiar by its slightly twisted pinnae, which give the 

 whole frond the aspect to be spirally twisted v^hen seen from 



the side. 



New Guinea {Mount Goliath, de Kock No. 49). 



