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/iL««pleililim nif1ll«i. L,. Spec, II, 1079; v. A. v. R., 

 Mal. Ferns, 439. 



A form cultivated in the Buitenzorg Gardens differs from the 

 type in having the fronds varying from once to several times 

 forked at the apex (forma monstruosa). 



A^pleiiiiim iiiflifbriiie. r\ A, r. H, in Hort. Bog. 



Thamnopteris. — Rhizome brève. Frondes sessiles vel breviter 

 petiolatae, cuneato-spathulatae, ca 40 — 50 cm longae, apicem 

 versus ca 10 — 121/2 cm latae, integerrimae vellate (non profunde) 

 irregulariter sinuato-undulatae, apice satis abrupte rostrato-acu- 

 minatae, basin acute cuneatam versus sensim angustatae, satis 

 coriaceae, subtus sparse et parce squamulosae, squamulis minutis- 

 simis, fimbriatis vel capillari-filiformis, fuscis, costa supra plus 

 minusve plana, subtus prominente, venis gracilibus, ascendentibus, 

 inter se 1 — 11/2 mm distantibus. Sori in parte latissima frondis, 

 1/3 — V2 P^i'tem infimam venarum occupantes, costam haud atting- 

 entes. 



Differs from A. nidus at first sight by its spathulate fronds. 



Neiv Guinea. 



A«ipieiiîiiiii giaiicifleii^. v. A, r. K. 



Neottopteris. ~Wîi\zom-à ascendens, breviter scandens, palets 

 subulato-lanceolatis, acutis, griseo-fuscis vestitum. Stipites erecti, 

 seriati, brèves, basin versus leviter paleacei. Frondes lineari- 

 lanceolatae, ca 30 cm longae et 2^/2 — 3 cm latae, caudato-acuminatae, 

 basin versus sensim angustatae, margine auguste recurvatae, denti- 

 bus paucis, remotis, horizontalibus, deltoideis, ca 1 mm longis et 4 

 mm latis ornatae, acumine infra apicem prolifero, chartaceae, 

 glabrae, costa prominente, venis numerosis, fere horizontalibus, 

 simplices vel rarius ad basin furcatis, gracilibus. Sori (partibus 

 angustatis exceptis) frondem totam fere occupantes, marginem et 

 costam frondis plerumque attingentes; indusium angustum, obsure 

 fuscum. 



Near A. amboinense Willcl. 



New Guinea (Rev. Copland King No. 320). 



\Np2eiiiiiBii JU2aii<*o|>liylliiiii. r. A. v. Mi,; A. nitidum, 

 Chrid (not Stv.), Ann. Btz., XX, 111. 



Eu-asplenium. — Froudea amplae, 2-pinnatae, rachidibus nigro- 



