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to 2 cm broad, aciiminate, with the lobes very deep, distinctly 

 crenated; venation as in Pleocnemia. 



Uîgiia^Jiiiii ji;eopliîliiMi (Copel), v. .1, i\ Ji,: Athy- 

 rium geophilmn, Copel., Philipp. Journ. Sci., IIF, 296. 



A fonn gathered in Mindanao, by A. D. E. Elmer, bas the 

 sori partly simple, partly double. 



Negros, Mindanao (Elmer No. 11433). 



Uooclla média. #1. Hr,. Flor. N. Holl., 151; v. A. v. R. 

 Mal. Ferns, 390. 



Also in Java {Mangungan, ML Pronodyowo, Mousset No. 460), 



l>OB'.yoplerÎ!» ill(leil§ (Wall.), X M'm.. Hist. Fil., 289; 

 V. A. V. R., Mal. Ferns, 347; Pteris ludens, Wall, Hk. Bk., Syn. 

 Fil., 166. 



Also in Java {Poyal, Mousset No. 561). 



-^ OoryopterÎ!^ {>a|iiiaiia. CopeL, Philipp. Journ. Sci., 

 Vl^, 86; D. ludens, J. Sm., var. pluriloha, Rst., MS. in Herb. Bog. 



Stipes ca 30 — 40 cm long, naked, glossy, blackish. Barren 

 fronds rather ovate, ca 15 — 20 cm long, 10 — 20 cm broad, 

 deeply pinnatifid, cordate at the base, the costal wing ca II/2 

 cm broad from edge to edge. Lobes ca 4 — 5 on each sich below 

 the acuminate apex, erecto-patent, separated by rather narrow 

 sinuses, the lowest the largest, the next higher simple, lanceo- 

 late-oblong, nearly straight or somewhat falcate, ca II/2 cm broad 

 at or uear the base, narrowed gradually to the acuminate apex, 

 the higher similar but smaller, rather blunt; lowest lobes ca 10 — 

 15 cm long, more or less distinctly falcate, deeply pinnatifid on 

 the lower side with ca 3 lobes the lowest of which are the 

 longest and lobed again with ca 2 blunt lobes on the lower side 

 towards the base; edges crisped. Texture coriaceous; costa and 

 costulae of the basai primary lobes beneath blackisch at least 

 towards the base; veins reticulate; areolae numerous, small, 

 ascending, subhexagonal, without free veinlets. Fertile fronds 

 similar but the lobes narrower, moie falcate, ail acute, separated 

 by sinu^es as broad as the lobes or broader, the costal wing ca 

 1 cm broad. Sori narrow, occupying the whole margin except 

 at the apices of the lobes. 



New Guinea. 



