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^ .^lono^'i'aiiBina parailoxa (Feé), lietUI.. var. novo- 



guineensis, Rst., in Fed., Rep. nov. spec, VIII, 164. 



A form gathered in Java agœes with this, except that the 

 fronds are narrowed very gradually into a nearly filiform base;- 

 rhizome scales narrowly linear-lanceolate, subfiliform ; fronds 1/4 — 

 1/2 mm broad ; sori not always confined to the upper half of 

 the fronds. 



New Guinea, Java {Pasir karèt, G. A. Backer). 



^ It^epliroîepîs Nclii/jiloiiiae. i\ A, i\ H. 



Lindsaijopsis. — 'Rhizonvà repens, paleis librillosis, obscuris 

 vestitum. Stipites sparsi, longi, cum rachide glabri, nitentes, ob- 

 scuri. Frondes hneares, 15 — 30 cm longae, II/2 — 2V2 cm latae, 

 apicem versus angustatae. Pinnae confertae, oblongae, coriaceae, 

 glabrae, maximae ^A— IV2 ^m longae, 1/2 — ^4 ^m latae, integer- 

 rimae, apice rotundatae, basi inaequilaterae, basi superiore trun- 

 catae, subacute auriculatae; pinnae medianae horizontales vel 

 subdeflexae, basi inferiore cuneatae ; pinnae inferiores acute deflexae, 

 basi inferiore rotundatae. Sori et indusia Schizolomae more, continui 

 vel interrupti. 



Near N. acutifolia and lindsayae Christ, but the fronds much 

 narrower and both barren and fertile pinnae rounded at the apex. 



New Guinea {Mount Gycloop, Gjellerup No. 1000). 



>plîBOjS5"ios?*!Bi8i gteilfluSlflBll. £/. Spec. (Ed. 2), II, 1518; 

 V. A. V. R., Mal. Ferns, 777. 



A form cultivated in the Buitenzorg Gardens differs from 

 the type in having the fronds or its fork branches very narrow, 

 at best 1 cm broad (forma angustata). 



^IpiiiosrBo^suin i» 11 en § S 11 m (Rac), t\ A, r. fl.. Mal. 

 Ferns, 774; 0. moluccaniim, SchL, forma pumila, Rac, Nat. 

 Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., LIX, 237, tab. II, fig. 2-3. 



Rhizome short, erect. Whole plant 1 — 8 cm high. Fronds 

 1 — 3, sometimes more, the barren segment roundish or oblong, 

 sessile with a cuneate-acuminate, adnate base, placed near the 

 base of the plant, 3 — 12 (mostly under 10) mm long, ca s/g— 4/^ 

 as broad, blunt or minutely apiculate. Texture flaccid; costa 

 wanting. Fertile spikes 2 — 15 mm long, with the peduncle to 

 ca 51/2 cm long.— Differs from the smaller spécimens of 0. 



