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Pinnae blunt or acute, with the upper surface darker than 



the lower; rachis black or brown; veinlets pale or partly dark. 



Java (Forbes No. 244 ; Backer, Bantam Residency No. 799). 



Polypodiiim COEitiâfiiiiii (Forst.), •/. Sur, Journ. 

 of Bot., III, 894; v.A.v.R., Mal. Ferns, 616; Trichomanes conti- 

 guum, Forst., Prod., 84; Davallia contigua, Spr., in C. Clir., Ind. 

 Fil., 208. 



Vai*. IIIOllONOrilIll. — Also in Java {Preanger Regencies, 

 Dr. Schouten). 



Pteris orienta li<ii. z\ A, r. II., Mal. Ferns, 355. 



Var. JS'Iabra: Pinnae glabrae, inferiores ad basin con- 

 spicue cordatae. — Cultivated in the Biiitenzorg Gardens. 



Pteris !iiaZakeii§i«ii. r. A. r. H., in Hort. Bog. 



Eupteris, Compositae, Bipinnatifidae. — Pteridi pluricaudatae 

 affinis sed stipites cum costis costulisque decidue et minute fibril- 

 losi; frondes ovatae, longiores, usque ad 35 cm longae et 20 cm 

 latae, 3-foliatae; pinnae profunde pinnatifidae, 6 — 10 cm latae, 

 latérales angustissimae, haud furcatae, breviter petiolulatae, erecto- 

 patentes et falcatae (arcuato-ascendentes); segmenta fere horizon- 

 talia, 5 — 8 mm lata, papyracea, supra sparse et minutissime 

 fibrillosa, basi ala angusta connata, venis distinctis glabris, fertilia 

 ad apicem obtusum sterilem integerrima; segmentum infimum 

 anticum pinnarum. lateralium leviter et abrupte decurrens; sori 

 apicem segmentorum fere attingentes. 



• Perhaps a local derivative of Pt. quadriaurita Retz but in 

 aspect distinctly différent from it. — Barren fronds not seen. 



Java (Moimt Salak). 



Pleris Beecariaiia. t, €hi\, Ind. Fil., 593; v. A. 



V. R., Mal. Ferns, 364; Pt. concinna, Bk., in Becc, Mal., 111, 37. 

 Baker's description of this species does not fit well Te3^s- 

 mann's Andai plant whiçh lias the fronds not 2-pinnate but 2-pin- 

 natifid, the segments not entire but broadly crenate, not arcuate- 

 ascending but straight. If the latter proves to be différent from 

 the former which is unknown to me, I propose to call it: 



Pteris lietero;;-eiiea. v. A. v>. Mi., this Bulletin, tab.Il. 

 Bupteris — Fteridï gracillimae (Rosenst., in Fed., Rep., IX, 



