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NEW OR INTERESTING MALAYAN FERNS 6. 



RY Capt. C. R. W. K. vanALDERWERELTvanR(3SENBURGH. 



Regarding the synonyms given to some new specie^ 1 note 

 that the ferns of the Buitenzorg Herbarium are arranged in 

 accordance with Christensen's Index Filicum. 



Buitenzorg, January 1914. 



Al«iopliila lieteromorpha. i-. .f. r. R. 



Stipites plus minusve 40 cm longi, cum rachide purpureo- 

 fusci, glandulis 2-seriatis, remotis, longitudinahter Hneari-oblongis, 

 depressis muniti, decidue furfuracei, glabrescentes, basi squamosi 

 et reducto-pinnati; squamae fuscae, hneari-subulatae, eroso-fim- 

 briatae; pinnae reductae horizontales vel patentes, relative longi- 

 petiolatae, usque ad ca 6 cm longae, basi pinnatae, pinnulis 

 petiolulatis, oblongis, usque ad 1 cm longis, obtusis, crenatis, 

 basi cuneatis. Frondes 3-i)innatitidae, rachidibus purpureis vel 

 obscure fuscis, decidue furfuraceis, glabrescentibus, supra obscure 

 tomentosis. Pinnae petiolulatae. lanceolatae, usque ad ca 50 cm 

 longae et 20 cm latae, basi leviter angustatae. Pinnulae hori- 

 zontales, petiolulatae, dimorphae, coriaceae, glabrae, costis costu- 

 lisque obscuris, supra glabris vel pilosis, subtus parce minuteque 

 squamulosis; pinnulae stériles lanceolatae, maximae ca II/2 — 2 

 cm latae, acuminatae, profunde lobatae, basi leviter angustatae^ 

 truncato-cordatae, basi postica rotundatae, lobis patentibus, obtusis, 

 crenatis, infimis horizontalibus, venis loborum ca 5-8 utrinque, 

 simplicibus; pinnulae fertiles contractae, lineari-lanceolatae, 3/4- 1^/4 

 cm latae, lobis basalibus subliberis, rotundis vel breviter oblongis, 

 venis loborum ca 4 utrinque. Sori costulares, capsulis pilis 

 probabiliter intermixtis. 



Sumatra {Mt. Sago, C. G. Matthew No 688). 



