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serratae, basin versus sensim profunde pinnatitidae; pinnae latérales 

 usque ad ca 15 utrinque, plus minusve approximatae, horizon- 

 tales vol subhoiizontales, superiores plus minusve adnatae, ascen- 

 sendentes et in lobos basales pinnae terminalis subabrupte tran- 

 sientes, sequentes breviter petiolulatae, inferiores + deflexae et 

 abbreviatae; pinnulae maximae lineari-lanceolatae, ca l^i/o cm. 

 longae et 21/2 cm. latae, sensim acuminatae, costam versus ca ad 

 mediam incisae, acumine oblique serrato-dentatae, basi 'truncatae 

 vel subcordato truncatae et non raro paullo angustatae, costa supra 

 rul'o-birsuta, subtus parce et decidue subulato squamulosa, costulis 

 venisque sl;^'>n«- Lobi vel lobuli leviter obliqui, sat contigui, 

 obtusi vel truncati, maximi ca 5 — n^n. longi latique, apice 

 crenatodentati, costula in lobo pinnata, venis usque ad utrinque, 

 simplicibus, arcuato-ascendentibus. Sori proportione magni, ad 

 venas 1 — 3 inferiores infraraediales.- Planta subalpina. 



A. dubia Bedd. diff'ers from this liy its naked racbises and 

 smaller pinnules. 



Sawalra (Indrapocra, C. G. Matthew Xo. 072). 



Stipites in sicco pallida fiisci, ceteruni gibbis acute conicis 

 aculeati et decidue fuil'uracei squamatique, tomento oehraceo, 

 squamis longis, subulato- lanceolatis, fuscis, deorsum eroso-denti- 

 culatis. Frondes 3-pinnatifidae, sub-;3-pinnatae, rachide asperula et 

 decidue fusco-squamosa, ceterum supra ferrugineo-tomentosa et 

 subtus decidue ochraceo-fiu'furacea. Pinnae subhorizontales, sessi- 

 les, rachide supra castaneo-tomentosa, subtus pallide furfuracea. Pin- 

 nae subsessiles, contiguae, lineares, acuminatae, superiores obliquae, 

 inferiores horizontales vel deflexae, maximae U-11 vm. longae, 

 basi truncata IV2-2V2 cm. latae, profunde pinnatilidae, sub- 

 pinnatae, costa supra castaneo-tomentosa, subtus decidue l'urfura- 

 ceo-paleata. Segmenta ultima coriacea, supra glabra, subtus ad 

 venas pilis perbrevibus, deciduis, appressis, glanduliformibus ornata, 

 recta vel falcata, approxiniata, inferiora horizontal ia et non raro 

 libéra, maxima usque ad i\/o cm. longa et 3 mm. lata. obtusa 

 vel obtusiuscula, marginô leviter recurvata, crenata, costuhi supra 

 glabra, subtus decidue et palhde furfuraceopaleolata, venis usque 

 ad 10 utrique, furcatis, interdum 3-furcatis, superioribus sim- 

 plicibus. Sori costulares, venas 1-4 intimas occupantes, recep- 



