93 



Icxiuro, grnss-grecn colour iiiid very iianow indiisia, an(i especially 

 by neaiiy all ])inna* bcing cniaif^inale or liiicale al a|)ex wilh a 

 small bud in the cmarginalion; llic Iciminal pinna is dccpesl cicil 

 willi Ihc toik-l)ranches 3 cm long, divaricating and again lorkcd 

 al Ihoir apex. A. siibemarginatiun Hos. (l-^cdde Hcp. 5: 372) Ironi 

 New (luinea has a similar terminal pinna, bnl ils lalcral pinna- 

 are lewer, nuieh larger (20 X ;{--4 cm), nol prolilerous and glab- 

 rous benealli. — 'Vhc Iwo spccimens relerred here are somewhal 

 dillerenl. No. 57 is a smaller lorm willi all Ihc lalcral pinna* ab- 

 ruplly obUisc and fnrcalc al llic lip, rachis abovc broadly winged; 

 no. 56 has nuich longcr Icavcs, rachis abovc indislinctly winged, 

 and the lalcral ])inna^ are caudalc-acuminalc, slill ncarly all havc 

 Ihc very ti]) shallowly clcll. 



Davallia cniholostegid ('.opcland, Phil. Journ. wSci. 1 : 147 1. 3. — 

 In the rain forcsl on Ihc mounlains abovc Modajag near Danau- 

 lake (no. 38). 



New lo Celebes, known before from Philippinc Islands. Inter- 

 mediate betwTcn /). diraricata and I), solida, rcscmbling Ihc former 

 in habit and rhizome-scalcs, the lallcr in the long cylindrical sori, 

 diffcring from bolh in ils indusia being furnished with a frcc rosl- 

 rnm or beak. Lcaf, including stipc 125 cm high, rather Ihin-leav- 

 cd, flaccid, pinna' al dislanccs of upto 15 cm, qnadripinnale — 

 .")-]){ nnatifid. 



Diplazium confertiim (Bak.) C. (^hr. var. — Goeroepahi, in primat- 

 val forest, 600 m (no. 9). 



New to Celebes, if I am righl in rcferring the specimcns lo 

 Ihis species, known previously from Sumatra and Bornco. They 

 agree chiefly with the shorl dcscription of Baker but di fler in Ihc 

 lover pinna' being shorlly petiolatc and dcntale nol crenate, the 

 lowermost oncs are deflexcd, a little shorler than the following 

 but broader and more dccply IoIkmI; the shape of well-dcveloped 

 Ironds is charactcrislic, abovc 3—5 pairs of larger ])inna% 3 \'->—A 

 cm long, scarcely 1 cm broad; Ihc bladc is ralhcr suddcnly con- 

 tracted into a long caudiform upper i)art with a dozen of pinna> 

 or more on each side, 1 — 2 cm long, 0.5 cm broad, all ])inna' fal- 

 cate, auriclcd al Ihc up])cr base, cuneatc-roliindalc al Ihc lowcr, 



