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libiis, 10 cm loiigis, (S mm lalis; slipilc la- 

 cirK|iio palcis mimitis lanceolalis a(l|)iessis 

 cenlro alris inaiginihus l)asi(|uo lutescentihiis 

 ()niistis;spoiangiis brcvitcr i)cdicellatis paginain 

 inleriorcm cxccj)t{) sfjalio mediano 1 mm lalo 

 si)arsc paleacco (palcis ad])ressis c basi peltala 

 sul)()il)icularil)iis iii apiccm longum aciimina- 

 tum coiilractis) ().ccii[)aiitil)us: marginibus i[)sis 

 soiis dcstitutis. 



Holaaiig-Moiigondou, Modajag, Xorlb-C, 750 

 m, on stcms ol Hving Irccs; Icavcs pcndcnl, 

 fertile oncs rare (no. 73). This is, as lar as 

 I know, a very distiiict novelty, difierenl trom 

 all dcscribed spccies of this small genus l)y 

 ils cntirely glabrous large sterile f ronds with 

 very broad stalked sinualc thin-lcavcd pinna*, 

 by the non-alate rachis and espccially by the 

 fertile ])inna' being mnch broader than in 

 other species. The lower pinna?, that are all 

 fallen off in the sjiccimens, are perha])s some- 

 what abbreviated. 



Polypodium scalpturatum n. sp. (Fig. 0.) 



Eiipoli) podium erecto-decnmbente apice stpia- 

 mis brunneis lanceolatis intcgris dense obteclo. 

 Foliis fasciculatis paucis (3 — 4) cum stipite vix 

 1 cm longo glabro vel pilis brevissimis sparse 

 onusto, longe decrescentibus, lineari-oblan- 

 ceolatis, ad 15 cm longis, supra medium '.\ — O 

 mm latis, rigide coriaceis elasticis, pinnatifidis 

 vel siibpinnatis; costa inferne atra elevata 

 sparsissime paleacea (palcis minutis). Segmcntis 

 30 — 40 utro(|ue latere, inferioribus iriangula- 



Fig. (i. l'oliipo(liiim sraljittiidluni ii. sp. a plaiil, iiat. 

 slze, /; — e segments enhiiged. b seen from the upperside, 

 f section of segment showing two veins with scleren- 

 chyma and two without; mark the thick epidermis of 

 the upjierside and edges and the thin one of the iniddle 

 part of the underside. 



