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from it by the reflexed pinnae and quite obtuse apex of the lobes. Also 

 resembles Lastrea undulata (THWAITES) (BEDD. Fern. Soutli Ind. t. 271), 

 but distinguishable from it by the less flexuose quite glabrous rhachis 

 and stipes. The ramification of the fern is somewhat similar to tliat 

 of Gymnogramme anfractuosa CHRIST (Farnkrauter der Erde p. 73, fig- 

 187). 



Dryopteris (Eudryopteris) reflexosquamata HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 

 114). Rhizoma ? Stipes 20-30 cm. longus dense squamatus, squamis reflexis 

 lanceolato-ovatis 9 mm. longis 2| mm. latis apice acuminatissimis margine 

 remote brevissimeque setoso-ciliatis. Frons oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata 



35-40 cm. longa medio latis- 

 sima 20cm. lata apice 

 triangulari-acuta vel breve 

 cuspidata basi rotundata 

 bipinnata vel bipinnatifida, 

 pinnis inferioribus a se 

 4 cm. remotis angulo 45 a 

 rhachibus divaricatis, pinnis 

 mediis longissimis lanceo- 

 latis 12 cm. longis 3 cm. 

 latis apice cuspidato-acumi- 

 natis basi plus minus con- 

 tractis pinnatis, pinnulis 

 inferioribus a se 6 mm. 

 remotis a rhachibus angulo 

 80-90 divaricatis lineari- 

 lanceolatis, mediis longis- 

 simis 18 mm. longis basi 

 latissimis 5-6 mm. latis apice 

 obtusis basi abrupte cunea- 

 tis sessilibus a se 7 mm. 



remotis margine duplicato- 

 Fig. 114, Dryopteris reflexosquamata HAYATA ; a, the 



plant ; b, a scale of the stipe ; c, a pinnule. , serrulatis, semilis obtusis 



