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scales are all very similar to those of the species, from which this may not 

 be regarded as a distinct species nor even as a variety. 



Dryopteris (Eudryopteris) subiecipiens HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 119). 

 Khizoma suberectum apice dense squamatum, 

 squamis ovato-lanceolatis nigris nitidis 

 apice lineari-acuminatis plus 2 cm. longis 

 5 mm. latis. Stipes 30 cm. longus basi 

 dense sursum parce squarnatus, squamis 

 inferioribus vel msdiis linearibus 8 mm. longis 

 basi 1 mm. latis sutfeordatis margine subin- 

 tegris basi parce fimbriatis. Frons ovata 45 

 cm. longa 30 cm. lata apice cuspidata basi 

 rotundata pinnata, pinnls mediis longissimis 

 lineari-lanceolatis 15 cm. longis 3 cm. latis 

 apice acuminatissimis basi late truncatis 

 sessilibus margine 

 crenato- lob u latis 

 sursum ad acumen 

 serratis, lobulis ro- 

 tundatis ascenden- 

 tibus 5 mm. longis 

 7 mm. latis latere 

 superiore 1-2-muc- 

 ronatis, pinnis sub- 

 oppositis a rhachi- 

 bus angulo 80 

 divaricatis, inferi- 

 oribus 3-4 cm. a se 

 remotis versus 

 apicem falcatis, 

 costis supra im- 

 pressis subtus 

 elevatis, venis lateralibus a ss circ. 6 mm. remotis a costa angulo 50 egressis 



Fig. 119, Dryopteris siibdecipiens HAYATA; 

 a scale on 1 the apical portion o the stipe ; 



a, the plant; b, 

 c, d, scales on the 



frond rhachis ; e, a hair on the costula of a pinna ; f , basal por- 

 tion of a pinna; g, apical portion of the same. 



