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DRYOSTACHYUM SPLENDENS J. Smith. 



Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, terrestrial on edge of spinneys by ? lake, 7000'. 

 Dec. 5970. 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.S.W., coastal lowlands, von Roemer}. Malay 

 Islands. 



CHEIROPLEURIA BICUSPIS Presl. 



Arfak Mts., lower part of S.W. ridge, terrestrial in high forest, 5000- 

 6000'. Dec. 6134. Fertile frond only. 



Distrib. New Guinea (S.E.). Java ; Philippine Islands ; Formosa ; 

 Liu-kiu Islands. 



GLEICHENIA VULCANIOA Bl. 



Arfak Mts., Koebre ridge, terrestrial on burnt open summit, common, 

 9000'. Dec. 5611. Angi lakes, abundant at edge of forest and spinneys 

 by ? lake, 7000'. 5727. S.W. ridge, terrestrial on open steep gravel slopes, 

 8000-9000'. 5996. 



Distrib. New Guinea (S.B.). Malay Islands. 



GLEICHENIA GLAUCA Hook. 



Arfak Mts.. Angi lakes, abundant on edge of forest by ? lake, 7000'. 

 Dec. 5668. " One frond climbing up to 7 m." 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.S.W., Mt. Carstensz, Kloss). Asia. Australia. 

 Polynesia. 



*GLEICHENIA L^VIGATA Hook. 



Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, abundant on edge of forest patch by ? lake, 

 7000'. Dec. 5577. "3 in. in height, almost arboreal in habit. Leaves 

 glaucous underneath." 



Distrib. Malay Islands. 



GLEICHENIA LINEARIS Clarke. 



Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, running up trees at edge of forest patch by 

 ? lake, 7000'. Dec. 5575. " Massed/' S.W. ridge, common in forest, 

 where more open, 7000-8000'. 5991. "Scrambling up to 7 m. ; half 

 frond/' 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Arfak Mts., Beccari ; D.S.W., Noord 

 Rivier, Verstteg ; S.E.). Tropics and subtropics. 



*ScHiz^A MALACCANA Baker. 



Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, common on open drier and gravelly parts of 

 marsh by ? lake, 7000'. Dec. 5945. S.W. ridge, 850^ in moss in 

 forest undergrowth. 6011. 



Distrib. Malay Islands. Burma. 



