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somewhat glaucous beneath : the main rachis light hrown, the veins dark- 

 colored, simple, except a lew at the base of the segment, which are iVc- 

 qiiently forked and bear the sori, 



44. A. liinuhila, Br.; "fronds bijnnnate, pinn;i3 at the apex 

 serrated setaceous, the segments linear-oblong i'alcate serrated 

 at the apex, stipes rough." Polypodiiun lunulatuni, Font. 

 Prodr. FL Ins. Aiistr. p. 83. 



Hab. Soutli-Sca Islands, Forsfcr. — Of this plant I know nothing. Mr. 

 J. Smith, in his Enum. Fil. Ins. Philipp., supposes his A. caudala, from 

 Lncon {Cuming, n. 267) may be the same. See Hook. Journ. of Bot. v. 

 iii. p. 419. 



45. A. dec iir re ns,IIoo]i.; unarmed.? nearly glabrous, fronds 

 tripinnate, pinnules small (an inch long) sessile pinnatifid 

 membranaceous obtuse with a few buUate scales and hairs be- 

 neath, segments ovate acute entire or slightly serrated the 

 lower one adnate with the rachis and decurrcnt, veins simple 

 or forked, sori one on each segment, receptacle elevated des- 

 titute of hairs. Cyathea extensa ? Hook, in Ni(jhthi(jale\s 

 Voy. App. 



Hab. South-Sea Islands, Nightingale. — A very distinct species, which I 

 place in Alsop/nla, on account of the elevated receptacle and the presence of 

 bullate scales. The pinnules are the smallest of any species I am acquainted 

 with, delicate,membranaceous,pinnatiIid about half-way down to the rachis, 

 the lowest exterior segment adnate with the rachis, and decurrent along its 

 side. 



*** Species from the East Indies, Mnl.iy Islands and Ladrones. 



46. A. (Gymnosphajra) <7/rtira, Bl.; "frond bipinnate, pin- 

 nules lanceolate sharply serrated at the apex, the base trun- 

 cate slightly pinnatifid glabrous, segments rotundate obtuse 

 crenulate." Gymnosphasra glabra. Blame, En. Fil. Jav. p. 242. 



Hab. Lofty mountains of Java, lUume. — The above is the description 

 given of this plant by Blume, which, together with A. squamulata, he refers 

 to his genus Ggmnosphtera, on account of the sori being inserted on the 

 middle of the vein ; — a very inconstant character. 



47. A. (" GymnosphKra") sqiiamulata, Bl. ; frond bipin- 

 nate, partial rachis sliglitly squamose, ])innules all pctiolate, 

 sterile ones oblong-lanceolate, fertile portions contracted co- 

 riaceous glossy as if varnished ending in an acuminated ser- 

 rulated point pinnatifid scarcely halfway down to the rachi.*;, 

 segments ovate obtuse serrate, the margins thickened or very 

 sliglitly recurved, veins simjjle, sori frequently confined to the 

 lower part of the ]iinnules and placed close to the costa oithe 

 segments. — i?/. En. Fil. Jav. p. 243. ./. Sin. En. Fil. Phi- 

 lipp. in Hook. Journ. of Bot. v. iii. p. 419. Hook. Gen. Fil. 

 t. 100. 



Hab. Java, lilumc. Malacca, Camiu<i, n. 'MH). — A very well niavkod 



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