244 192 
Rhizomate repente, squamis brunneis stellato-ciliatis instructis. Stipitibus 
quadrangularibus, griseis, ad 20 cm longis, brevissime stellato-pulverulentis et squa- 
mis paucis deciduis onustis. Lamina ovato oblonga, 15—25 cm longa, medio ad 
10 cm lata, bipinnatifida, in apicem pinnatifidum abrupte attenuata, herbacea, 
luteo-viridi. Rachi pilis simplicibus longioribus pilis stellatis minutis intermixtis 
subdense tomentosa. Pinnis 9—10-jugis, alternis, inferioribus reflexis, mediis hori- 
zontalibus, sessilibus, oblongis, mediis 6 cm longis, 1'/» cm latis, apice 
abrupte acutis, rarius acuminatis, basi truncatis, inferioribus versus 
basin parum attenuatis, supra costa excepta strigosa glabris, subtus 
ad costas costulas venasque pilis mollibus albidis simplicibus et stellatis 
(his brevioribus) hirtis, vix ad medium pinnatifidis. Laciniis approxi- 
matis, obliquis, acutis, basali superiore sepe longiore. Venis simplici- 
bus, 6—7-jugis, 3—4 ad sinum conniventibus. Soris medialibus, indu- 
siis dense setosis. Sporangiis glabris. 
A small species in habit not unlike certain forms of D. mollis, 
but venation and stellate pubescence show clearly that it belongs to 
the group of D. lugubris. By its reflexed lower pinne it resembles 
D. lugubris var. devolvens and D. scabra, from the first it differs by its 
small size, few veins, herbaceous texture ete., from the latter by 3—4 
connivent veins the pinnae scarcely narrowed towards the base and 
less incised and in its not gemmuliferous rachis. — Further specimens: 
Minas Geraes: Caldas, MosÉw nr. 4616 (Rg) — Lagoa Santa, WanwiNa (H). 
Sao Paulo: Campinas, Heiner nr. 551 (Rg). 

245. Dryopteris lugubris (Kze.) C. Chr. Ind. 276. 1905. — Fig. 38. 
D. feet Syn. Polypodium lugubre Kze. msc. 
ana n. sp. Pin- Aspidium lugubre Mett. Aspid. nr. 230. 1858. 
na >< *|s and Aspidium catacolobum Kze.; Ettingsh. Farnkr. 182 tab. 126 
x pue Been f. 9, 10 1865 (t. spec. in hb. PRESI). 
pm cium Type from Rio, leg. Pour (Herb. Pres!) 
aces. (MosÉN : : SR Fe 
4616). In general habit very like D. nephrodioides and D. Eggersii but 
well-marked by its creeping rhizome and the presence of small brown 
scales on the rachis and cost: beneath. Stipe 20—30 cm. long and like the rachis 
quadrangular and densely pulverulent by very short stellate hairs. Lamina up to 
1 m long, dull-green, firmly herbaceous or membranous, the upperside throughout 
shortly pubescent, the coste strigose by antrorse hairs, the underside less hairy, 
most so on costule and veins, the hairs generally simple; coste beneath pulveru- 
lent by short stellate hairs and furnished with some few stellato-ciliate small 
scales. Pinnzs sessile 15—18 cm long, 2'/»—3 cm broad, acute or shortly acumi- 
nate, alternate, remote, subhorizontal, the lower ones not reflexed, their base 
shortly attenuate in the lower, truncate in the upper ones, incised about ?/» of the 
