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47. A. luwtlata, R. Br. ; fr. ample, tiipinnate; rachises stramineous, glabrous 

 below, densely muricated ; piniue ol)l<)ni,'-lanceolate, 1 ^^-2 ft. 1. ; pinnl. close, 

 ligulate, sessile, 4-5 in. 1., |-1 in. br. ; segni. close, ligulate falcate, blunt, 1 lin. 

 br., obscurely crenulate; texture subcoriaceous ; both sides green, glabrous, the 

 midrib below naked or obscurely furfuraceous ; veins distinct, crowded, 10-1 2-ju- 

 gate, deeply forked ; sort minute, sultcostular, recept. densely pilose. — Ilk. h'p. 

 l,p.51. 'Brack. Fil. i. 89. Carr. Fl. Fit. p. 334. 



Ilab. Polynesia. — From the common Viti plant, as described, the following are dis- 

 tinguishable : intermedia, Mett., N. Caledonia, segments broader, veins and sori more 

 distant ; Bongardiana (Mett.), Bonin, segments broader, entire, rather glaucous below, 

 with copious scattered scales, veins more distant and obscure ; vitiensis, Carruth., Viti 

 and Samoa, texture more rigid, veins and sori more crowded, midribs below densely 

 Bcaly ; Veitchii, Baker, Aneitum, texture less coriaceous, veins less distinct, segments 

 narrow, subacute, densely scaly on midribs beneath. 



*** Species of India ^ Cej/Ion, Malaya. Sp. 48-63. 



48. A. altcrnans, Ilk. ; racliis much thicker than a swan's quill, glabrous, 

 smooth, tawny-brown; fr. ample, subcoriaceous, glabrous, subtripinnate ; prim. 

 p)inncB short-petiolate, very remote, 10-14 in. 1., 2-3 in. w., oblong, acuminate, 

 deeply pinnatifid, pinnated near the base ; lobes or pinnl. \-\\ in. 1., oblong, 

 acute, subfalcate, entire or serrate, all horizontal, the extremity of the frond 

 suddenly pinnated with oblong, undivided, sessile finnl., serrated at the margin ; 

 veins approximate, once or twice forked ; sori subbiseriate on each pinnl. or 

 lobe, subalobose, compact, mixed with rather copious jointed hairs. — Polypod. 



Wall. Hemitelial Ilk. Sp. F. 1. p. 29. Ic. FL t. G22 {omitting f. 3). 



Hab. Penang, Wallich, Sir W. Norris. — In the figure above quoted, a depression 

 formed by the sorus on the lobe was udstaken by the artist for an involucre. 



49. A.? celehica, Mett.; "/;•. tripinnate, coriaceous, glauco-sericeous beneath ; 

 pinnl. linear-lanceolate, acuminate ; second, pinnl. linear-subfalcate, rather 

 obtuse, crenulate at the apex, truncate and sessile at tlie base ; common rachis 

 furfuraceous, sparingly and slightly aculeated." — Mett. in Miq, Ann. Mus. Bot. 

 Liigd. 1. p. 26. Cyathea? Bl. Ilk. Sp. 1. j^- 26, 



Hab. Celebes and Ternate, Blume. — A sterile fragment of this (and but little 

 more seems to be known) I owe to Dr. Blume. Its characters, such as they are, 

 depend on the adventitious clothing : the rachis is muricated and furfuraceous ; thecosta 

 beneath is shortly villous and furfuraceous; and the general frond beneath is "glauco- 

 sericeous," 



.50. A. comosa, Hk. ; unarmed ; st. paleaceous with long linear - subulate 

 scales, pale brown, as well as the rachises, which are tawny-villous on the upper 

 side ; fr. herbaceous, yellow-green, glabrous, and scaleless ; />W??i. pinnoe 14-16 

 in. 1., 6-8 in. w. ; pinnl. oblong-acuminate, from a rather broad and truncated 

 sessile or shortly petioled base serrated | of the way to the costule, pinnatifid 

 with very narrow sinuses; lobes close -placed, oblong - serrated ; veins rarely 

 forked ; sori orange-colour, rather distant, between the costule and the margin, 

 nearer the latter, receptacle small, very slightly elevated. — Hk. Sp. 1. p. 53. t. 

 20. A. [excl. var. /3). A. squamuiata, Mett. A. oligosora, Kunze. 



Hab. Sincapore and Malay Isles. 



51. A. contaminans,W aXl. ; st. and rae/^W^s" paleaceous at the base," purplish- 

 brown, glossy, aculeate with short prickles tipped with a gland ; /;•, ample, 

 coriaceous, glabrous, black-green above (when dry), glaucous b^^'jieath : priui. 



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