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several more have been described. Especially the tri- 
quadripinnatifid D. patula varies exceedingly here, and 
it is very difficult by studying dried material alone to 
arrive at a definite conclusion in regard to the specific 
value of the often very different forms. The following 
ean, I believe, be considered good species: 
1. Dryopteris Saffordii sp. nov. a) 
ne unknown. Stipes short, 7-8 cm. long, stra- 
‘emote, the lowermost about 2 em. long, all minutely — 
glandular throughout and incised to a wing 1 mm. broad. — 
: e Lobes : >, trian i=) e, vw i te, t = upper 
ger and rela subpinnatifid. Veins im- 
mersed, indistinct, often fureate, 3-4-jugate. Sori medial, 
o. e, clothed Moe N joicoulag reddish, — 
poke persistent indus Se 
Type from Peru, mountains back of Lima, Arroyo Rail- : 
= . way, collected by William E. mica March 1892, no. 
ao 994 (U.S. National Herbarium). _ i 
= «A near relative of D. filia mas, differing by the less cut 
b Which i 1s nearly ¢ 1 densel : 
inate, lossy ee 
