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mec simple or —_— Involucre narrow, glabrous.—Mada- 
Like P. triplicata in general habit and texture, but 
ecithig like madagascarica and mutilata. 
126 (1*). Prents (Hupteris) pHaneropaiesia, Baker, n. sp 
Stipes tufted, slender, castaneous, 2-12 in. long, with only a ‘few 
midrib, very fi close, but not an oe very distinctly 
visible. tivaliles genres glabrous, rigid in texture. Pigg 4 
A very interesting novelty, allied only to t ny wai known Brazilian 
P. sagittifolia, Raddi, from which it differs by its eRe ‘aianan 
texture, very distinct free veins, and fronds sometimes triphyllous. 
Pteris reducta, Baker.—Sumatra. The second finding of 
this, which was discovered not lo ong ago in Sumatra by Dr. 
eccari. Mr. Curtis has also obtained Dr. Beccari’s other new 
Sumatran Pteris, P. ula 
44 (6*), Preris (Hupteris) SUMATRANA, Baker, n. sp.—Stipe 
naked, castaneous, as is the rachis, about 4 ft. long. Fronds 
the ease linear end one, the iapat lateral ones decurrent down 
ex 
80. Asplenium subaquatile, Cesati—On trees near the head 
waters of the Ladak ort Dutch Borneo. Another discovery of 
Signor Beccari’s con 
9. A. hirtum, Kaulf. —lariatens A curious small rigid variety, 
with ere fronds under 14 in, broad at the middle. 
27. ormale, D. Don.—Padang, Sumatra. Adds this common 
43. Nephrodium? sp.—Allie in cutting to abortivum and 
arbuscula, with the — of the lowest 4-5 in. of the se 
suddenly dwarfed down to small auricles. The ordinary pin 
are sessile, 2-24 in. long, above } in. broad, wi ith a distinct aero 
at the base, and cut down about half-way to the rachis into oblong 
contiguous entire secondary segment; Veins very distinct, simple, 
arcuate, 7-8-jugate, the th two of each group uniting at their 
tips without fruit. — Sum 
OLYPODIUM es ol esi Curtisu, Baker, n. sp.— 
fae te access eping, c ee the thick ae of a quill, its dense 
pale large, lanceolate, nce leat dull brown. Stipes brown, 
naked, 2-8 in. long. Fronds oblanceolate, 8-9 in. long, 8-84 in. 
trond at the middle, glabrous, subcoriaceous, green on both sur- 
faces, cut down nearly or quite to the rachis into close entire 
