1. CYATHEA. 23 



Pinnae on stalks 1 cm. long, articulate to the rachis, to 15 cm. long, 

 272 — 3 cm. broad, much acuminated, entire or somewhat crenated, cuneate 

 at the base. Texture papyraceous; surfaces naked. Sorr in 1 — 3 rows 

 on each side of the costae, small; indusium fugacious. 

 Borneo. 



(2) C. philippincnsis, nu., v. A. v. R., Mai. Ferns, Appendix, 

 783; — var, nuda, CopeL, in Philipp. Journ., IV°, 111. 



War. Hilda: Rachises beneath -soon naked; costae often naked, 

 otherwise sparingly clothed with a few scales towards the base. — Luzon. 



(5) C alfernans, Pr. 



Also in Malacca. 



(la) C fiLeysseri, Ust., in Fed., Rep., XII, 164. 



Stipes + 15 cm. long. Fronds ±150 cm. long by 80 cm. broad, acute, 

 4-pinnate, the rachis roughish. Pinnae ascending, contiguous, shortly 

 petiolulate, elongate-obovate, 50 cm. long, 16 cm. broad above the middle, 

 obtuse. Pinnulae numerous, sessile, horizontal, imbricate, oblong, short- 

 acuminate, the point blunt; largest pinnulae 9 cm. long by 3'/2 — 4 cm. 

 broad. Tertiary segments ± 20 on a side, contiguous, sessile, ascending, 

 2 ','2 cm. long by '/a cm. broad, bluntish. Ultimate segments (leaflets) 

 + 12 on a side, subcontiguous, sessile, roundish, buUate, 2 '/i mm. each way, 

 revolute and entire at the edge. Texture coriaceous; rachises ferrugineo- 

 pilose, flbrilloso-tomentose and pale-squamulose, the scales lanceolate, sub- 

 adpressed; upper surface naked, lower tomentose on the veins; veins 

 subflabellate, simple, the lowest often forked. Sori 1 — 2 on a leaflet; 

 indusium at length incised. 



Neio Gtdnea. 



(8a) C lanaensiis, Christ, in Phihpp. Journ., IIF, 271. 



Stipes rough with minute tubercles. Fronds 65 cm. long, 45 cm. 

 broad. Middle pinnae 30 cm. long, 8 cm. broad, sessile, the lower ones 

 reduced and deflesed. Pinnulae 6 cm. long, 1 '/^ cm. broad, + 20 on a side, 

 crowded, sessile, cut to a narrow wing, the sinuses acute ; segments close, 

 ± 15 on a side, entire, acute. Texture papyraceous ; surfaces naked ; upper 

 surface green, lower paler; main rachis glabrescent, reddish-brown; costae ' 

 beneath bearing red-brown, bullate squamulae ; veins ±6 on a side, forked 



