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(1) E^. Blunici, ifloore, Copel., in Philipp. Journ., IV^, tab. XX. 

 Also in Negros, Mindoro, Mindanao^ Sumatra. 



(2) D. Copelandi, Christ. 



Omit tliis species, it being referred to Balantium. 



(3; ». sorbifolia, «»»., Bk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 52 ; Hli., Spec. Fil., I, 

 tab. XXV A; D. papuana, MuelL, Copel., in Philipp. Journ., VF, 69; 

 Gystodium sorbi folium, J. Sm., Ban. & Hk., G-en. Fil., tab. XCVI; Saccoloma 

 sorbifolium, Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 309; C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; — var. dentata. 



Stipes tufted, 50 cm. or much more long, the base densely clothed 

 with long, silky or woolly, yellowish hairs. Fronds large, 2-pinnate, 60 

 cm. or much more long, ovate-lanceolate. Largest pinnae 25—35 cm. 

 long, + 8 cm. broad, stalked, the lowest sometimes smaller than the 

 next in order. Pinnulae numerous, the highest sessile with a broad base, 

 the lowest the largest, + 7 — 10 mm. broad, short-stalked, the base 

 truncate or cordate, whether or not auricled on the upper side, the edge 

 serrate towards the -apex. Texture coriaceous; rachises and under side 

 of the costae and veins more or less hairy ; veins simple or forked. 

 Fertile pinnulae bluntly toothed, bearing the sori on the teeth. Sori 

 numerous, 1 to each tooth; indusium 2-valved, the upper valve 

 cucuUate, formed by the tooth (lobe), the lower smaller, rather flat. 



War. deiifattt: Lower pinnulae deeply toothed. 



(4) B. ^chlechleri, »«•«««., in Engl. Bot. Jahrb., IL, 11; — var. 

 glabrescens, Rst., in Fed., Rep., XII, 165. 



Fronds 3-pinnatifld. Pinnae lanceolate, spreading, 45 cm. more or 

 less long, + 14 cm. broad. Pinnulae numerous, subspreading, rather 

 remote, the largest + 7'/^ cm. long and IV4 cm. broad, bluntish at the 

 serrate apex, the higher gradually more oblique, the lowest somewhat 

 reduced, horizontal. Segments oblong, ± 1 cm. long and '/2 ^^'^- broad, 

 deeply incised, connected by a narrow wing at the base; lobules to 4 on 

 a side, subquadrangular, the apex obtuse, 2-dentate or deltoid. Texture 

 coriaceous; surfaces naked; rachises tomentose with ferrugineous, fibril- 

 like scales, grooved above, rounded beneath, the secondary ones whitish- 



