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(9c) B. Sehlechtcri, Bvaw., in Lautb., Beitr. Flor. Pap., I, 26, 

 fig. 1 G; V. A. V. R., in Bull. Btz., 1914, XVI, 17. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, slender, the scales dense, ferrugineous, peltate- 

 lanceolate, entire, acuminate. Stipes alternate, l'^ — 2 '/a cm. apart, 

 *,4 — I'A cm. long, those of the fertile fronds the longest. Barren fronds 

 cordate, + 1 '/., cm. long and 1 '/i cm. broad, 2— 3-pinnatipartite. Pinnae 

 ± 3 on a side below the cuneate, dentate apex, connected by a very 

 narrow wing, close, alternate; higher pinnae cuneate, dentate; lowest 

 pinnae largest, lobed; lobes 2-dentate, the lowest posterior produced, 

 deflesed, inciso-dentate. Texture chartaceous; colour fuscous when dry; 

 surfaces naked; veins very prominent beneath. Fertile fronds deltoid, 

 pellucid, + IV4 each way, with the pinnae more deeply incised into 

 narrow-linear lobes. Sori numerous, wdth 2 teeth beyond, the outer 

 teeth claw-shaped. . 



Neio Guinea. 



(12) H. alpiiia, Moores — var. edentula, Rst., Fed., Rep., X, 324. 

 War. edentula: Barren lobes subentire, fertile ones with the 

 extrorse (?) teeth often wanting. — Neio Guinea. 



(12a) H. cliniorpha, Copel., in Philipp. .Journ., VIP, 68. 



Rhizome wiry, clothed with lanceolate-castaneous scales. Stipes + 

 5 — 7 cm. long, slender, .naked, those of the fertile fronds the longest. 

 Barren fronds ± 5 cm. long, 4 cm. broad, the rachis scaly; pinnae to 2 

 cm. long, the lowest + 1 cm. broad, obtuse, subentire, truncate and 

 narrowly adnate at the base. Texture rigidly coriaceous ; surfaces naked. 

 Fertile fronds + 13 cm long, 8 cm. broad, much acuminated ; lower pinnae 

 4 — ■4V2 cm. long, to I'/j cm. broad, stalked, incised; segments remote, 

 the lowest free, 2 — 3 mm. broad, toothed; teeth triangular, 2 — 4 on a 

 side. Sori on the teeth; indusium transversely oblong, with a black 

 centre. 



New Guiyiea. 



(12&) H. puberula, Copel., in Phihpp. Journ., VIF, 64. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, wiry, calcareous, the scales castaneous. Stipes 

 + 7 — 10 cm. long, sparingly deciduously scaly. . Barren fronds + 7 cm. 

 long and 5 cm. broad, 2-pinnatifld, the lobes oblong, entire. Texture 

 coriaceous; surfaces short-hairy and often ciliated. Fertile fronds somewhat 



