232 35. MICBOLEPIA. 



proxima, v. A. v. R. (not Pr.) ; Davallia j^roxima, Rac. (not Bl.\ Flor. Btz., 1, 134. 



(15) 11. |irox.inia, J»r., Epim., 95 ; Davallia proxima^ Bl., Enum., 238. 

 Fronds 3-pinnate, the raehises finely tomentose, at length punctulato- 



asperulous. Pinnae lanceolate, alternate, rather remote, copiously pinnate, 

 acuminate. Pinnulae lanceolate, ± 4 — 10 cm. long, l%—3^j^ cm. broad 

 and obliquely broadly cuneate or subtruncate at the base, acuminate. 

 Segments oblique, oblong, blunt, the higher confluent, entire, the highest 

 tooth-like, the lower free, sessile, cuneate, decurrent at the base, the 

 lowest anterior the largest, subrhomboidal, to 2^^ cm. long, lobed, the 

 lobules subentire, blunt or abruptly subacute. Texture coriaceous; upper 

 surface naked, lower short-hairy on the costae, sparingly hairy on the 

 costulae and veins. Sori minute, submarginal, near the ultimate sinuses; 

 indusium semicupuUform, hairy at the base. 

 Malaya. 



(16) II. pseiiflo-birta, Ust., in Fed., Rep., IX, 425. 



Stipes nearly 50 cm. long, compressed, subangular, slightly grooved, 

 clothed with minute, adpressed, deciduous hairs, provided towards the 

 base with numerous scattered, small, verruciform warts. Fronds elongate- 

 oblong, ± 60 cm. long, + 35 cm. broad at the base, shortly acuminate, 

 8-pinnate. Pinnae numerous, alternate, ascending, the lowest the largest, 

 stalked, lanceolate, subfalcate, + 20 cm. long, 8 — 9 cm. broad at the 

 base, broadest on the anterior side, narrowed gradually towards the 

 long- acuminate apex. Pinnulae lanceolate, the lowest anterior the largest, 

 + 4'/j cm. long, + 1'/^ cm. broad, acuminate, broadest on the anterior 

 side. Leaflets oblong or rhomboidal-oblong, the lowest anterior the largest, 

 petiolulate, to 1 cm. long, ± Va ^^- broad, obtuse, rather obliquely 

 cuneate at the base, obtusely crenato-lobate, the largest deeply pinnatifld 

 at the base, the others growing gradually smaller, repando-crenate or 

 entire. Texture firm, chartaceous; raehises subadpressed-hairy beneath, 

 less so above, the secondary and tertiary ones narrowly winged, rather 

 marginate ; upper surface nearly naked, lower pilose with short or 

 glanduliform scattered hairs especially on the costae, costulae and veins; 

 veins prominent beneath. Sori intramarginal, near the ultimate sinuses; 

 indusium broadly semicupuliform, truncate at the apex, slightly hairy at 

 the rounded base. 



Netv Gkiinea. 



