308 60a. PHEGOPTERIS. § 1. EUPHEGOPTERIS. 



(2cZ) Ph. Schlechteri, ». A. v. R.; Bryopteris Schlechteri, Brau., 

 in Lautb., Beitr. Flor. Pap., I, 16, fig. 1 E; C. Chr., Ind. Fil., Suppl.; — 

 var. djamuensis, Brau., 1 c, 18. 



Stipes to 35 cm. or more long, fuscous, grooved on the inner side, 

 glossy, glabrescent. Fronds subtriangular, + 75 cm. long by ± 56 cm. 

 broad, abruptly acuminate. Pinnae + 15 on each side below the terminal 

 one, deeply pinnatifld ; lateral pinnae alternate, linear-lanceolate, the higher 

 sessile, approximate, the others stalked, the lower distant, horizontal, the 

 largest + 28 cm. long by 6 cm. broad, with the apex long-acuminate, 

 repand. Lobes to 36 on a side, linear, to ± 3 cm. long, 5 mm. broad, 

 separated by acute sinuses, ciliate when young, acuminate, entire, the 

 lowest abbreviated, the following often shorter than the higher, the lower 

 anterior horizontal, the higher anterior spreading, falcate, the posterior 

 spreading, falcate. Texture chartaceous; surfaces naked; upper surface 

 dark-green, lower paler, verruculose ; rachis glabrescent, when young prov- 

 ided with brown, adpressed, linear scales; costae sparingly hairy above; 

 costulae hairy beneath, the hairs rufous; veins to 25 on a side, simple. 

 Sori to 14 on a side, costular, not occupying the higher and lower veins. 



War. (Ijaniuensis: Under surface smooth; segments a little 

 narrower; apices more acute; sori subcostular. 



Neiv .G^iinea. 



(3) Ph. Smithii, v. A. v. R. 



Omit this, it being referred to Dryopteris Beddomei 0. Ktze. 



(3a) ? Ph. fliiiisterrae, ». A. v, «.; Dryopteris Finisterrae, Brau., 

 in Lautb., Beitr. Flor. Pap., I, 20; C. Chr., Ind. Fil., Suppl. 



Rhizome ascending, naked. Stipes tufted, fuscous, + 20 cm. long, 

 when young ferrugineo-paleaceous, the base provided with short, pale 

 scales. Fronds subdeltoid, + 45 cm. long and 15 cm. broad, acuminate. 

 Pinnae + 18 on each' side below the pinnatifld apex, subsessile, distant, 

 the 5 — 6 lower suddenly reduced to mere auricles, the longest linear, 

 spreading, + 7 '/j cm. long, under 1 cm. broad, deeply pinnatifld, the apex 

 long-acuminate, repand. Lobes to 18 on a side, oblique, linear, obtuse, 

 crenate. Texture chartaceous; surfaces, rachis, costae and costulae minut- 

 tely hairy; upper surface dark-green, lower paler; veins simple, oblique, 

 4 — 6 on a side. Sori numerous, to 6 on a side, medial; capsules setose. 



Neui Gtiinea. 



