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(2) P. oblanceolattflin, Bit., Ann. of Bot., VIII, 128. 



Stipes short, filiform, naked. Fronds simple, 5^2 — ^ c.M. long, + 5 

 lu.M. broad, oblanceolate, obtuse, crenulate, the base narrowed gradually. 

 Texture membi;anaceous; surfaces naked or covered with some few brown, 

 subulate scales; veins visible, not close, forked. Sori superficial, subglobose, 

 in 1 row on each side, medial between the midrib and margin. 



New Guinea. 



(3) 1». tricliopodum, Mwell., Journ. of Bot., XXVIII, 107. 

 Rhizome short-creeping, the scales dense, small, ovate, brown, imbricate. 



Stipes slender, approximate, brown, wiry, clothed with inconspicuous, fine, 

 spreading hairs. Fronds simple, linear, obtuse, entire, 2V2- 5 c.M. long, 4 — 5 

 m.M. broad, narrowed gradually to the base. Texture thick, moderately firm ; 

 surfaces clothed with fine, spreading, brown hairs; veins erecto-patent, forked. 

 Sori round, superficial, costal. 

 New Guinea. 



(4a) l». oleaiidroides, -Bfe., Ann. of Bot.. VIII, 128. 



Stipes short, nearly 272 c.M. long, the scales dense, subulate, brown, 

 recurved. Fronds lanceolate, 12—15 c.M. long, 10 — 15 m.M. broad, entire, 

 obtuse, narrowed at the base, the margin ciliate with few, subulate, brown 

 scales. Surfaces naked; veins conspicuous, erecto-patent, forked near the base. 

 Sori semiglobose, superficial, close, in 1 row on each side near the costa. 



New Guinea. 



(46) P. ornatissiitiuni, Mst., Fed., Rep., V, 41. 



Rhizome slender, caespitose. Stipes densely tufted, slender, 4 — 6 c.M. 

 long, clothed with soft, spreading, rather long, purple-black hairs. Prondr 

 pendulous, linear-lanceolate, to 60 c.M. long, 1 c.M. broad, acute, entire or 

 slightly undulate, narrowed very gradually towards the base. Texture mem- 

 branaceous ; both surfaces clothed with moderate-long, single or tufted, purple- 

 black hairs, the upper side covered with many, round, white, peltate, cretace- 

 ous scales; costa black, prominent beneath; veins 1 — 2 X forked, thicken- 

 ed at the apex. Sori terminal, in 1 row on each side near the costa; (recep- 

 tacle oblong?); sporangia naked. 



New Guinea. 



(5) I». IPriderici et Pauli, Christ, Ann. Btz., 148, tab. XVI, 

 fig. 21, a & b. 



