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3. J^LSOF^OILA^, JK. Brown. 



* (2) A. g'la.1)i°£»., Mk. — Insert as a synonym: Gymnoxphaera glabra, 

 BL, (oldest name). 



* (5) A. iSCfiiamiila,ta, Mh. — Insert as a synonym: Gymnosphaera 

 squamuUila, BL, (oldest name). 



(11a) A. calocoma, Cfei****, Philipp. Jom'n., II, 182; — var. con 

 yesla, Christ, 1. c. ; A. (epifern, J. Sm., var. congesta, Christ, in Bull Herh. 

 Boiss, VI, 157. 



Stipes unarmed, but covered with minute tubercles, clothed at the base 

 wilh a dense n)ass ol' long, scariose, pale, lucent, silvery scales, which are 

 broadly ovate at the base, subulate, caudate, aristale at the apex, the point 

 reddish. Fronds liirge, 'i-pinnatisect, the rachis rufo-ochraceous, opaque, pro- 

 vided wilh crowded, verrucose tubercles and scattered, furfuraceous scales. 

 Pinnae ± 75 c.M. long, + 25 c.M. broad, petiolate, caudato-acuminate. 

 Pinniilae close, ± 20 — 50 on each side below the pinnatifid apex, near- 

 ly sessile, lanceolate, acuminate, + 15 c.M. long, ± S'/j c.M. broad, cut 

 down to the costa, the highest broadly adnate, the lowest not reduced. Ter- 

 tiary segments ligulate, falcate, bluntish or subacute, + 35 on each side, + 

 11 m.M. long, + 5 m.M. broad, subentire, close, pectinate, the lowest free, 

 distant, tolerably narrowed. Texture flaccid, herbaceous; upper surface dark- 

 coloured, naked, lower paler, scaly on the coslae and costulae with a row of 

 white, lucent, ovate, ciliate, adpressed scales; veins ± 12 on each side, fine, 

 2 or more times forked. Sori 8^10 on each side, medial, not confluent. 



Tar. cong'esta: Dlff"ers from the type in having the ultimate seg- 

 ment shorter, narrower, more falcate and more strongly serrate. The pinnu- 

 lae do not exceed 8 c.M. in length. — In general appearance dilferent from 

 the type, but with the same essential characters. 



Luzon. 



* (19) A., latebrosa, Wall. — Insert as a variety: — var. major, 

 Christ, Philipp. Journ., II, 183. 



A plant found in Mindoro and which is probably this species has the 

 base of the stipes densely clothed : a, with long, brown hairs ; h, with lanceo- 

 late, membraneous, almost white scales to 3 c.M. long, with a narrow, black 

 base; c, with paleae intermediate in form. — It seems incredible that thes§ 



