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(4/>) €m. gigantea, Wall., Hk., I.e., 3, lab. Ill, X; G. longissima, BL, 

 Kac, I.e., p.p.; G. excelsa, J. Sni., Hk., l.c , 5, tab IV, B: Lobes obtuse, enlire, 

 slightly glaueous beneath, provided at the base above with an elevated cresi 

 forming a margin on each side of the channelled cosla. 



* (6) Cm. fWarbiirgii, Christ. — Also in Liizoii. 



* (7) G. linearis, Clarlee , var. normalis. 



An irregularly developed form of this shows a frond with some of the 

 internodations geniculate midway between the accessory branches and the 

 next higher forkings and provided there with 2 simply pinnatilid segments, 

 the segment placed on the outer side provided with an axillary bud al the 

 base on the upper side, and not rarely elongate and growing out to a 5-par- 

 tite or normally developed forked branch often again geniculate at the middle 

 and provided there with 2 nearly opposite pinnatifid segments. Ultimate lobes 

 irregular, varying from ^j — * ^^^- If^^S- 



Billilon (Vorderman), Banca (Teysmann, Berkhout), Penang (Hunger). 



* (7) Or. linearis, Clarlec, var. rigida. — Insert as synonyms : 

 F G. crassifolia, Copel., Philipp. Journ., I, Suppl , 257 (G. rigida, J. Sin., Journ. 

 of Bot., ni, 420; Mertensin crassifolia, Pr., Epim., 23, tab. XIII). 



(7) dr. linearis, Clarlte. — Insert as varieties: — var. tenera, 

 Bl., Enum., 249 ; — var. stipulosa, Christ, Bull. Herb. Boiss ; 2« Serie, VI, 

 1010. 



War. tenera: Texture membranaceous. 



War. stipulosa; Axillary stipulae of all the forkings very long, 

 + 20 c.M. long, ± 4 c.M. broad, developed like the terminal branches, 

 which are shorter, ±14 c.M. long, + 3 c.M. broad. — Luzon. 



[la] G. lae^issiuia, Christ, Bull. Ac. Int. Bot., d902, 268. 



Fronds to 1 M. high, repeatedly dichotomous, the higher axes interrupted, 

 terminating in a globose coma (tuft) of ovate, acute, ivory-white, squarrose, 

 entire scales. Ultimate fork branches ± 45 c.M. long, ± 20 c.M. broad, ovate,, 

 narrowed towards both ends. 2-pinnate, the apex caudate. Pinnulae + 25 

 on each side, sessile, the central ones the longest, to 12 c.M. long, the lowest 

 shorter, ± 6 c.M. long, '/o— ^ C-M. broad, caudate. Ultimate segments ^leaf- 

 lets), linear-subulate, falcate, pectinate, + 36 on each side, to + 1 c.M. long, 



