+ 15 c.M. long, + 2 c.M. broad, linear-lanceolate, acuminate. Segments of 

 the last internodes but one, abbreviate, deciduous, those of the ultimate branch- 

 es pectinate, erecto-patent, not imbricate, linear-lanceolate, ± 1 c.M. long, 

 + 2 m.M. broad, bluntish, entire. Texture thinly herbaceous, weak; veins 

 inconspicuous, forked; surfaces covered with few, scattered hairs, nearly naked, 

 Sori fugacious. 

 Borneo. 



* (16) C amboinen s i s , u. A «. «. ; '■ 7 



Fronds pinnate, + 50 — 100 c.M. long, the" main and secondary rach^s 

 deciduously tomentose or furfurgceous, at length naked, the apex of the/wond 

 3 — 4 X dichotomous. Pinnae 2 — 3-jugate. Lowest pinnae erecto-pajrait, once 

 pinnate again, the apex dichotomously forked as are the pinnul^. Highest 

 pinnae 2 — 5 X dichotomous. All the forkings (not the pinmjform primary 

 branchings) leafy and clothed beneath with 2 opposite naiws of spreading, 

 triangular, elongate, ciliate, pale-yellow-brown scales, v^ifch are roundish or 

 cordate at the base. Ultimate segments subspreading, Imear-oblong, 1 — 2 c.M. 

 long, + 2 m M. broad, the apex bluntish and cranate, in + 20 — 50 pairs 

 on the ultimate forkings which are gradually n^owed towards the acumin- 

 ate, broadly toothed apex. Leaflets of the y^ower forkings often reduced 

 and + orbicular. Texture subcoriaceousj/under surface of the leaflets deci- 

 duously tomentose especially on the midjjins, not rarely glaucous. 



Amboyna (Teysmann, Boerlage Nor 488), Bum (Binnendijk No. 153). 



(17) G. dolosa, C. Chfj/lnd. Fil.; Dicranopterh dolosa, Copel., Perk., 

 Fragm. Pbilipp., 193, tab. IVJfg. C. 



Rhizome creeping; tha/scales lanceolate-subulate, squarrose, dirty-brown. 



Stipes erect, + 1 — 2 Jl. long, terete, firm, black-brown, scaly near the 



base. Fronds + 1 A. long, deltoid, pinnate, subdichotomous at the apex. 



Pinnae 3 — 5-jugate/ the lower ones 2-pinnate again. Highest pinnae and 



tertiary braiicW^ in the lowest part of the frond repeatedly pseudo-dicho- 



tomous, the fwkings leafy, cut down nearly or quite to the rachis. Ultimate 



segments *0— 12 m.M. long, + 2 m.iM. broad, close, entire, obtuse, 30 — 80 



on each/side of the ultimate forkingS; Texture coriaceous, surfaces naked 



/ i 



or n«l&rly so; under surface bluish-glaucous; rachises clothed with distant, 



snreading, brown or whitish scales. Capsules fugacious, 3 — 5 to a sorus. 



Philippines . . 



