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Becc. Polin., 3 & 6; Mkrolepia moluccana, fiedrf., Handb. Ind. Ferns, Suppl., 15; 

 — var. stenolobum, Christ, Bull. Herb. Boiss., 2» S6rie, VI, 1003. 



Rhizome creeping or suherecl, clothed with large, pale-brown, lanceolate 

 scales. Stipes strong, erect, to 40 c.M. long, ± naked. Fronds deltoid to 

 lanceolate, 3-pinnate to 4-pinnatilid, 60—120 c.M. long, 20— 5S c.M. broad. 

 Lower pinnae -iiufiaji-lanceolate, to S — 15 c.M. broad, stalked. Pinnulae lo 

 2 c.M. broad. Segments elliptical, the base decurrent, toothed or cut 

 down to the costa into toothed, oblong lobes in the lower part. Texture 

 membranous to subcoriaceous ; both surfaces + naked. Sori 1 —6 to a lobe, 

 small, placed in the teeth near the base; the apices of indusia often 

 produced beyond the margin of the lobes. 



'Wav. stenolobum : Pinnulae much narrower than in the type. 



Malaya; Polynesia; — var. stenolobum: Luzon. 



316. LEPTOLEPI^^, Metteniws. 



Sori roundish or Iransversally oblong, submarginal, solitary and terminal 

 on short veinlels, whether or not placed on marginal, recurved outgrowths. 

 Indusium of the same shape, fixed a I (he base, but by the apex oftheveinlet 

 only, otherwise free, the outer edge lacerato-lobate, opening outwardly. 



Rhizome creeping and hairy (as far as known). Stipes not articulate lo 

 the rhizome. Fronds copiously divided; veins free. Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, 

 Nat. Pfl.Fam.,.1, fig. 115, A— R. 



Australia and Papua. 



li. novae guineae, «. jI. v. R.; Davallia Novae Guineae, RsL, Fed., 

 Rep., V, 36. 



Rhizome and stipes unknown. Fronds large, ,+ 2 M. long, + 1 M. 

 broad, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 4-pinnatifld to 4-pinnate. Pinnae on stalks 

 3 — 5 c.M. long, subfalcate or erec to-patent, subsymetrical, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 the anterior side a little broader than the posterior one, the apex serratO; 

 pinnatifid. Pinnulae and tertiary segments of the same shape as the pinnae, 

 the former to 20 c.M. long and 8 c.M. broad, the latter to 5 c.M. long and 

 + 1^/4 c.M. broad at the base. Quaternary segments sessile, subereclo-palenl, 

 narrowed at the base, decurrentj elongate-ovate, acute, the edge obtusely 

 serrato-dentate, the lowest to 10 m.M. long and 4 m.M. broad. Texture char- 



