89. LEPTOPTERIS. 7B7 



nae close, lanceolate, 2"/j — 5 c.M. broad, connected by a narrow wing, the 

 lower ones not much shorter, deflexed. Pinoulae linear-oblong, + S ra.M. 

 broad, the edge sharply and deeply toothed. Texture thin; rachises villose. 

 New Guinea; Polynesia. 



(2) li. alpina, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. ; Todea alpina, Bk., Kew Bull., 

 d899, 121. 



Stipes short, naked. Fronds oblong-lanceolale, 45 — 60 c.M. long, 20 — 25 

 c.M. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually towards the base. Pinnae lan- 

 ceolate, sessile, ± 2 '/j c.M. broad, the rachis narrowly winged ; lower pinnae 

 deflexed. Pinnulae lanceolate, sessile, erecto-patent, deeply pinnatifid. Ulti- 

 mate segments linear, entire, 1 -nerved. Texture membranaceous; rachis and 

 surfaces naked. Sori few, scattered irregularly. 



New Guinea. 



