796 APPENDIX. 7, GLEICHENIA. 



■ the bnoo J_ I'/ i i t nM - b r o u d, slig b U^r decurrant , adnatO; tho marginpoflfi 

 Textui'e lirm; surfaces naked, upper [ight-greeiv_Jflff«p -^WSiewhat bluish; 

 ribs distinct, stramineous: veins^juuaennisrlorked at the base. Sori medial 

 between theribg,-a»d— thS'nMirgiu, few, punctiform; capsules whitish. 

 jUBOUi Chi n a, 



» (8) C laevigata, His. — Insert as a synonym: Merlmsia laevi- 

 gata, Willd., (oldest name). 



(9a) C Candida, MUt., Fed., Rep., V, 33. 



Stipes subterete, black-brown, or yellow-brown upwards. Fronds large, 

 + 2 M. long, repeatedly dichotomous, rigid. Lowest internodations 2 — 5 c.M. 

 long, firm, more or less yellow-brown, naked or clothed with lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, brownish scales, not leafy. Secondary and tertiary internodations shor- 

 ter, of the same colour, deeply pinnatifid, with the lowest segments (lobes) 

 often reduced or wanting; the axillary buds scaly, proliferous. Ultimate 

 branches oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, to 25 c.M. long, ± S'/i c.3I. broad, 

 straight or curved, deeply pinnatifid; lobes suberecto-patent, the largest to 

 1 '/2 c.M. long, 7, '/j m.M. broad, linear-oblong, acute, the edge slightly revolute, 

 serrulate. Texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces naked, upper dark-green, lower 

 white or glaucous; costae sparingly scaly; veins pellucid, forked. Sori ± 

 medial or nearer the margin; sporangia 2 — ^5, yellow. 



New Guinea. 



(13a) 4w. liOherl, Chr««f, Bull. Herb. Boiss., 2« Serie, VI, 1009. 



Between G. hispida, Mell. & vestita, Bl. Rachises cinnamon-coloured, 

 densely clothed with flaccid, lanceolate and subulate, fimbriato-ciliate, rufous, 

 spreading scales. Ultimate segments triangular-lanceolate, contiguous, ± 1 '/, 

 c.M. long, ± 3 m.M. broad at the base, the edge often reflexed, entire, the 

 apex rather acute; texture subcoriaceous; upper surface black-green, lower 

 bright-green, scaly on the midribs. 



Luzon. 



* (16) O. ainboii?ensis, r. A. v. tt. — Insert: Bull. D6p. Agr. 

 r. N., i908, XVIII, 3. 



