.£ FILICES. 



In the divisions of the fronds and general aspect of the plant, this 

 bears a marked resemblance, to D. phymatodes of this work. But its 

 fronds are larger and more membranaceous; the segments diminishing 

 in size towards the terminal one, which is small; and the sori more 

 numerous and scattered. 



11. Drynaria decurrens, Sp. Nov. 



D rhizomate brcvi repente paleaceo; stipite gracili semitereti supra sul- 

 cato marginato; fronde glabra subcoriacea profunde pinnatifida, 

 laciniis oppositis adscendentibus lineari-lanceolatis attenuatis margine 

 repando-undulatis, infimis decurrentibus ; soris parvis ovalibus sparsis 

 et distantibus. 



Hab. Mountains near Banos, Luzon, Philippine Islands: on wet 

 rocks. 



Bootstoclc about the thickness of a crow-quill, short, creeping, and 



paleaceous; the palese oblong-lanceolate, attenuate, reticulated, spmu- 



lose-serrate on the margin. Stipe slender, naked, and from 3 to 6 



inches high, with 2 or 3 shallow grooves in front, and a narrow margin 



widening upwards. Fronds few, erect, from 3 to 6 inches in length, 



ovate-oblong, acute, cuneate at the base, smooth on both sides, and deeply 



pinnatifid; its segments from 5 to 9 in number, distant, opposite, and 



ascending, from 3 to 4 lines broad, linear-lanceolate and attenuated into 



a long slender point, with a slightly repand-undulate margin. Sori 



small, oval or oblong, produced irregularly over the whole of the under 



surface of the frond, 



In size and habit, this resembles Phlebodium angustum, J. Smith, 

 of this work. 



12. Drynaria alata, Sp. Nov. (Tab. 6.) 



D. stipite glabro stramineo semitereti; fronde membranacea glabra basi 

 pinnata verms apicem pinnatifida; pinnis alternis distantibus lanceo- 

 latis attenuatis margine sinuato-dentatis ; soris parvis rotundis sparsis 

 et distantibus. 



