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Suffrutescens, ramosa, glaberrima,ad 13 ped. alta, ramis culmisque 
gracilibus. oliorum vagin: infim:e æ latiuscule, aper tæ, ut ceterae 
tenuiter p irs mec seriem pilorum brevissimorum reducte ; 
lamine angus eares, se se as 3—4 poll. longs, 
1-1} lin. late. MEN angustissi ma, 2-4 poll. longa, erecta vel 
subflexuosa, rhachi €—t paucispiculatis ei anre levibus. 
Spicule pallide, 3-3} lin. longe; glume tenues; lanceolato- 
oblonga, a acuta,,, OY lin. longa; ii. tae eoblata, delta. 3-34 lin. 
longa; iii, priori similis, 7-nervis, nervis intimis abbreviatis, paleam 
lanceolato-oblongam 23 lin.lo nga m gerens ; iv.lineari-oblonga, 2-24 
= longa, glabra, demum purpureo- d bifida, 7-nervis, callo 
uso parvo barbato, arista tenui 4 lin. longa infra medium torta ; 
ie niat: lance olata, 21 lin. longa. enia in utroque flore 2. 
Ovarium glabrum, | Caryopsis ee 1 lin. longa, 
grises embryone magno 4 lin. ; 
H AFRICA. Kalahari Maier. Griqualand, Klip Fontein, 
Burchell, 2164. 
594. Alsophila Batesii, Baker [Filices-Cyatheaces]; ex affini- 
tate x: T ees Hook. 
Caudex 2-3 pedalis. Stipites elongati, graciles, nudi, inermes, 
EPA paleis basalibus rigidis castaneis ——— — 
nati Frondes oblongo-deltoides, bipinnate, mem 
cse virides, glabræ, 34 pedes longe, 15-18 p oll. cin iiao 
nuda inermi, pinnis lanceolatis sessilibus ad gus pinnatis, 
inferioribus pencis centralibus heec ee majoribus 8-9 poll. 
18-20 lin. latis, segmentis secundariis linearibus obtusis 
iiie recita tis 23 lin. latis, venulis perspicuis 14—15-jugis 
Lehre fureatis. Sori parvi, intramediales, ad furcam venarum 
impositi 
UPPER GUINEA. Cameroon Mountains: Forest at Efulen, 
Bates, 301. 
Bes idee A. Batesii only three species of Alsophila are known 
from Tropical Africa, 
595. Polypodium (Phegopteris) efulense, Baker [Filices-Poly- 
podiacex]; ex affinitate P. Vogelii, Hook., et P. nigritani, Baker. 
tipstee longissimi, graciles, fragiles, supra basin straminei, 
i, 2-3-pedales, pn subbasalibus lanceolatis firmulis brunn —— 
d ribus. rondes deltoidex, decom 
utrinque virides, Bo preter costas glabrae , dorso obscure abes 
centes, tripedales, pinnis infimis distincte petiolati is quam reliquis 
multo majoribus inæquilateralibus latere inferiore valde Drodnotis, 
segmentis ultimis S obtusis crenatis basi in alam costularem 
confluentibus 2-21 lin. lata, venulis laxis obscuris Ar anions m 
ultimis fuistis. “Sori parvi, inter dun et marginem uni 
mediales. 
UPPER GUINEA. Cameroon Mountains: Forest Hill, Efulen, 
Bates, 217. 
596. Polypodium (Grammitis microphyllum, Baker petes 
iud ^e iacem]; dense cæspitosum, ad P. Gilpine, Baker, arct 
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