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Rather robust form ; fronds sub-bipinnate, especially in the 

 basal portion. The following description is drawn from the 

 Formosan specimen. 



Stipites 45 cm. longi stramineo-purpurascentes puberuli. 

 Frondes triangulares 30-40 cm. longae 20—25 cm. latae sub-glabrae 

 herbaceae sub-bipinnatae, pinnis 3—5, inferioribus petiolulatis, pe- 

 tiolulis 4—5 cm. longis, basi inaequaiibus, pinnulis 3 lanceolatis 

 sinuato-dentatis, pinnis terminalibus triangulari-ovatis acumi- 

 natis pinnatifido-lobatis, lobis acuminatis lanceolatis sinuato- 

 pinnatifidis, venis distinctis reticulatis, areolis venulis liberis 

 copiosis. Sori copiosi submarginales majuscnli dispersi, supra 

 venulas transversas dispositi. 



GYMNOPTERIS Bernh. 



Gymnopteris contaminans Bedd. ; Christ, Farn. d. Erd. p. 

 50 ; Diels, in Nat. Pfl.-fam. I— 4, p. 201. 



Acrostichum virens Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 221 ; Hook, et 

 Baker, Syn. Fil. p. 420. 



Hab. Toroku : Howozan, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Mori, Nov. 

 1906, (No. 2338). 



Distrib. South India, Ceylon, Burma, and the Philippines. 



This is exactly the same as the Philippine form. 



DAVALLIA Smith. 



Davallia bullata Wall. ; Matsum. et Hayata, 1. c. p. 589. 



Hab. Nanto : Musha, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Mori, Aug. 

 1906, (No. 2408) ; Taito : Daironkosha, leg. T. Kawakami et 

 U. Mori, Nov. 1906, (No. 2359). 



Davallia hymenophylloides (Blime) Kuhn, in Ann. Mus. 

 Bot. Lugd.-Bat. IV. p. 286; Christ, Farnk. d. Erd. p. 302, f. 957. 



Davallia affinis Hooker, Sp. Fil. I. p. 158, t. 52, B ; Hooker 

 ct Baker, Syn. Fil. p. 92. 



