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finely and closely venuled with vertical linear numerous areolae, 

 attaining about 15 mm. long. Racliis badious, slender, 

 flexuous, glabrate, but densely covered with subadpressed 

 curved antrorse several-celled (cells in one row) firm hairs in 

 front throughout. Pinnae alternate, loosely or remotely dis- 

 posed, about 5-7 on each side, erect-patent, subpatent, patent, 

 or subreflexo-patent, shortly stalked, broadly lanceolate and 

 more or less falcate, acuminate at the apex, truncate at the 

 base, the lowest ones largest and attaining about 12cm. wide; 

 rachis slender, badious, thinly dispersed with buUate minute 

 pale (but yellow towards the centre) deltoid-oval or deltoid- 

 semiorbiculate aristate-tipped (the tip badious) denticulate 

 sessile scales, but densely covered with subadpressed curved 

 antrorse dark-badious hispidulous hairs (of 1-serial several 

 cells) in front, very angustately subwinged on both sides 

 above ; pinnules many, extremely shortly stalked or sessile, 

 spreading, acuminately attenuated with an acute tip or acute 

 at the apex, rounded-truncate at the base, very deeply pinnati- 

 parted to pinnati-cleft, about 7icm. long, 2icm. broad in 

 the lower larger ones, rather closely arranged, alternate, the 

 superior ones gradually smaller and simple and confluent at 

 the base ; midrib prominent and thinly dispersed with minute 

 scales like in the rachis of pinnae beneath, hispidulous with sub- 

 adpressed curved antrorse badious hairs above ; ultimate 

 segments closely placed each other, erectpantly patent, sub- 

 falcatly oblong to ovato-oval, 15 mm. or less long, 7 mm. or 

 less wide, obtuse or acutish at the apex, dentato-serrate with 

 acute-tipped deltoid or subdeltoid teeth on margin ; veins dis- 

 tinct, thinly covered with minute scales like in the midrib 

 beneath, more or less flexuous, pinnately venuled ; venules free, 

 alternate, loose, delicate but conspicuous on both surfaces, 

 about 1-9 on each side, erect-patent, running to the margin, 

 straight or arcuate upwards, often with a few minute scales 

 beneath, glabrous above, simple or forked or subpinnate with 

 a few erect-patent 2nd venules. Sori (yellow in young 

 ones but fulvous when dried, fulvo-badious in old ones) 

 dispersing the whole under surface of the frond, badious 



