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l>eiui*ta k <ltia *iimatrana. r. A. r. ft. 



Frondes amplae, 3-pinnataB, rachide crassa, glabra, brunnea. 

 Pinna3 erecto-patentes, 85 cm. vel plus longse, basi + 15 cm. latae. 

 Pinnula? lineari-lanceolatae, acuminata?, basi + 2 cm. latae, apice 

 pinnatirida?, rachide (tertiaria) anguste alata. Segmenta tertiaria 

 coriacea, glabra, oblonga, obtuse rotundata, patentia, + 5 m.m. 

 lata, pinnatifida, basi acroscopica truncata, leviter auriculata, basi 

 basiscopica cuneata et decurrentia, lobis corifertis, obtusiusculis 

 vel rotundatis, venis submanifestis. Sori marginales, in angulis 

 sinuum solitarii, indusiis distincte cupuliformibus. 



Sumatra (Beccari, N°. 43fi). — The descripition is taken from 

 a doublet in the Buitenzorg Herbarium, received from Beccari. 

 This plant was determined by Baker (Journ. of Bot., XVIII, 210) 

 as a variety of Davallia (Microlepia) Speluncae, Bk. 



C 1 CXOPËI/I J. Hmith. 



Cyclopeltis Presliana. ËÊerck., Introd. Crypt. Bot., 

 517; Lastrcea Presliana, J. Sm., Journ. of Bot., III, 412. 



Var. Iiiauriculata : Like the type, but the pinnae with 

 a conspicuous, deltoid, + deflexed auricle at the base on the upper 

 side, which has the apex obliquely truncate. — New Guinea (Peekei). 



IHtYOPTKltl*. Adanson. 



Dryopteris (Lastraea) Teiischeri, v>. A. v>. ft. 



Rhizoma paleaceum, paleis lineari - lanceolatis, acuminatis, 

 ciliatis vestitum. Stipites subfasciculati, + 5 — 10 cm. longi, cum 

 rachide incani vel pallide fusci, dense brevi-pilosi. Frondes subco- 

 riacea?, subtus dense glandulosa? et brevi-pilosae, lineari-lanceolatae, 

 + 15 — 20 cm. longae, + 3 — 4 cm. latae, pinnata3, apicem versus 

 pinnatifida?, apice elongata?, crenata?. Pinna? subobliqua?, oblongae, 

 superiores breviores, integrse, sessiles, mediana? subsessiles vel 

 brevi-petiolulata?, confertae, falcata?, + 1 cm. latae, lobata?, apice 

 oblongo, integro vel crenato, basi profunde pinnatifidae, truncatae, 

 latere anteriore auriculata?; pinnae inferiores breviores, deflexae; lobi 



