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ASP1IMUJI. Swartz. 



Aspiflium (Tectaria) ternatcnse, r. A. r. ff. 



Stipites 30 — 45 cm. longi, glabri, firmi. Frondes fertiles 

 + 45 era. longaB. Pinna terminalis membranacea, glabra, lan- 

 -ceolata. + 10—15 cm. longa, + 2 cm. lata, utrinque angustata, 

 margine integra vel sinuata, apice acuta vel acnminata ; pinna? 

 laterales terminali simillimae, summae sessiles, decurrentes, libera? 

 vel terminali connexa?, pinna? inferiores petiolata?, pinna? infimse basi 

 rarcatae, costis subprominentibus, costulis (main veins) erecto-paten- 

 tibus, areolis subquadrangularibus, inter costulas 2-serialibus, venulis 

 liberis extrorsim excurrentibus in areolis solitariis. Sori numerosi, 

 utroque latere 5 — 7-seriales, inter costulas 2-seriales, leviter im- 

 mersi, in areolis solitarn. in venulis liberis teraimalibus, indusiis 

 peltatis, orbicularibus, persistent ibus. — Frondes steriles non vidi. 



Ternate Island (Teysmann). If Copeland's conception of the 

 priority of the generic name schould be right, this species should 

 be called Tectaria ttrnatensis. v. A. v. R. 



A«q>i<liuiii (Sagenia) subcmiflaJiini. r. A. r. H, 



Rhizoma erectum vel suberectum, paleis lineari-lanceolatis, 

 subacuminatis, atrofuscis vestitum. Stipites fasciculati, erecti, glabri 

 vel basi paleacei, apicem versus alati, 6— 12 cm. longi. Frondes 

 papyracea?, glabra?, simplices, trifidae vel trifoliatae; frondes simplices 

 lanceolata?, 15 — 25 cm. longa 1 . infra medium 4 — 5 cm. latas, 

 basi in alam stipitis decurrentes, margine integra^ vel repanda?, 

 apice longe acuminatae, subcaudatae; segmenta frondium trifidarum 

 et trifoliatarum frondibus simplicibus simillima, sed frondium 

 trifoliatarum stipites non alati: costa? et costulas prominentes, 

 costula? marginem haud attingentes, incurvatae; areolae venulas 

 liberas includentes. Sori pauci, sparsi, interdum confluentes, in- 

 dusiis reniformibus, fugacibus. 



Borneo (Teuscher).— Jf Copeland's conception of the priority 

 of the generic name schould be right, this plant should be called 

 Tectaria stibcaudata, v. A. v. lï. 



CISTOPTERIS. HevnhavdL 



Cystopteri* tristie. Melt. 9 in Ann. Mus. Bot. L. B., I, 



