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Descriptive Notes on Papnan Plants, 
AsrLENlUM FALCAXUM. 
Lam. Encycl. Meth. i. 306. 
Eatau-River. 
Pteris longifolia. 
L. Sp. PI. 1074 (edit. prim, anno 1753). 
Yule-Island. 
Pteris tripartita. 
Swartz Synops. Pilic. 100 et 293. 
Darnley-Island. 
In the damp jungles of New Guinea numerous species of this and 
other large genera of ferns must occur, the commoner species of which 
would not always be recorded in general works from any particular 
regions such as those of Papua. 
