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Descriptive Notes on Papuan Plants. 
Davallia Emeksonii. 
Hooker et Greville, icon, fllic., t. 105. 
Aroa-River ; Armit (^r^2/s-Expedition). 
Davallia parvula. 
Wallich, numerical list 247. 
Si)urs of Owen Stanley’s Range ; Rev. J. Chalmers. Near Astro- 
labe-Range ; Edelfeldt. 
Davallia pectinata. 
Smith in Act. Taur. v. 414. 
Towards the Astrolabe-Range ; Edelfeldt. 
These three and the following three ferns were identified by Professor 
Liierssen, who is at present engaged on a connected critical re-examina- 
tion of all known Polynesian ferns. He combines with D. pectinata 
the D. Gaimardiana of Gandichaud. 
Davallia divaricata. 
Blume, enum. fllic. Javan. 237. 
Towards the Astrolabe-Range ; Edelfeldt. 
LiNDSAYA PINNATA. 
Mettenius in Miq. Mus. botan. Lugclun. iv. 279. 
Aroa-River; Armit (Hr^ws-Expedition). 
Pteris ensiformis. 
N. Burmann, flor. Indie. 230. 
Towards the Astrolabe-Range ; Edelfeldt. 
Pteris Indica. 
Lamarck, encycl. mdth. v. 112. 
Towards the Astrolabe-Range ; Edelfeldt. 
Pteris quadriaurita. 
Retzius, observ. vi, 38. 
Towards the Astrolalie-Range ; Edelfeldt 
