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apply to the plant figured by Beddome, 3 which is very distinct. It has 
naked indusia, broader than long, usually cordate, and with free sides. 
ANGIOPTERIS MADAGASCAR! ENSIS De Vriese. 
Madagascar, Humblot 546. 
De Vriese 4 concludes his description with “An fortasee potius evolu- 
tionis status?” That his specimen was decidedly immature is shown by 
several of his notes; especially, “Sori . . . nigri, propter indusium quo 
teguntur, haud bene conspiciendi.” The character on which he lays most 
emphasis, the very thin and pellucid pinnule, depends on the immaturity. 
Humblot’s specimen is mature, and permits the following corrections to 
be made in the description: 
Rachis pale brown and, like the costa, nearly naked; pinnules up to 
20 cm long, lanceolate, dentate with moderately serrate tip, papyraceous, 
subpellucid, veins opaque, conspicuous, false veins present, but incon- 
spicuous and reaching less than halfway to the costa; sori 2 mm from the 
margin, 1.5 to 2 mm long, deep brown, on the outside almost black because 
of the dried and adherent indusium, of which there are no loose fragments; 
sporangia 10 to 15, or rarely 18. The pinnules are rather long-stalked 
(3 mm) ; the lowest has a stalk 2 cm long, and bears 2 free leaflets on the 
lower side- — as sometimes observed in other species with very ample 
fronds. As these deviations from De Vriese’s description are all such as 
a mature frond could be expected to show in comparison with an immature 
one, I have no doubt that the plants are the same. 
ELAPHOGLOSSUM PARVUM Copel. sp. nov. 
Rhizomate breve, suberecto, paleis ovatis ferrugineis decidue 
et sparsiter ciliatis occulto; stipitibus confertis, frondium 
sterilium ca. 2 cm altis applanatis squamosis sursum mox gla- 
brescentibus, frondis fertilis 6 cm alto; fronde sterile oblan- 
ceolata, obtusa, deorsum sensim angustata, coriacea, angustis- 
sime deflexo-marginata, glabra vel glabrescente, 10-15 cm alta, 
2 cm lata ; venis obliquis, occultis, costa utraque facie applanata ; 
fronde fertile 6 cm alta, lanceolata. 
China, Fokien Province, coll, on Mr. Dunn’s expedition to central 
Fokien, 1905, Hongkong Herbarium 8821. 
This has the form of a very small E. decurrens, but utterly different 
paleae. 
ELAPHOGLOSSUM MACGREGOR! Copel. sp. nov. 
Rhizomate crasso, repente, paleis 1-1.5 cm longis linearibus 
integris rigidis castaneis nitidis dense obtecto; stipitibus con- 
fertis, frondium sterilium 1-4 cm altis, applanatis, alatis, 
stramineis, nudis, frondis fertilis fere 10 cm alto sursum solum- 
modo alato; fronde sterile 20-25 cm alta, 2-3 cm lata, subacu- 
minata, oblanceolata, deorsum sensim ad alam stipitis angustata, 
coriacea, inferne sub lente pilis stellatis sparsiter ornata, an- 
gustissime cartilagineo-marginata ; venis obliquis, immersis, in- 
Ferns of Southern India, PI. ISO. 
Monogr., 23-24. 
