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3-pinnatifidae, rachide primaria in parte inferiore aculeolata, 
cum rachidibus secundariis supra pubescenti, juvenili subtus 
probabiliter furfuraceo-tomentosa et squamulosa; pili (partis 
ventralis) breves, patentes, incurvati, rufi vel castanei; tomen- 
tum (partis dorsalis) ochraceum; squamulae anguste subulatae 
vel filiformes, fuscae. Pinnae patentes, breviter petiolatae, 
acuminatae, rachide apicem versus anguste alata; pinnae maxi- 
mae ovato-lanceolatae, usque ad ± 50 cm longae et 17.5 cm latae ; 
pinnae inferiores valde remotae, reductae. Pinnulae firmiter 
herbaceae vel subcoriaceae, glabrae, usque ad 20-25 utrinque, 
breviter petiolulatae, obliquae vel inferiores patentes vel hori- 
zontales, profunde pinnatifidae, basi cuneato-truncatae, apice 
longe acuminato, subcaudato, grossius serrato-dentatae, costa 
supra fusco-puberula, cum costulis subtus squamulis minutis, 
ovatis, bullatis, acuminatis, pallidis (squamulis minus bullatis 
intermixtis) munita; pinnulae maximae ± 9 cm longae et 1.5 cm 
latae. Segmenta conferta vel approximata, patentia vel subhor- 
izontalia, lineari-oblonga, recta vel subfalcata, usque ad 1 cm 
longa et 3 mm lata, parte inferiore crenata vel crenulata, apicem 
obtusiusculum vel acutiusculum versus serrato-dentata, venis 
usque ad 8-10 utrinque, furcatis, superioribus simplicibus. Sori 
subcostulares, venas inferiores occupantes, usque ad ± 6 utrinque, 
demum confluentes; capsulae pilis hyalinis, articulatis (capsulas 
non conspicue superantibus) intermixtae. 
Amboina, Hatiwe, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. U6U, September 15, 1913, 
in forests, altitude 300 meters; Soja, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. Jf65, August 
4, 1913, in forests, altitude 400 meters. 
Representing: Palmafilix nigra Rumph. Herb. Amb. VI, 65 (tab. 
XXVII?). 
The esential parts of Doctor Robinson’s notes regarding this tree fern 
are as follows: Trunk 4 to 5 m high, 8 to 10 cm in diameter, somewhat 
spiny. Fronds tripinate, about 2.5 m long, narrowly elliptic in outline; 
pinnae about 35 on each side of the rachis. The stipes run down on the 
trunk, which has a tendency to branch. 
ALSOPHILA RUM PH I AN A v. A. v. R. sp. nov. 
Frondes 3-pinnatifidae, rachide in sicco subfusca, gibbis mi- 
nutis, oblongis, apice atro-brunneis scabra, subtus decidue fur- 
furaceo-tomentosa, supra hispida et paleacea; tomentum pallide 
ochraceum ; pili longiusculi, pallide ochracei, longitudinaliter 
subappressi, setis articulatis, patentibus, basi rufis (sursum in- 
terdum applanatis, non-articulatis, pallide flavidis, breviter cilio- 
latis) intermixti; paleae longae, anguste subulato-lanceolatae, 
pallide flavidae, pilis brevibus, suberectis, acutis, rufis ciliolatae. 
Pinnae breviter petiolatae, ± 50 cm longae, acuminatae, rachide 
