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tenui-coriacea, inf erne pallida ; venis utroque latere ca. 30, omni- 
bus simplicibus, plerisque fertilibus, soris medialibus, nudis; 
sporangiis paucis, castaneis. 
Woodlark Island, King 28 4- 
A remarkably distinct species. “Tree fern. It did not grow above the 
surrounding tangle of Stenochlaena palustris and other species." 
CYATHEA SCABRISETA sp. nov. 
Alsophila profunde tripinnatifida pubescentia triforme ; rhachi 
fulva, squamulis minutis ad basin fimbriatis albis deciduis vestito, 
deinde nitido et propter baseos setarum hispida; setis mox deci- 
duis, e basibus vinosis ad apices albidas pallescentibus, dentibus 
minutissimis nigro-rubis ciliatis ; inter setas descriptas aliis mino- 
ribus pallidioribus deciduis ; pinna 60 cm longa, 18 cm lata, brevi- 
stipitata, abrupte acuminata, rhachi obscure sordida superne 
fusco-velutina, inferne minute furfuracea et sparse hispida gla- 
brescente; pinnulis horizontalibus infimis brevipedicellatis, 2 cm 
latis, proximis, abrupte in caudam 1 cm longam serratam 
contractis, fere ad costam pinnatiftdis, costa superne appresso- 
ciliata, subtus squamulis albidis plerisque dissectis rarius lanceo- 
latis fere integris vestita ; segmentis 2.5 mm latis, obtusis, 
plerisque subfalcatis, minute serratis interdum obscure biserratis, 
subcoriaceis, subtus pallidis, superne atroviridibus, costa et 
rarius venis squamulis bullatis pallidis, et sparsius aliis sordidis 
angustis plerumque fissis ornatis: venis utroque latere ca. 12, 
fere omnibus furcatis; soris medialibus, sporangiis cum pilis 
brunneis multis mixtis. 
Papua, without definite locality, King. 444. 
Related to Cyathea crinita (Hooker). 
DRYOPTERIS BIPINNATA sp. nov. 
Thelypteris gregis D. immersae : rhizomate inviso ; stipite recto, 
30 cm alto, gracile sed valido, brunneo cum pede nigro, sub oculo 
nudo glabro, sub lente sursum rhachique dense minute pubescen- 
tibus; fronde 30 cm alta, 17 cm lata, abrupte longe acuminata, 
deorsum bipinnata ; pinnis horizontalibus, rectis vel rarius 
subfalcatis, acuminatis, inferioribus brevipedicellatis haud dimi- 
nutis, aliis sessilibus, costis ubique minute pallide setosis ; pinnulis 
liberis paucis, infimis (rhachi proximis) brevipedicellatis, brevi- 
bus; segmentis pinnae multis, utroque latere 20-30, proximis, 
apice crenulatis aliter integris, oblique acutis, ca. 7 mm longis, 
2 mm latis, papyraceis ; venis subtus setis paucis brevibus obsitis, 
alibi glabris; venis simplicibus, utroque latere ca. 10, omnibus 
