ix, c, i Copeland: Neiv Papuan Ferns 3 
saepe fertilibus; soris submarginalibus, subimmersis, parvis, 
orbicularibus ; indusio minute dense hirsute, persistente. 
Loane, King 407. 
Evidently near D. Schultzei Brause, but much smaller, axes not yellow, 
sori small and indusium persistent. 
DRYOPTERIS ANGUSTA sp. nov. 
Nephrodium graciiius gregis D. sagittif oliae ; caudice erecto, 
breve, radicibus et stipitibus dense vestito; stipitibus paucis 
confertis, validis, 3-4 mm crassis, 3-5 cm ad auriculas infimas vel 
30 cm ad pinnas foliaceas altis, deorsum paleis paucis instructis, 
glabrescentibus, sursum rhachibusque dense albido-pilosis, pinnis 
reductis sensim ad auriculas vix quam paleis majoribus decres- 
centibus. ornatis ; f ronde vera lanceolata, ca. 65 cm alta, 15 cm lata, 
utrinque angustata, acuminata, pinnata; pinnis sessilibus, basi- 
bus dilatatis, deinde ad apicem acutam integram angustatis, 
inframedialibus maximis horizontalibus, 75 mm longis, supra 
basin 1 cm latis, ca. ad mediam laminam pinnatifidis, inferiori- 
bus paullo deflexis et superioribus adscendentibus, supremis 
integris, pinnis pinnatifidis utroque latere ca. 40; segmentis 
contiguis, 2 mm latis, obliquis; lamina herbacea, minute pilosa; 
venis utroque latere ca. 6, fere omnibus fertilibus, 2 vel 3 anas- 
tomosantibus, simplicibus, soris medialibus; indusio parvo, pilis 
et glandulis ambabus deciduis ornato, sporangiis nudis. 
Papua, locality not stated, King 408. 
Differs from D. sagittif olia (Bl.) 0. K. in being thinner, and more slender 
throughout. 
DRYOPTERIS OBLANCEOLATA sp. nov. 
Meniscium, folia simplice oblanceolata ; rhizomate 2 mm cras- 
so, paleis castaneis lanceolatis dense obtecto ; stipitibus confertis, 
1-3 cm altis, pilis et paleis vestitis; fronde 25-30 cm alta, 3 cm 
lata, acuminata, deorsum attenuata, deinde truncata, rarius 
auriculis parvis 1-paribus subtensa, crenata, subcoriacea, costa 
setacea excepta glabra; venulis ca. 6-paribus, fere omnibus et 
interdum venula secundaria excurrente soriferis; indusio inviso 
et verisimiliter carente. 
Taupota, King 894 coll. Rev. P. C. Shaw. 
A very distinct species of the simplicifolia group. 
DRYOPTERIS UNIAURICULATA sp. nov. 
D. lineatae (Bl.) C. Chr. affinis; rhizomate 3 mm crasso, 
lignoso, ad apicem paleis parvis lanceolatis fusco-nigris vestito; 
stipitibus confertis, ca. 20 cm altis, basibus nigris, sursum 
