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BRY0PTER5S (NEPHRODIUM) DEPAUPERATA Copel. sp. nov. 
Rhizomate erecto, breve; stipitibus dense confertis, plerisque 
ca. 5 cm altis, stramineis, caduce paleaceis, rhachibusque pilis 
hyalinis minutis vestitis; fronde 20 ad 25 cm alta, 4 cm lata, 
utrinque angustata; pinnis alternantibus, patentibus, stipitatis, 
lanceolatis, obtusis, integris vel crenulatis, basi suboblique cunea- 
tis acroscopice paullo dilatatis, herbaceis, costa pilis paucis mi- 
nutis ornata, aliter glabris, inferioribus sensim abbreviatis, in- 
fimis oblongis, 5 mm longis; venis seriem unam areolarum 
includentibus ; soris utroque latere costae uniseriatis, medialibus ; 
indusio haud uniforme, saepius reniforme. 
Guam Experiment Station 25, in damp places along river banks at 
Tolijuice, November, 1911; a very distinct species. 
HUMATA Cavanilles 
HUMATA HETEROPHYLLA (Sm.) Desv. Prodr. (1825) 323. 
Davallia heterophylla Sm. in Mem. Acad. Turin. 5 (1783) 415; Safford 
295, pi. 53. 
Humata pinnatifida Cav. Descr. (1802) 273. 
McGregor 267. 
Malaya and Polynesia. As pointed out by Safford, the genus takes its 
name from the town of Umata or Humata in Guam. 
HYMENOLEPiS Kaulfuss 
MYMENOLEPIS SPICATA (Linn, f.) Presl Epim. (1851) 159. 
Acrostichum spicatum Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 444. 
Belvisia spicata Mirb. Hist. Nat. Veg. 5 (1802?) 473. 
McGregor 369. 
Tropical Asia to Madagascar, Malaya, and Polynesia. 
NEPHROLEPIS Schott 
NEPHROLEP1S ACUTI FOLIA (Desv.) Christ in Verh. Nat. Ges. Basel. 
11 (1905) 243. 
Lindsaya acutifolia Desv. Prodr. (1827) 312. 
G. E. S. 463. 
Tropical Africa through Malaya, Burma, etc., to Australia. 
NEPHROLEPIS HIRSUTULA (Forst. f.) Presl Tent. (1836) 79. 
Polypodium hirstitulum Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 81. 
McGregor 539. 
Tropics of both hemispheres. 
ODONTOSORI A Fee 
ODONTOSORI A CHINENSIS (Linn.) J. Sm. in Bot. Voy. Herald (1857) 
430. 
Trichomanes chinense Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1099. 
G. E. S. 122. 
Tropical Asia to Madagascar and Polynesia. 
