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latis, stipitatis, acuminatis, ad basin vix ad costam pinnatis, 
sursum sensim leviter pinnatifidis, segmentis oblongis, 10 
mm latis, obtusis vel subacutis, plerisque apices versus serratis, 
glabris, coriaceis, infra pallidioribus ; venulis utroque latere ca. 
12, furcatis, segmentis infimis reductis; parte apicale frondis 
sensim per pinnas sessiles lobatas et adnatas serratas ad apicem 
grosse pinnatifidum angustata; soris a costula remotis, 1 ad 2 
mm longis, indusio mox evanescente. 
Sarawak, No. 35 of the Sai'awak Museum collection. 
Distinguished from most others of its group by the scattered spines on 
the stipe, and from all by the short sori near the apices of the veinlets, 
and the transient indusia. 
Athyrium Hewitti Copel. sp. nov. 
Species gregis A. cyatheifolii Milde, fronde 75 cm alta, 30 cm 
vel paullo ultra lata, rhachi nisi in sulco glabra, castanea ; pinnis 
pinnatis utroque latere ca 8, pinnatifidis, ca. 13, brevistipitatis, 
infimis 23 cm longis, 5 cm latis, oppositis, acuminatis, pinnulis 
horizontalibus et rectis, subsessilibus, basi truncatis plerisque 
sursum vel utroque latere subhastatis, subacutis, supra basin 1 
cm latis, ^ ad costam incisis, sursum integrioribus, glabris, papy- 
raceis; lobis 2 mm latis; venis furcatis, obliquis; soris 2 ad 4 mm 
longis, linearibus, indusio laete brunneo. 
Sarawak, Matang, collected by J. Hewitt, the former curator of the 
Sarawak Museum, to whom the species is dedicated. 
Athyrium sarawakense Copel. sp. nov. 
Species gregis A. cyatheifolii Milde, stipite 3 mm crasso, sparse 
spinuloso, glabro; fronde 45 cm lata, ut videtur 75 cm alta, bipin- 
nata, rhachi, sulco et alls exceptis, glabra, laete castanea ; pinnis 
brevistipitatis, 25 cm longis in caudam argute serratum protrac- 
tis, pinnis liberis paucis, sessilibus, acutis, usque ad 5 cm longis, 
1 cm latis, serratis, basi truncatis, subhastatis, glabris, subcoria- 
ceis; venis furcatis, obliquis; soris 2 ad 3 cm longis, costalibus, 
indusio laete brunneo. 
Sarawak, Mount Matang, J. Hewitt, .April, 1908. 
Athyrium confertum (Baker) Copel. 
Asplenium confertum Baker. Ann. Bot. 8 (1898) 125. 
Sarawak, Mount Bongo Brooks <fe Hewitt, 1908. Previously known only 
from Sumatra. 
Athyrium Christii (C. Chr.) Copel. 
Diplazium Christii C. Chr. Index Fil. (1905) 299. 
Beside the synonym given by Christensen (J9. acuminatum Bl.), I believe 
there should also be included here Asplenium ambiguum Schkuhr. Kr. Gew. 
(1809) pi. 75 (non Swtz.), and Diplazium Schkuhrii J. Sm. The latter 
