PAPUAN FERNS. 
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§ Lastraea. 
1. D. setigera (Bl.) O. Kuntze. 
No. 155. 
Polynesia to India. 
2. D. Kingii Copel. spec. nova. 
Lastraea gregis D. syrmatieae, stipite fusco, 30 cm alto, deorsum 
paleis linearibus ultra 2 cm longis omato, sursum rhachique fere glabris; 
fronde ca. 30 cm alta, 15 cm lata; pinnis inferioribus vix ' minoribus, 
maximis ca. 10 cm longis, 2-2.5 cm latis, subsessilibus, acuminatis, 
fere ad costam incisis sinu acuto; segmentis ca. 15 mm longis, 5 mm 
latis, f alcatis, acutis, integris, coriaceis, fere glabris ; venis utroque latere 
5 vel 6, fnrcatis; soris medialibns, indusio inviso. 
No. 1^9, Tamata and coast. 
Characterized by the texture and the acute, entire segments, separate almost 
to the costa. 
§ Thelypteris. 
3. D. quadriaurita Christ. 
No. ,220, opposite Samarai. 
Mindanao. 
4. D. wariensis Copel. spec. nova. 
Fronde ca. 45 cm alta, 20 cm lata, rhachi minute puberula, fuse 4 , 
pinna apicale aliis simile; pinnis infimis paullo brevioribus, maximis 
ultra 15 cm longis, 3.5 cm latis, brevistipitatis, acuminatis, fere ad 
costam pinnatifidis; segmentis 18 mm longis, 2-3 mm latis, infimis vix 
diminutis, plerisque fere rectis, integris, obtusis, herbaeeis, ubique gla- 
bris ; venis utroque latere usque 20 ; soris medialibus, indusio carente, 
sporangiis nudis. 
No. 101, Waria River, in German New Guinea. 
'This may be near D. tuberculata, but is not at all glandular. The base of the 
stipe is wanting. 
5. D. basisora Copel. spec. nova. 
Parte superiore stipitis fusca, sulco pubescente, aliter glabra; fronde 
ultra 60 cm alta, ca. 35 cm lata; rhachi pubescente; pinnis infimis re- 
motis, deflexis, paullo brevioribus, maximis medialibus, 22 cm longis, 
2.5-3 cm latis, brevistipitatis, acuminatis, prof unde pinnatifidis, lamina 
costale utroque 1-1.5 mm lata; segmentis infimis reductis, majoribus 16 
mm longis, 3.5 mm latis integris, acutis, rectis vel subf alcatis, coriaceis, 
venis et sparsissime lamina infra pubescentibus ; venulis utroque latere 
usque ad 23, simplicibus; soris eostularibus, indusiis nudis, nigris, per- 
sistentibus. 
No. 304. 
This species has very much the aspect of D. erubescens, from whieh it is dis- 
tinguished by the indusia. 
