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COPELAND. 
6. D. falcatipinnula Copel. spec. nova. 
Stipite pallide brunneo, 30 cm alto; fronde 25-30 cm alta, 30 cm lata, 
rhachi sparse praecipue sursum pubescente, apud insertiones pinnarmn 
adenophora, pinna apicale aliis subsimile sed latiore ; pinnis ca. 7 -paribus, 
oppositis, 12 cm longis, 15 mm latis, subsessilibus, valde acuminatis, 
infimis nee remotis nec diminutis, fere ad costam pinnatifidis ; segmentis 
infimis brevioribus, majoribus 10-12 mm longis, linearibus, vix acutis, 
falcatis, integris, coriaceis, ad apices et in sinubns ciliatis, supra glabris, 
infra ad yenas et venulas .sparse pilosis; venis utroque latere ca. 12, 
simplicibus; soris inframedialibus, indusio brunneo, piloso, persistente. 
No. HJf, in lowlands. 
Near D. loheriana, but less pubescent, and with narrower and more deeply cut 
pinnae. 
§ Nephbodium. 
7. D. cucullata (Bl.) Christ. 
No. 163, common in grass land. 
Polynesia to the Seychelles. 
8. D. arida (Don) 0. Kuntze. 
No. 112, in grass land. 
Malaya, India. 
9. D. paraphysata Copel. spec. nova. 
Fronde 75 cm alta, 30 cm lata; pinna apicale aliis sipaile, rhachi 
fusea, minute sordide pubescente; pinnis infimis utroque latere una (aut 
pluribus) in auriculam abrupte reductis; maximis 18 cm longis, basi 
2 cm latis, dein sensim ad apicem acuminatum attenuatis, rectis, brevi- 
pedicellatis, ca. 1 ad costam pinnatifidis, costa dense, lamina sparis- 
sime setosis, segmentis truncatis, subcoriaceis ; venis simplicibus, utroque 
latere ca. 7, quarum plerumque 2 anastomosantibus ; soris inframedialibus ; 
indusiis inconspicuis (non carentibus), paraphysibus multis, grande glan- 
duloso-eapitatis ; sporangiis nudis ; sporis spinis paucis longis omatis. 
No. 306. 
Near D. truncata (Presl) O. Kuntze; the latter is less hairy, has a conspicuous 
indusium, wants the copious paraphyses, and has the spores covered with short 
tubercles or spines. 
10. D. arbuscula (Willd.) O. Kuntze, sensu lat. 
No. 111. 
Polynesia to India. 
D. arbuscula as generally construed contains several apparently distinct plants. 
11. D. dichrotricha Copel. spec. nova. 
Stipite 40 cm alto, brunneo* ubique sparse villoso; fronde ultra 60 
cm alta, 30-35 cm lata, apice pinnatifida longa; rhachi pilis albidis 
