PAPUAN FERNS. 
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NEPHROLEPIS Schott. 
1. N. biserrata (Swtz.) Schott. 
Nos. 125, 162, Ambasi. No. 162 has the sori very near the margin. 
Widespread. 
2. N. cordifolia (L.) Presl. 
No. 224, Goodenough Bay, altitude 900 m. 
Widespread. 
3. N. acuminata (Houtt.) Kuhn. 
No. 223, Goodenough Bay, altitude 900 m. 
Malaya. 
A rather shallowly lobed form. The indusia are frequently peltate; but the 
form is inconstant, and peltate ones are occasionally found on Bornean specimens. 
New to New Guinea. 
OLEANDRA Cavanilles. 
0. neriiformis Cav. 
No. 192, Camusi River flats; No. 343, Lakekamu. 
Almost pantropic. 
As the specimens are fallen fronds the identification is not quite positive. 
HU MATA Cavanilles. 
1. H. sp. 
No. 326, Lakekamu. 
2. H. gaimardiana (Gaud.) J. Sm. 
No. 165, common on the coast. 
Polynesia to Burma. 
3. H. heterophylla (Sm.) Desv. 
No. Ill, Waria River, altitude 300 m; No. 201, Camusi River flats. 
Malaya, Polynesia. 
DAVALLIA Smith. 
1. Davallia papuana Copel. spec. nova. 
Stipite 30 cm alto, basi paleis angustis 4 mm longis ferrugineis vestito, 
aliter rhachique glabris, brunneis; fronde 45 cm alta, deltoidea, fere 
quadripinnata ; pinnis infimis fere 30 cm longis, deltoideis, aeuminatis, 
rhachibus sursum anguste alatis ; pinnulis ovatis, obtnsis ; segmentis earum 
majoribus ineisis, lobis vel dentibus plus minus cornutis, lamina glabra, 
coriacea; venis spuriis intercalatis ; soro inf ramarginale ; indusio 1 mm 
longo, aequilato vel angustiore, limbo plerumque rotundato, inter dum 
obtuse et late cuspidato et reflexo. 
No. 245. 
Well marked among the species with false veins by the position of the sorus, 
combining then the characters of D. denticulata and D. divaricata. 
SCVPHULARI A F4e. 
1. S. pentaphylla (Bl.) Fee. 
No. 183, Goodenough Bay, altitude 1,200 m. 
Malaya to Polynesia. 
This is better known as Davallia pentaphylla Bl., but it seems to me advisable 
to recognize Fde’s genus as distinct. 
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