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excluding the petiole (about 2 cm.), and up to 13 cm. broad; the 
apex is blunt. The peduncle, 5 cm. long, bears a short dense spike 
(1*5 cm. long) subtended by a strongly-nerved persistent (?) blunt 
spathe about 5 cm. long. 
GRAMINEiE. 
Leptaspis itrceol at a. It. Br. Sogere, 2000 ft., 160. 
Dendrocalamus Forbesii Ridl. l . c . 3G0. Sogere, 2500 ft., 153. 
GYMN0SPERMS. 
Gnetum Gnemon L. Sogere, sine no. 
Podocarpcs latifolia Wall. Sogere, Meroka ranges, 2500 ft 
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FILICES. 
By Antony Gepp, M.A., F.L.S. 
Trtcdomanes bilabiatum Nees and Blume. Sogere, on Otomi- 
onumu Hill, 2500 ft., 631. 
Dayallia pentaphylla Blume. Mt. Koikoko, 2500 ft., epiden- 
dric, G20. 
Davallia Forbesii Carruthers MS., sp. n. Rhizoma breve; 
stipites approximati 10-15 cm. longi l‘5-2*0 mm. crassi leviter 
muriculati glabri brunneoli; frondes 23—29 cm. long* 10-12*5 cm. 
lat* ovato-deltoide* quadripinnatisect* pinnis utrinque 15-20 
(apicem versus reductis) contiguis instruct* ; pinn* c. 10 cm. long* 
stipitat* lanceolato-deltoide* acuminat* radii superne anguste alata 
pinnulas 12-15 sursum decrescentes utrinque gerente; pinnul* stipi¬ 
tat* bipinnatisect* 25-3 cm. long* T5 cm. lat* e costa anguste 
alata et utrinque segmentis c. 5 alte pinnatisectis 1 cm. longis com- 
posit*; segmentula ultima c. 4 cm. longa cuneato-oblonga apice 
bidentato et veno furcato pr*dita. Textura papyracea; pagin* 
glabr*; venatio dichotoma inferne prominula. Sori (immaturi) 
ovoidei solitarii segmentuli lobo laterali terminales. 
Mt. Koikoko, 3000 ft., terrestrial, 6G3. 
The affinity of this species is uncertain. In general habit it 
rather resembles the Indian Aspidium fee ni enlace inn Hook. 
Tapeinidium pinnatum Christ, var. tripinnata Rosenstock. 
Mt. Koikoko, 3000 ft., G23. 
Hypolepis aculeata Gepp, sp. n. Rhizoma et stipites ignoti. 
Frons magna (pars tantum visa) rachibus rufo-brunneis antice cana- 
liculatis postice aculeolatis ; pinna GO cm. longa 30 cm. lata deltoideo- 
lanceolata stipitata (5 cm.) ; pinnul* primari* usque ad 17 cm. 
long* 7*5 cm. lat* subopposit* lanceolat* acuminat* acroscopice 
curvat* pinnulis secondariis fere 20 vix contigius utrinque instruct*; 
pinnul* secondari* usque ad 4'5 cm. long* +1 cm. lat* alternat* 
