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DR. II. O. FORBES^ NEW GUINEA. PLANTS 
lanceolate obtuse segmentis 10-12 instructe ; segraenta alternata, 
basi hadnata acroscopice parum auriculata, oblonga obtusa utrinque 
obtuse 2-3 lobata. Textura cbartacea; color pallide brunneus; 
pagina ‘superior glabra, racbibus costisque ipubescentibus; raches 
coste veneque postice pilis articulatis predite ; venatio dichotomo- 
pinnata. Sori solitarii vel bini terminales in margin is loborum 
acroscopici sinu dispositi. Indusium minutum membranaceum. 
Otomionumu Hill, 2000 ft., 555. 
Little more than one pinna of a' large frond, the size and shape of 
which are, like the rhizome and stipes, unknown. Apparently dis¬ 
tinct from H. papuana Bailey. 
Doryopteris concolor Kuhn. Narinumu village, 2500 ft., on 
rocks, in damp crevices, 849. 
Pteridium aquilinum Kuhn var. lanuginosum Hook. Sogere, 
3200 ft., terrestrial, 304. 
Asplenium stipitiforme Gepp, sp. ri. Bhizoma breviter repens 
paleis fusco-brunneis lanceolatis acuminatis obtectum; frondes ap¬ 
proximate simplices fere sessiles 22-30 cm. longe, e lamina 3-4 cm. 
lata elliptico-lanceolata acuminato-cuspidata inferne in costam an- 
guste alatam stipitiformem 8-13 cm. longam 2 mm. latam sensim 
attenuate composite, margine superne irregulariter crenato-serrato. 
Textura cbartacea; pagine glabre glauco-virides; vene simplices 
rare furcate patentes ad marginem attingentes. Sori copiosi sub- 
contigui lamine dorsum (exceptis acumine marginibusque) obtegentes, 
et in parte stipitiformi fere usque ad basim sparsius dispositi. 
Sogere, epidendric and terrestrial, 443. 
The frond is remarkable for its narrowed stipitiform lower half, 
upon the ale of which the sori are continued almost to the base. The 
plant is perhaps most nearty allied to A. squamulatum, but is smaller, 
lias a smaller development of lamina in its frond, has a pronounced 
cuspidate apex, and sori which run from the costa almost to the 
margin. 
A. salignum Blume. Sogere, epidendric, 1750 ft., 611. This 
appears to be nothing but a large form with stipes 37 cm. long 
2 5 mm. thick; frond 40-42 cm. long, composed of 6-7 alternate 
shortly stalked or subsessile pinnae 17-20 cm. long, cuspidate at 
apex. 
A. tenerum Forst. Sogere, terrestrial, 1700 ft., 449, 604. 
Also var. acuminatum v. Aid. v. Bos. Sogere, 584. 
A. pellucidum Lam. Sogere, epidendric, 1750 ft., 606. 
A. macropiiyllum Sw. Sogere, epidendric, 585: 
A. laserpitiifolium Lam. Mt. Koikoko, terrestrial, 3000 ft., 
672. 
Asplenium tennisectifolia Gepp, sp. n. Stipites approximati 
7-10 cm. longi 1 cm. erassi fusci sparse et minute paleacei; frondes 
15-22 cm. longae 7-10 cm. latae lanceolate tripinnatisectse pinnis 
utrinque c. 20 instructae; pinnae c. 5 cm. longae 1-2 cm. latte 
contiguse subsessiles lanceolatae caudato-acuminatse patentes pinnulis 
utrinque c. 12 instructae; pinnuhe inferiores 1-1*5 cm. longae in 
segmenta 4-7 cuneato-oblonga binervata apice bidentata profunde 
