16186, Hymenophy'lum australe Willd, On Seepage ledges 
er in damp earth ef densely wooied gulches at £260 Leet, The 
dicty brown @tipes eseentiing frem the creeping flexible similarly 
eolored rhigomes, the fronie strengly recurved and soft in texture 
Iroein, May, 2915. 
162036 Demirebinn porpurecstelidium ames, Dense mate 
along the upper Side of large tree limba in humid feresis at 
LOU0 fects Root masses rigid; the eteme spresding in all di-+ 
rections, rigid, yellowish green; the deseending and recurved 
leaves also very rigid, auch davker green beneath; flowers 
pendant, the lower lip pure white, the pedicel enc euter ore# 
gens ereenish, Irotin, May, 1916. 
16264. Devallie Elorwi Gopele Me Spe Climbing about 
tree trunke in humid hemp fields et THO feet, Stem subtercte, 
1/8 inch thick, flexible or rather hendable, branched, erooked 
end forming tangled Aaa Bes 15 feet above ground: fronds divari-«- 
ecite, quite rigid and heavy, the stipes Light green and stout, 
the spore poekets Lighter green than the reat of the frond; 
Ivesin, Zune, 1916. 
16227, <Arengs smbong Beat. Dente elustere 5 to 6 
feet agroes in very rieh bleak 6011 is dense woods slongthe 
upper edge of a deep Greak enliy at 5060 feats stem! #everal, 
asaeniingl: eurved from the bese, 6 inches thier, the bractliess 
portion only a yaré or two lena, the shenth bearing portion 
thicker end two te three tines a@ lenge; Sheethe with dirty 
brown oy nearly bleek, fibers; leaves many, sseeniing, 16 to 
26 fect long; petiole 1 te 2 yards lone, sreen, 6 inches across 
“t the base, Shellewly gareeved along the upper "sides leeficts 
horigontal or deseending, geoeved and twisted toward the base, 
margins coarsely undulate, deap ereen shove, glaucous beneath, 
cherteceous; infruteseence oxillary, = yerd long, the vhort 
etout pedunele reeurved, the numerous branches pendant; nutes 
lL iach Jone, alauson# areen, herd ani very tightly attached: 
buds of steminate flowers yellowieh red, the anthers deep 
weet they have @ strong old honey odor; Iroein, dune, 
1916, 
LOBR40« Areca weeeneeh Beaa. Very Slender trees 
in demp woods of steep creck mulches at 500 feots stem } 
inches thiek, £0 te 30 or mere fe t high, terete, ringed 
e@pecially towiri the top, agreenivh aray, the eontral woody 
tiesue soft, even the ring not very hard, leaves & yards 
icone or less, not numercus, horizontally epreaiing, reeurved, 
the emoth fur iforn sheath eoertion ereean and less than a yerd 
jong, leaflet; besring from neer the base; inflorescence erect, 
| n@ of ailedie’si hand, Licht eream color, ariaing from 
he sheath; the fruit Stalks recurved; the flowers are 
ecerless, bia easily falling; Iretin, Junc, 1916. 

