Pyrrosia princeps (Mett.) C.V.Morton

EX HERB. HORT. BOT. REG. KEW
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH IT WAS SUPPLIED.
FLORA OF NORTH EAST KEPALA
BURUNG, IRIAN JAYA, INDONESIA (6E)
Polypodiaceae	,Vce?f (**$?') C.V-MorVoa
Pyrrosia sDjemTerrs
6°.S5'S\}3d^5S'e
Manokwari Province	, . . v
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s/m%
c. 2.5 km w of Andai.
Andai Forest.
Ridge top mature rain forest on uplifted coral.
350m.
Terrestrial, but probably fallen from an old branch. Rhizome
short-creeping, bases of fronds relatively compact, roots
forming a very dense mass on ground and also extending
up the stipe, even into lower portions of fronds (5-6 cm).
Rhizome densely covered with long, golden scales. Stipe
short, to 6-8 cm long, winged at apex. Fronds simple,
infertile in lower 50-60 cm of frond, fertile in upper 50-60 cm
of frond. Lateral veins highly conspicuous even in fertile
parts of fronds. Sori acrostichoid.
R.J Johns 8103	17.4.1994
R.Johns and M.J.S.Sands
Herbaria: ***«• V>
IrCt XfcP* ¿*14.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Herbarium Bogoriense &
Manokwari Herbarium - with assistance from the John D.
and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Please send new determinations to Irian Jaya coordinator,
RBG, KewTW9 3AE, UK
03947544