DR. H. CHRIST ON NEW SPECIES OF FERNS. 213 
Some new Species of Malesian and Philippine Ferns. By Dr. HERMANN 
Curist, Basel. (Communicated, with an Introductory Note, by C. G. 
MATTHEW, Fleet-Surgeon R.N., F.L.S.) 
(Read 17th June, 1909.] 
[THESE Ferns are from collections made by me during the years 1906-8, 
whilst serving on H.M.S. * Monmouth. Certain of the novelties were this 
year submitted to Dr. Christ, of Basel, who kindly examined them, and 
described them as under.—U. G. M.] 
ALSOPHILA MaTTHEWII, Christ, sp. n. 
Voisin d' A. lepidoclada, Christ, in Schuman & Lauterbach Nachtrüge z. FI. 
Deutsch. Schutzgeb. i. d. Südsee, 37 (1905), et d' A. truncata, Brackenr. 
Valde insignis stipite squamis griseis scariosis lucidis erecto-adpressis tecto, 
rachi costis costulisque squamis subulatis griseis pubeque densa rufa tomen- 
tosis, costulis subtus squamis rotundis umbilicatis bullatis sparsis, nervis 
lateralibus paucis (6 utrinque) inferioribus late furcatis, segmentis obtusis, 
infimis liberis herbaceis nigricantibus. 
Inermis. Arborescens. Trunco tenui 65 cm. alto. Stipite 20 cm. longo 
basi digiti minoris, supra pennæ cygni crassitie, suleato, squamis griseis 
lanceolatis acuminatis scariosis rigidis adpressis sed apice patulis carinatis 
integris imbricatis tecta. Fronde late ovata 45 ст. longa 30 сш. lata 
acuminata basi modice angustata tripinnatifida. Ріппіз ultimis deflexis, 
exteris patentibus. Pinnis bipinnatifidis, utrinque 8 infra apicem bipinnatum, 
approximatis late ovatis, mediis 18 em. longis 9 cm. latis acuminatis fere 
sessilibus, pinnulis approximatis sessilibus basi ob pinnulos ПІ ord. reductos 
aliquantum angustatis late lanceolatis 4 cm. longis 13 mm. latis acutius- 
evlis, circa 12 infra apicem pinnatifidum, ad costam incisis, pinnulis III ord. 
sinu angusto ovato separatis, infimis minoribus remotis liberis basi ovatis, 
cæteris basi adnatis ligulatis obtusis, circa 12 utrinque, integris aut obscure 
erenulatis, nervis lateralibus obliquis remotis inconspicuis circa 6 utrinque, 
inferioribus late furcatis. Rachi costisque fulvis pube tenuissima subferruginea 
nec non squamis scariosis fuscis subulatis tectis, costulis supra strigoso- 
pubescentibus, subtus squamis rotundis umbilicatis bullatis vestitis. Textura 
herbacea tenera, colore atroviridi opaco. 
Sori desunt. Inter species Philippinenses maxime pulchella ! 
Hab. Mt. Maquiling, Luzon, 3500 ft. in open forest. Slender trunk, 2 ft. 
high, unarmed, immature fronds prettily crimped; one small patch; none of 
the plants fertile. March 7, 1907; 1. C. G. Matthew, 42. 
