146 COPET.AND. 
Alsophila melanorhachis Cupel, ii. yp. 
Arbor, caudice 2-3 in. alto, 5 cm. erasso; apice basibiisque stipitimi 
paleis lanceolatis 1 cm. longis rigidis castaneis pallido-niarginatis vestitis; _ 
stipite 60 cm. longo, nigro, deorsum piilchorrime brunneo-pimetato, ubi- 
que rliacliique asperulis, supra paleis angustis crinitis fulvis vestitis; 
fronde 150 cm. longa, tripinnata pinnis utroqiie latere ca. 12^ inframcd- 
ialibus maximis, 50 cm. longis, 13 em. latis, fere horizontalibiis, acumi- 
natis, pedieellis ca. 1 cm. longis; rhncliibiis supra paleaceis, infra potins 
nigro-glabrescentibiis ; pinnulis distinetis utroque latere fere 30, brcvi- 
stipitatis 7 em. longis, 1 cm. latis, scrrato-aeuminatis^ deorsum ad rhaehin 
infra perpaleaceam paleis biformibus, supra breve denseque villosum 
pinnatis; pinnulis" anguste abovatis, obtusis, adnatis, minute nee lente 
crenato-serratis, tenue coriaceis, supra subnigi'is, glabris, infra atro-oli- 
vaeeis, costis deorsum paleis bullatis ciliatis obtcctis, aliter glabris; ve- 
nulis sterilibus inferioribus plerumque fureatis, fertilibus simplicibus; 
Boris costalibus; pinnulis prasertim fructuosis contractis, soris laminam 
totam compleutibus. 
Jii silvis miiscosis, 1,800 m. s. m. (No. 0052). 
A most striking species remarkable for the dark color of the whole frond and 
especially for the shiny black stipe and rachis. 
SCHIZAEACE^. 
SCH12AEA Smith. 
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Smith. 
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On ridges in humid forests at 250 m. alt. (No. G050). 
Madagascar to Polynesia. 
Schizaea digitata (Linn.) Smith. 
In ridge forests at 450 m. alt. (No. 0049). 
India to Polynesia. 
LYGODIUM S\v. 
Lygodium scandens (L.) S\v. 
In old clearings at 700 m. alt. (No. 6051) ; a very ronnddeaved form found also 
in Formosa. 
Throughout the Philippines, not common. 
Africa to Polvnesia. 
Lygodium Merrill! Copel. n. sp. (PI. IV.) 
Species distinctissima pinnis sessilibus, pinnulis pinnatis, pinnulis ^^ 
hand articulatis, segmentis fertilibus sparsis, venulis ubique anasto- 
mosantibus. 
In dumetis scandens, 300 m. s. m. (No. 605"). 
' In all probability a relative of Lygodinm ftexvofmrn, rather than of any otlu'v 
species with reticulate venation. 
