158 CHRIST. 
ASPIDIUM Swartz. 
21. Aspidium (Pleocnemia) Angilogense Clirist. in Rull. Herb. Boiss. II. 
6 {190G) 1003. 
I do not hesitate to refer here Plcocne^iia Cumingiana Presl, Epim. Bot. 410, 
and regret that this specific name wliicli has priority, is inappropriate in Aspidium 
because of the later use of the same specific name under Aspidium hy several 
aiitliors, Kunze, Sturm. In addition to the localities in Luzon cited hy me in 
tlio original description of the species, Dr. Copelnnd has found it in Mindanao, 
San Ramon, April, 1005, No. 1008, alt. 000 m. He adds "Fronds 2 to 3 m. high, 
deltoid, stipe 2 m. high, stout, rhizome 10 to 20 cm. thick, ascending. Presly 
without doubt after Cuming's notes says "arbor viginti-pcdalis." In other 
characters I find our species to be very near Nephrodium chrt/sotrichum Baker 
from Samoa; ITpolu, Apia leg. Betche 1880; Fahvao log. Reinecke 00, 94; Ravai, 
leg. Reinecke 90b; Upolu, leg. Reinecke 94. The two collectors give the height 
of the Samoan plant as from 20 to 40 feet, with black trunks. It is certainly 
the largest arborescent fern outside of the Cyatheaceae, 
22. Aspidium profereoides n. sp. 
Fronde stcrili longissime stipitata, stipite 45 cm. longa pennae eygni 
crassitie eiim rliachi eastaneo sulcato opaca sqnamis siibiilatis 0.5 cm. 
longis setisqne bnmneis sparse vestito^ frondc ultra 50 cm. longa 32 em. lata 
deltoideo-oblonga pinnata parce bi2)innatifida^ pinnis infimis nee abbre- 
viatis nee postice auetis caeteris aequalibus, pinnis remotis recte pateutibus 
ca. 15 utrinque infra apiceni acnniinatum inciso-Iobatum^sessilibus, 18 em. 
longis 3.5 cm. latis lanceolatis acutis nsqne ad mediam laminam incisis, 
ala ntrinqne 0.5 cm. lata et ultra, lobis angiilo angusto obtuso separatis 
12 mm, longis 1 em. latis ovato-obtusis, ca. 18 iitrinqne^ infimis aliquantum 
auetis et rhachin tcgcntibus, subintegris^ nervis non prominenti])us^ in 
lobis pinnatis, 6 ad 8 utrinque, infimis areolam angulosam angustam secus 
eostam, superioribus 1, 2 aut 3 areolas laterales seeus costulam formantibus, 
ab areola costali ad sinum 3 aut 4 areolis interealatis. Ncrvulis inelnsis 
nuUis. Textura flaccide herbaeea, colore obscure viridi, opaeo, faciebus 
imprimis costis furf uraceo-puberulis. Folio fertili sterili longiorc ; stipite 
70 cm. et ultra, fronde 50 cm. longa, egregie contracta, pinnis valde 
remotis;, 10 cm. longis, 2.5 cm. latis, ad alam angustam incisis, lobis 
lineari-laneeolatis falcatis 4 mm. latis^ soris 1.5 mm. latis rotundis 
mediis brunneis, indusio flaeeido atrobrunneo mox corrugato sine dubio 
reniformi. 
Aspidium cxccUcns Blume Knum. 120 differt ex descriptione Presliana 1. c. 
fvondjbu^ nionomorphis, segmentis acutis. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Todaya { 14G7A Copeland) October, 1004, alt. 
1,205 m. "Rootstock short, erect'* Copeland. 
A marked species with nerves of Proferea Presl, Kpim. CIO, and pronounced 
dimorphism. 
