SriCILIGIUM riLlCUM PIIILIPPTNBNSIUM. IGl 
26. Athyrrum nanum n. sp. 
Ehizomatc obliquo brevi aut subrepente, foliis subfasciculatis paiicis 
(3 ad 4) stipite temii fusco squamulis teimissimis setulosis rufobruuiieis 
patentibus cum rhachi pubescente fere 0.5 ad 1 cm. longo, fronde lan- 
ceolata 6 cm. louga, 7 mm. lata in longam apicem pinnatifidiim prolon- 
gata, fere usque ad basin alata et utrinque 5 aut 6 pinnis remotiiisculis 
praedita, pinnis segmentisque crccto-patcntibus, 2.5 ad 5 mm. altis yuj)0- 
rioribus basi aequalibus integris oblongis inferioribus inaequalibus antice 
aurieulatis subcrenatis infimis inaequalibus crenato-lobatis, puberulis, ner- 
vis furcatis vix pinnatis^ soris ea. 5 pro segmonto, vix 1 mm. longis, 
ovatis, ochraceis^ indusio laneeolato rarius aspidioidco roniformi. Colore 
laete virente, textura flaccido herbacea. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley (C5G Mrs. Clemens) July, 190G. 
The smallest species of the genus known, pinnatifid ami in part only simply 
pinnate, distinguished by its rather strongly winged rachis. 
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27. Athyrium drepanopteron (Kze.) Moore. Asplaiium oxyphyllum (Wall.) 
Hook. Polypodium drepanopteron Kze. Linna;a 23: 27H, 318. Lastrea eburnea 
J. Sm. Bot. Mag. 72 (1846) Comp. 34. 
Luzon, Province of Beiiguet, Baguio (6498 Elmer) June, 1904; found also by 
other American collectors. 
A continental type extending from Japan to Yunnan and north India. 
28. Athyrium Benguetense n. sp. 
Rhizomate ut videtur repente aut oblique tenui nigro^ stipitibus ap- 
proximatis paucis tenuibus stramineis 25 cm. et ultra longis^ basi 
squanjulis lanceolatis brunneis 2 mm. longis sparsis vestitis, rhachi et costa 
puberulis^ planta aliter nuda, fronde eaudato-acuminata lanceolata 30 
cm. longa 9 cm. lata l)asi non attenuata bipinnatilida, pinnis patentibus 
sessilibus (costa straminea) remotis^ infimis subdeflcxis^ ea. 25 infra 
apicem lobatum^ 5 em. longis 16 mm. latis lanceolato-acuminatis fere ad 
rhachin incisis, segmentis subpectinatis ca. 18 utrinque 2.5 mm. latis, 
lineari-oblongis obtusiusculis subcrenatis aut integris, nervis 6 ad 8 
utrinque simplicibus obliquis, soris mcdiis 6 ad 8 utrinque^ rotimdis 
vix 1 mm. latis ochraceis, indusio tenuissimo rotundo reniforrai liyalino 
umbone obscure, mox evanido. Textura llaccida, colore atroviridi. 
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Luzon, District of Lepanto, ;^^^u^lt Data (Loher) February, 1804, 2,250 m. alt; 
Province of Benguet, Pauai (1948 Oopeland) Xu\ ember, 1905, alt. 2,150 m. 
By its aspidioid sori a Dryoptcris, but in all other respects a true Athyrium, 
very delicate and with segments almost entire. 
29. Athyrium Copelandi n. sp. 
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Rhizomate ramoso brevitor repente crnssiusculo ntrato, stipitibus 
plumbeo-stramineis basi squamis lanceolato-subulatis l)runneis parce ves- 
titis, supra cum rhachi furfiiraceo-squanmlosis, cm. longis, fronde 14 
cm. longa, G cm. lata oblonga, basi non attciuiata longe acuminata, pinnis 
