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SriCILKJIUM FILICIJM THILIPl'INKNSIUM. 165 
The specimens liave boon referred by the collectors with doubt, sometimes 
to AspJrnwm hirtum K:iiilf., sometimes to A. caudaium Forst. They have more 
the appoaraneo of .1. horridum Kaulf., but dilFer from tlie latter in boin<,^ smaller, 
with shorter piiinse, the lobes less numerous, truncate at the apices, and the 
stipe particularly villous. 1 believe that the specinious cited above are identical 
with the species clearly described by Prcsl. 
3S. Asplenium horridum Kaulf. Enuni. 173. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Apo (319 DcVore ct Hoover} 1903. 
Very typical and agreeing with specimens from .the Sunda Islands and 
Polynesia. 
39. Asplenium militare Cope], in Pliilip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 254. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Apo (321 DeVore el Hoover) May, 1903; 
(1505 Copeland), 1,800 m. alt., a specimen with more deeply lobed pinna-. 
A species remarkable for its resemblance to Asplenium scrra Langsd. et Fiscb., 
of tropical America, very large with broad lanceolate pinna.' which are lubed and 
finely denticulate, the ^.oii short and clo^e to the costa. 
40. Asplenium cuneatum Lam. Encycl. 2: 309. 
This group, difficult everywhere, is particularly pol3'morphous in the Philip- 
pines. A form that can be admitted to the Philippine fiora, without doubt, is 
the following: , ' 
Var. tripinnatum Fourn. Fil. Nov. Caledon. 307. 
Tripinnatifidiim, segmentis brevibus ovato-cuneatis. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Apo (318 DeVore et Hoover) May, 1903: 
Province of Zamboanga, San Ramon (1728 Copeland) April, 1904, alt. fiOO m. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Montalban (Loher) March, 190G. 
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41. Asplenium laserpitiifolium Lam. Encycl. 2: 310. 
This species in the young state is perhaps sometimes confused with the 
preceding, but Fourni&r 1. c, indicates a good distinctive character. In ,1. 
cuneatum the sori are narrow, flabollate and reach to the border of the piuuie, 
while in A. laserpitufoUuin they are convex and are confined to the middle of the 
pinna;. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Bagnio (6029 tHmer) : Province of Bataan, 
Mount ATariveles (17fi Whifford) May, 1904. 
Var. subvenustum n. var. 
This is a reduced form 30 to 45 cm. high with very much divid<'d fronds and 
blender stipes, the pinnules 5 mm. long, sometimes longer, triangular, flabellat<', 
the sori small, short, two or tliree on a pinnule, resembling Adianlum vcnustum 
Don. The sj>ecimen8 are not young plants, but appear to be full grown and 
constant in the above characters. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso (1097 Rfinit>s) July, 190fi; (SO Fos^xcorlhy) 
January, 1900: Province of Cavite, Mendcz Nunez (1037 Mangubat) August, 1900. 
42. Asplenium affine Sw.; Sclirad. Journ. 1800^ (1801) 5U. ' 
■ After compavi.son with specimens from Bourbon and Africa, 1 admit to the 
Philippine flora as this species, a specimen with bipinnate fronds, tlic pinnules 
elongate-rhomboidal, 2 cm. long, unequal, irregularly dentate, slightly incised, 
the sori numerous, straight, narrow, elongated, and parallel. In texture this 
species is firmer than the preceding one. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Todaya (1502 Copeland) October, 1904, alt. 
725 m. 
