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170 CHRIST. 
HEMIGRAMMA nov. -aui. 
Foliiti rosulatis simplicibus aut irregulariter piiiiuitipartitis, dimorphis, 
Bohferis contractis, nervatione sagcnioidea, i. e., pinnata, inter nervos 
laterales multifarie aroolata, nervulis liberis inchisis, soris liiieatis raiiiosis ,- j 
nervos anastomosantes sequentibus, ipsisque irregulariter anastomosau- 
tibiis et retieulatis. 
57. Hemigramma Zollinger! (S. Kurz) HemiGuitis ZolUngeri S. Kurz in 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 39:^ 90. *. 5. 
I believe that some of the specimens on which Dr. Copeland based his new 
species, Hemionitis gymnopteroidea^^ sliould be referred to Hemigramma ZolUng- 
eri. Copeland states that his species can be distinguished from H. ZoUingcri by 
the copious free veinlcts in the sterile frond. In my specimens of the species 
from Batavia, Java, ex Herb. Ilort. Bot. Bogor., and from Celebes, leg. Sarasin, the 
veinlets are also very numerous, even as Kurz himself shows in the figure cited 
above; moreover the constantly contracted fertile fronds of Hemionitis gymnopter- 
oidea are not a peculiarity of that species, as in my specimens from Montalban, 
leg. Lohei; they are 1 cm. wide and present the oblique lozenge-shaped soriferoug 
bodies as do the specimens from Java. 
Var. major (Copel) Hcmiofiitis gymnopteroidea forma major Copel. 1. c. 
Ehizomatc crasso obliqiio rudimentis stipitum tecto, fgliis fasciculatis 
paueis (3 ad 4) stipitibus, basi incrassatis usque ad 16 cm. longis basi 
squamis subulato-setiformibns patentibus nigris usque ad 1 cm. longis 
dense barbato, caeterum parcius sparse, lamina sterili 20 ad 25 cm. 
longa saepe basi aequilata, interduni simplice ovato-acuminata medio 7 
cm. lata repanda aut obtuse lobata^ saepius profunde pinnatifida aut 
basi pinnata^ valde irregulariter lobata, apice aucto et elongate usque 
ad 8 cm. lata,, pimiis usque ad 3 utrinqne, ovatis repandis acutis aut 
obtusis, pinnis basalibus saepe postice eordatis, omnibus ala plus minus ' 
lata junetisj fronrle saepe decurrente, lamina fertili valde contracta, 8 cm. 
longa, 4 cm. lata, 2 pinnis utrinque 5 cm. longis 3 mm. latis et apice 
irregulariter lobato, nervis lateralibus 12 ad 15 utrinque pro pinna, 
patentibus, rectiusculis, manifestis, fere ad marginom protcn?ij^, ca. 5 
areolas rectangulas includentibus, quae nervulorum reti nee non nervulis 
crebris liberis furcatis repletae sunt, pinnis soriferis irregularibus, spo- 
rangiorum nervulos sequentibus fulvis tectis. Textura lierbacea mcm- 
branacea, fere diaphana, colore laete virente, opaca. 
Luzo-Vj Province of Bataan, Lamao River (2124 Borden) December, 1904: 
Province of Rizal, Montalban (Loher) September, 1891. Mindanao, Province of 
Zamboanga, San Ramon (1780 Copeland) May, 1905. 
It does not form a nearly sessile rosette like the species, but the leaves are 
fascicled and stipitate and the sterile fronds, like the fertile ones, are pinnatifid 
and even pinnate. The size is much larger. 
This form imitates strangely Leptochilus latifolius (Meyen) [Gymnopteris 
faccacfolia J. Sm.) in the protean variation of the fronds and in its habit. 
Normally to rate the large plant as a variety would not be comprehensible, from 
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Perk. Frag. Fh Philip. (1905) 183. 
