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CYATHEA Sin 
89. Cyathea rufopannosa n. sp. 
Stipite erecto arboreo, 2 m. alto aut altioro, anguloso, 3 cm. diametro, 
stipite digit! crassitie, cylindrico, 55 cm. alto, castaneo, basi verrucis 
nnmerosis brevibus scd luiic inde pungentibus scaberrima et squamis 1.5 
cm. longis lanceolatis acuminato-falcatis dure scariosis nee diaplianis 
lucidissimis castaneis tecta, undiqiie cum rhachi ct costis indiimento 
furfuraceo fibrilloso spisso tecto, fronde late ovata usque ad 1.5 m. louga 
(Copeland) fere GO cm. lata versus basin attenuata, rliachl digit! crassitie 
verrucis cabra rufotonieutosa et setulis subulatis fibrillosa, pinnis reraotis 
uti videtur ca. 15 utrinque^ infra apicem pinnatisectum, infimis deflexis, 
mcdiis 37 cm. longis (infimis 22 cm. longis) 11 em. latis, sessilibus, ad 
basin paulum attenuatis, acuminatis, pinnulis ea. 30 utrinque, approxi- 
matis 5.5 cm. longis 1.5 cm. latis lanceolatis acutiusculis nee caudatis, 
usque ad rhachim incisis, segmentis pectinatis ca. 20 utrinque, ligidatis, 
obtusiusculis, crenulatis, inflmis posterioribus dentatis, 5 mm. longis, 
2 mm. latis parce setulosis, nervls furcatis ca. 8 utrinque, costis piunul- 
arum subtus squamis lanceolatis rufis nee non squamulis bullatis um- 
bonatis rufis dense obtectis, soris parvis paucis costae pinnulae approxi- 
matis ultra medium segmenti rare protensis, confertis rufis 1 mm. latis, 
iudusio brunneo-rufo irregulariter confracto more Ampliicosmiae. Text- 
ura herbacea, colore partium frouflosarnm laete virente, partium axialium 
rufo-cinnamomeo. 
Mindanao, Province of Zamboaiiga, San Hamon (1730, 1735 Copeland) April, 
1905, alt. 1,200 ni. 
A striking species, the base of the stipe with short sharp spines, the scales at 
the base of tlie stipe large, firm, shining, dark brown, the axial parts and even 
the costse covered witli a dense fibrillous brick-rod pubescence, the fronds tripin- 
natifid, the pinnules and segments serrate, the latter small, slightly dentate, 
the sorl small, reddish, borne near the costa. 
90. Cyathea Loheri Christ in Bull. Herb. Boiss. IT. 6 (1906) 1007. 
This species was discovered by Loher on Mount Banajao and on Mount 
Maquiling, Luzon. A form occurs on Mount Tonglon (Santo Tomas) ; that is 
sufTiciently distinct to warrant being described as a variety. 
Var. Tonglonensis n. var. 
Stipite rugoso et cicatricoso, squamis subulato-setaceis basi verrucosis 
flexuosis flaccidis atrobrunneis ultra 1 em. longis patontil)us, nee rigidis 
. adpressis searioso-argenteis tecto, costis densissime squamis Indlatis brun- 
neis toctis, segmentis minoribus dense pectinatis. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Tonglon (4991 Curran) August, 1906. 
It is possible that Ahopliila lepifera J. Sm. apud Hook. Sp. Fil. 1 : 54, is 
the same as Cyathea Loheri^ but the description of the former is too incomplete 
to verify this. 
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