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01. Cyathea Negrosiana ii. sp. 
Stipite digit! et basi fere pollicis cra-s^itie^ b;usi atro-, ciupra cum 
rhachi costisque rufo-eastaneo^ verrucis minutis creberrimis, scaben'iino, 
lucido, basi squamis subulato-setaceis flexuosis lucentibus atrofuscis 2 
cm. longis dense vestito, ob pinnas abbreviatis iafcriores valdo descen- 
dentes solummodo 15 aut 20 cm. longo, fronde tripinnata ultra 1 m. 
loiiga 25 cm. lata^ ovato-acuminata versus basin sensim attenuata^ pinnis 
remotis, 10 ad 15 utrinque, erecto-patentibus mediis longissijuis, 35 cm. 
longis, 14 cm, latis, caudato-acuminatis, sessilibus, versus ])nsin non 
attenuatis, pinniilis remotiusculis, 1.5 cm. distantibus, sessililxis, ca. 20 
utrinque infra apiccm pinnatifidiim, 7 cm. longis^ acuminutis, 14 mm. 
latis, fere usque ad costam incisis, sogmontis ai)proximatis falcato- 
]anceolatis, acutiusculis, 7 mm. longis, 2.5 mm. latis^ obtuse crenulatis, 
■eostis costulisque dense squamulis ovatis bullatis rufo bruuncis more 
0. Loheri vestitis, nervis basi furcatis^ 8 aut 10 utrinque^ soris costulis 
adpressisj 3 aut 5 utrinque minutis^ indusio griseo-brunneo primum 
globular! nitidulo mox confracto, frustulis squamiformil)Us irrcgularibus 
roceptaculum nigrum elo\atuin circumdantibus. Textura lierbacea, 
colore atrovirid!^ opaco. 
Negros, Mount Silay (1536 Whitford) May, 1906, alt. 1,000 m. 
This species was determined by Gopelcmd as Cyathea Christii, but it is 
distinguished from the latter by its axial parts l)eing riclily covered with 
furfuraceous scales, by the costae being covered with rounded inlhited scales, by 
its membranous texture and very reduced size. 
92. Cyathea ferruginea n. sp. 
Stipite pennae cygni crassitie cum rbachi subnitido, anguloso, ca^staneo, 
iloccoso-paleaceo sublaevi, pinnis 26 cm. longis, 11.5 cm. latis stipitatis 
ovato-acuniinatis basi aliquantum attenuatis, i. e.^ pinnula infima abbre- 
viata, eostis pinnarum indumento floccoso paleaceo squamis rufis crispis 
e basi ovata subulatis crispulis patentibus rufis constituto tectis, pinnulis 
ca. 15 utrinque infra apiccm lobatum^ remotis, i. c, spatio 2 cm. lato 
separatis, lanceolatis, acutis nee caudatis sessilibus 6 cm. longis, 11 cm. 
latis, ad alam angustam incisis, segmentis ca. 14 utrinque confertis, 
angulo fere nullo interjecto, faleatis acutiuscnlis aut obtiisis, ovatis, 0.5 
cm. longiSj 3 mm. latis, minute crenulatis^ costulis pinnulnnim supra 
puberulis subtus omnino squamis rufo-griseis ovatis adpressis acutis 2 
mm. longis tectis, faceibus fere glabris, nervis 6 plcruniquc furcatis, 
soris nicdiis 4 aut 5 utrinque, cinnamomeis, vix 1 mm. latis, eonflucn- 
tibus, indusio fugaci vix conspicuo, frustulis cum aquamulis mixtis. 
Textura herbacea^ colore dilute viridi, opaco. 
Palawan, Mount Pulgar (560 Foanrorfhy) March, 1906, alt. 1,150 m. 
A small species 2 m. high, acaulescent according to Foxworthy's notes, gro\\ing 
just below the summit of the mountain on an exposed ridge in tlie mossy forest. 
