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40. Dryopteris rubida (J. Sm.) 0. Kuntze Eev. Gen. PI. 2 (isni) 813. 
Goniopferis ruhida J. Sni. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 3 (1841) 395; Polypodium 
rubidum Hook. 8p. Fil. 5: 12. 
Luzon (415 Cuming) : Province of Bataan, Mount Marivelea {272 Whitford) 
^ May, 1904. Palawan (075, 084 Foxuorthy) March, April, 1900. 
The base of the stipe, which is not descrihcd by Uooler, is as tliick as one*8 
finger, covered with subulate stiff dark brown scales 2 cm. long, and also pustular. 
Endemic to the Pliilippines. 
41. Dryopteris triphylla (Sw.) C. Chr. Tnd. Fil. (1905) 208. Menisrium 
fn'phijllum Sw. in Schrad. Journ. 1800-: 10. 
Luzon (11009 Wxrhury). Leyte (299 Cuming). NEtiiios (7fl CoprJand) ; 
Gimagaan River (1000 Whitford) May, 1906. 
Malayan region. 
Var. data n, var. 
MajuSj GO cm. ot ultra alta, pinnis saopins 5^ remotis fere lanceolatis 
valde elongato-candatis^ sons brevibus non junctis. 
Negbos, Gimagaan River (1008 Whitford) May, 1900. Luzon, Province of 
Riznl, Mabacal [holier) March, 1906; Angibig {Loher) March, 1900. 
II. LASTREA [mchuWng Phegopferis). 
42. Dryopteris Loheriana (Christ) C. Chr. Ind. Fil. 11905) 275. Aspidiiim 
Loherianum Clnist. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 6 (1898) 191. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Montalban [Loher) October, 1890; Mount Batay 
[Loher) April, 1905: Province of Laguna, Mount Maquiling [Loher) April, 
1900: Province of Pampanga, Mount Arayat (3908 Merrill) October, 1904: Dis- 
trict of Lopanto, Balili (1910b Copcland) November, 1905. 
This species, which has all the appearances of a Lastrea, sometimes has the 
basal nerves joined. 
, Endemic to the Philippines. 
43. Dryopteris stenobasis C. Chr. Ind. Fil. (1905) 294. Lastrea attenuata 
J. Sm. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 3 (1841) 412. 
Samab (327 Cuming). 
This species presents in the greatest degree the reduction of the lower pinnae, 
a character common to so many of the Philippine species. The position of the 
species, with its numerous nerres in the very nan*o\v lobes, is uncertain and 
seems to approach 'XeplirodiuTn. 
Endemic. 
44. Dryopteris orientalis (Gmel.) ^. Chr. Ind. Fil. (1905) 281. Polypodium 
oHentale Gmel. Ryst. 2: 1312. 
Var. Webbiana (Hook.) Nephrodium ^ychhianum Hook. Sp. Fil. 4: 85. 
Differs from D. orientalis (Polypodium pectinatum Forsk. and Aspidium 
alhopiinctatum Bory) in lacking the calcareous coating on the upper surface 
and the lobes more horizontal and more angular, but it is not more than a 
variety of tlie African species. It is found also in Amboina and the Viti Islands, 
and appears unexpectedly in the Philippines. The Island of Reunion is the 
intermediate place in its distribution. 
Mindanao, Province of Zamboanga, San Ramon (1712 Copeland) April. 1905, 
alt. 850 m. . 
Eastern ;^[alayan region, rare and widely distributed. 
