NEW SPECIES OF CYATIIEA. 355 
Caudice (teste Fenix) 9 cm crasso, breve; stipite ultra 60 cm alto 
atro-fusco^ aculeis acutis 1 mm longis sparsis lionido, siipra basin pinnis 
2 pinnatis 6 cm altis praedito, ad bat-in paleis paucis angustis brunncis 
15 mm longis adpressis vestito^ aliter rbachibusqne subasperuli^ glabris; 
pinnis maximis 35-40 cm longis, 20 cm latis. ovatis in apicem pinna- 
tifidum abmpte contractis; pimiulis ca. 10 cm longis, fere 2 cm latis, 
sessilibus, aciiminatis, apud rhachin ad costam siirsuui ad alam incisis. 
eostis infra plerumqnc glabris, supra pubcscontibus; segmontis 4 mm 
latis, obtusis, obscure serrulatis, costulis infra paleis parvis paucis prae- 
ditis, lamina glabra. fere membranacoa, supra atroviride, infra olivacea; 
venulis furcatis; sori? ca. 0.7 mm latis^ globosis, fulvo-stramineis, stric- 
tissime costularibus ; indusio nullo. 
Santo Domingo de Basco, Ins. Batanes, Bur. *S*ct. 57.97 Finix. 
Cyathea Foxworthyi Copel. spec. nova. 
Arbor caudice 2 m alto; stipite brevissimo, 1 cm crasso, infra squa- 
mulis minutis furfuraceis vestito et spinis validis brevibus acutis densis 
horrido, supra paleis setaceis atrocastaneis ca. 1 cm longis obtecto; fronde 
150 cm alta, rhachi fere ad l)asin stipitis pinnis reductis praedita, sur- 
sum glabrescente, sparse asperula, fulvo-fusca; pinnis niajoribus 45 cm 
longis, sessilibus, ad apicem pinuatifidum abrupte contractis, rhacliibus 
supra purpureo-velutinis, infra minute tuberculatis, paleis minutis spar- 
sis deciduis praeditis; pinnulis ca. 10 cm longis, 16 mm latis, sessilibus, 
sursum sensim in caudam serratam angusta.tis, vix ad costas pinnatifidis; 
costis supra pilosis, infra squaunilis sparsis praeditis, atropurpureis; 
sogmentis linoari-oblongis 3 mm latis, obtusis, acute serrulatis; lamina 
subeoriacea, glabra, viride, infra pallida; venulis utroque latere ca. 11, 
furcatis; soris costalibus, globosis, 0.8 mm latis; indusio fulvo, mox ore 
irregulare aperto dein sensinx fatiscente. , 
Luzon, Mount Banajao, alt. 1,200 ni, Bui\ Sci. 2j62 Foxivortluj. 
In spite of the fairly persistent and at first conspicuous indusium I bflicve 
this species is not very roniotoly related to C. callosa Christ and to C. exiensa 
Swtz., the latter being the type species of Alsophila. 
Cyathea chinensis Copel. spec. nova. 
C. Confucii Christ Ac. Geog. Bot. 15 (1906) 102 partim. 
Trunco usque ad 6 m alto; fronde grande; rhachi subglabra, baud api- 
culata; pinna maxima in herbario hongkongense 42 cm longa, 13 cm lata, 
sessile, acuminata, rhachi straminea, infra sparse piiosa supra densius 
pilis purpureo-fuscis adpressis obsita; pinnulis sessilibus, 7 cm longis, 
14 mm latis, serrato-caudatis, profunde pinnatifidis, sinubus acutis; costis 
supra fusco-pilosis, infra pilis hyalinis et paleis minutis irregularibus 
sparsissimis ycstitis; venulis utroque latere 7-9 plerisque furcatis, incon- 
spicuis; scgmentis 3 -mm latis, subfalcatis, obtusis, serrulatis, herbaceis, 
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