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356 COPELAND. 
viridibus infra paullo pallidioribus, costulis pilis et squamulis sparsis 
praeditis; soris costalibus, parvis, squamis laete brunneis subtensis, 
indiisio alio iiullo. 
China, prov. yuiinan, Siieiiiao forest, alt. 1,800 m, Henry JS136, 
Christ (I.e.) does not regard tliis as specifically distinct from his A. Confucn; 
but beside the presence of the copious enough hyaline hairs it differs in the 
absence of prickles on the rachis; and, in less important particulars, in the 
pinnules, which are decidedly more truncate at the base and less pale beneath, 
and the obtuse segments with inconspicuous veinlets; and the collectors' notes 
indicate that this is a much larger plant. 
Cyathea Mearnsii Copel. spec. nova. 
Caudice 5 cm crasso^ sursum radicibus paucis vestito; basibus stipitum 
paleis griseo-fuscis membranaceis 15 mm longis 1 mm latis praeditis; 
rhachi 1 cm crassa, fulva, ubique etenim superne glabra, inerme^ infra 
insertionem pinnarmn acrophoris parvis praedita; pinnis usque ad 60 
em longis,- 25 cm latis, sessilibus, rhachibus glabris vel mox glabres- 
centibus, costisque supra atrobrunneo-pubcscentibus ; pinnulis sessilibus, 
valde acuminatis, horizontalibus, maximis 125 mm longis, apud rhachin 
usque ad 29 mm latis, versus rliaclun ad costam, alibi ad alam angustam 
pinnatis, costa infra rubida, squamulis minutis furfuraceis praedita; 
segmentis falcato-acutis, scrratis, 3-4 mm latis, eostula infra interdum 
squamulosa excepta glabris, infra pallidis nee supra obscuris, coriaceis; 
pinnula^^ infima saepe dilatata et f ad costulam laciniata, sessile, non 
adnata; venulis utroque latere ca. 13, fere omnibus furcatis; soris costu- 
laribus, multiSj sed apicem segmenti baud attingentibus, 0.75-1.00 mm 
latis, indusio mox in segmenta magna fisso, (parte inferiore plus minus 
regulare excepta) transeunte, receptaculo globoso brevi-pilifero. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Bur. Sci. 2703, 21U Mearns, Distinguished from 
G. spinulosa by not having a spiny rachis nor bullate scales beneath tlie pinnules. 
Cyathea (Alsophila) Curranii Copel. spec. nova. 
Tninco 3 m alto, 20 cm crasso, cicatricibus 5 cm longis, 3 cm latis 
omato; stipite ca. 35 cm alto, fusco, tuberculato, paleis membranaceis 
fulvis usque ad 63 mm longis valde attenuatis integris vel ad apicem 
minute setiferis ad basin 4 mm latis cordatis vel rotundato-p el tails nisi 
ad pedem stipitis mox cadueis vestito; froude ca. 1 m longa; rbachi 
brunnea, supra dense et brevissime pilosa, infra paleis parvis lanceolatis 
deciduis praedita, sat dense tuberculata, tuberculis parvis rarius acutis; 
pinnis medialibus 50° distantibus brevi-stipitatis, 35 cm longis, 17 cm 
latis, rhacliibus infra atrocastaneis minute tuberculatis, paleis caducis 
praeditis, pinnis infimis dimimitis deflexis et longius stipitatis; pinnulis 
sessilibus, 9 cm longis, 1 em latis, sensim valde attenuatis, pinnatis, costa 
nigricante ubique glabra ; pinnulis ^^ infimis supra rhacliin pinnae deflexis 
iiec adnatis, aliJs adnatis sed plerisque liberis, confertis, subfalcatis, 
