The Philippine Journal of Science, C. Botany. 
Vol. VI, No. 3, July, 1911. 
NEW OR INTERESTING PHILIPPINE FERNS, V, 
By Edwin Bingkam Copeland. 
{From the College of Agriculture, Los Bams, P. I.) 
CYATHEA Smith. 
Cyathea Robinsonii Copel. spec. nova. 
Species foliis tripinnatis C. integrae J. Sm. affinis; truiico 2-4 m 
alto, 4 cm crasso; stipite ca. 40 cm longo, basi paleis bnmneis linear- 
ibus integris fere 2 cm longis vestito, sursum atropurpuroo minute squa- 
muloso, hispido; fronde ca. 1 m alta, 70 cm lata, abrupte acuta, rha- 
chibus praesertim minoribus paleis linearibus fulvis densissime et aliis 
minutis vestitis, pinnis apicalibus simplice pinnatis excepti? utroque 
latere ca. 9, infimis paullo reductis baud rcmotis, maximis medialibus, 
fere 40 cm longis, 16 cm latis, stipitula 2-3 cm longa; pinnulis stipilu- 
• latis horizontalibus, 16 mm latis; pinnulis" usque mediam pmnulam 
liberis, infimis etiam brevissimc pedicellatis, anguste elhpticis, obtusis, 
integris, supra glabris infra ad venula^ setosis, supra purpureo-nigns, 
infra caeruleis, rigide papyraceis; venulis utroque latere ca. G, furcatis, 
Boris medialibus, indusio globoso, fisso. 
L„Z0N, Province of Tayabas, Mount Binuang, Bur. Sci. 9S9J, Rohinson. alt. 
A^'already stated this is a relative of 0. Integra, but differ, in various details. 
HYMENOPHYLLUM Smith. 
Hymenophyllum subflabellatum Ces. cnnpland 
U-ZON, Province of Laguna, Mount Maquiling, altitude 1 OoO m, '«? , ^"^^^^^ 
The published description of this niinute fern is inadequate Ju -nU'ns 
nothing to prevent this determination. It was originally described from Borneo. 
DRYOPTERIS Adans. 
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Dpyopteris sessiMpinna Copel. spec. nova. 
Ehizomate repente, 2-3 mm era.so, ligneo; stipitibus coufertis 5-^15 
cm altis, minute pubescentibus, pinnis remotis in rudimenta vix 2 mm 
longa abrupte contractis adspersis; fronde 12-20 cm alta 4-5 cm la a, 
sursum sensim longe attenuata, pinnata, supra med.am solummodo pm 
