viir, a 3 Copeland: Notes on some Javan Ferns 141 
reasonably variable, but appearing in the same characteristic forms in the 
whole Malayan region. D. sarawakensis is a form with exceptionally lone 
and narrow fronds and blackish paleae; it is recognizable, but I think best 
not regarded as specifically distinct. 
TECTARIA Cavanilles 
TECTARIA GIGANTEA (Bl.) Copel. 
Aspidium giganteum Blume, Enum. 159. 
This belongs in the section "Cicutariae"/ and is not nearly related to 
irleocneima. 
ATHYRIUM Roth 
r 
ATHYRIUM PETERSENII (Kze.) Copel. comb. nov. 
Asplenium Petersenii Kze. Anal. (1837) 24. 
Near A, japonicnm (Thunb.) Copel. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) 
Bot. 290. ' 
ATHYRIUM PULCHERRIMUM Copel. sp. nov. Plate III. 
Filix formosa A. nigripedi (Bl.) Moore affinis; stipite stra- 
mineo, 30 cm alto, deorsum paleis lanceolatis productis pallide 
brunneis usque ad 1 cm longis saepe deflexis sparsis vestito; 
fronde 30-40 cm alta, ovata, acuminata, tripinnata, rhachi nuda, 
pinnis infimis subdeflexis, sequentibus horizontalibus, usque ad 
15 cm longis et 5 cm latis, plerisque imbricatis, brevipedicel- 
latis, valde acuminatis, rhachibus viridi-castaneis; pinnulis im- 
bricatis, brevistipitatis, oblongis, obtusis ; pinnula " prima acro- 
scopica maxima, orbiculari-oblonga, acute dentata ; costis supra 
pilis sparsis donatis, lamina herbacea, glabra ; soris costularibus, 
brevibus ; indusio lato, saepe lacerato, brunneo. 
Java, Mount Pangeranggo, alt. 2,950 m, No, 990, U. S. Nat. Herb. No, 
652520, 
The very uniform dissection of the ample frond gives this fern a strik- 
ingly attractive appearance. 
ATHYRIUM SUBSCABRUM Copel. sp. nov. Plate IV. 
Forsan Diplazium gregis A. Blumei (Bergsm.) Copel. minus 
dissectum; stipite 30 cm alto, valido, basi nigro, ubique sparse 
spinuloso et minute pulverulento; fronde ca. 50 cm alta, 
triangulari-ovata, tripinnatifida, rhachi straminea sparse echi- 
nulata; pinnis fere horizontalibus, subsessilibus, inferioribus 20 
cm longis, 8 cm latis, oppositis, rhachibus subscabris, sursum 
alatis; pinnulis sessilibus, acutis, 15-20 mm latis, | ad costas pin- 
natifidis, costis nudis; lobis 2-3 mm latis, oblique acutis, subin- 
tegris, lamina coriacea, glabra, infra vix pallidiore, soris usque 
' This Journal 3 (1908) Bot. 410. 
