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Of these species and supposed species, Diplora Cadieri is 
known to me only by what Christ has published on it. Phyllitis 
schizocarpa (Copel.) v. A. v. R. is very distinct from any other. 
The remainder fall into two groups: one Philippine, whether 
or not confined to these Islands; the other in New Guinea and 
the islands of the southern Pacific. 
The Philippine group contains one species, which must be 
called Phyllitis longifolia (Presl) 0. Ktze. Various writers 
have expressed the suspicion that Presl's Scolopendrium longi- 
folium is only a form of S. pinnatum. In this they are correct, 
but Presl's name is the older. In several spots near my home 
in Los Banos, the form with simple fronds is commoner than 
that with pinnate; but a search always reveals some pinnate 
ones, and in most localities, even in this neighborhood, pinnate 
fronds are the rule. Elsewhere in the Islands, only pinnate 
fronds have been collected. Haenke passed through this place, 
and may well have collected this fern here. There is not the 
least doubt that the local fern with simple leaves is the same 
as Scolopendrium pinnatum. The figure in Reliquiae Haen- 
keanae might as w^ell represent a New Guinea plant, and spec- 
imens from that region have often been referred to this species ; 
I have several Papuan specimens so identified. Local specimens 
are easily distinguished from any I have seen from New Guinea, 
but by characters, such as texture and color of frond and indu- 
sium, which are easily lost in ah illustration. Ours is distinctly 
a fleshy fern, growing on very moist soil and rocks near streams, 
but never in my experience rising to places as dry as the trunks 
of trees. 
Of the New Guinea-Polynesian group, I have in hand several 
specimens called Scolopendrium longifolium, which vyould better 
be determined as Phyllitis intermedia; fragments of Triphlebia 
Linza and Phyllitis intermedia v. A. v. R., kindly sent me by 
the author of the latter, Captain van Alderwerelt van Rosen- 
berg; the type fragment of Diplora integrifolia already men- 
tioned; and two good specimens, most diverse in appearance 
(fig, 1, 2), sent me by the Reverend Copland King with the 
note "Determined in Sydney as Scolopendrium Mambare Bailey." 
In spite of Mr. King's opinion to the contrary — and I appreciate 
the value of field knowledge and know that he knows his ferns 
well — I believe both determinations are correct. But one of 
these, the smaller, I could also determine as Triphlebia dimor- 
phophylla; and Christ has already declared that this can be 
distinguished in no way from Scolopendrium DurvilleL 
