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SCHIZOLOMA Gaud. 



Schizoloma ensifolium (>S\v.) J. Sm. 



Luzon, District of Lepanto, Mancayan, Copcland 1802. 

 Africa to Polynesia. 



LINDSAYA Dry. 



Lindsaya havicei Copeland n. sp. 



Rhizomate scandente, tenue, laete fusco, paleas minutas concolores cadu- 

 cas ferente; stipitibus remotis, 2-4 cm. altis, glabris, fuscis; fronde 12-15 

 cm. alta, 25 mm. lata, acuminata, pinnata, ubique glabra; rbacbi stra- 

 minca, gracile; pinnis brevi-stipitatis, 12-14 mm. longis, rbacbin versus 

 ubi 4 mm. altis truneatis, imlo sensim ad apices acuminatas falcatas 

 angustatis, membranaceis, marginibus acroscopicis tenuitor lobatis; venis 

 liberis; soris minutis, terminalibus, quam altis latioribus. 



Mindanao, Zamboanga, monte Balabac, 1,300 m. s. m., Copeland 1758. Ad 

 truncos muscosos. 



In all respects except thickness of the lamina this is a more delicate fern 

 than Ij. mcrrilliij the sori are terminal the width of the narrow segments, 

 without any teeth projecting over them. Dedicated to the superintendent of 

 the Government farm at San Ramon. 

 Lindsaya cyathicola Copeland n. sp. 



Rhizomate scandente, 0.6 mm. cnisso, purpureo, nitido, sparsissime 

 fulvo-paleaceo ; stipitibus remotis, 4-5 cm. altis, tenuibus, glabris, nitidis, 

 deorsum purpureis, sursum rhacbique viridcseentibus; fronde 15-20 cm. 

 alta, 15-18 mm. lata, utrinqne angustata, pinnata ; pinnis fere sessilibus, 

 interdum cuneatis, majoribus 9 mm. longis, 5 mm. altis, obtusis, margine 

 acroscopica vix ad mediam laminam bi- vel saepius trifida, glabris, mem- 

 branaceis; venis nisi in soris compositis liberis; soris parvis, simplicibus 

 vel compositis, omnibus quam altis latioribus, a margine remotis. 



Luzon, Bengoet, monte Bulusan, 2,100 in. s. m., Copcland 1938. Ad truncos 

 Cyatheae epiphytica. 



Related perhaps to L. pulohella Mett., but the individual fronds with more the 

 aspect of those of L. cultrata. 



Lindsaya montana Copeland (L. oopelcmdi C. Chr.) and Schizoloma hetern- 

 phyUum J. Sm., are forms of L. orbiculata (Lam.) Mett. 



LOXOGRAMME PresL 



Loxogramme iridifolia (Christ) Copel. {Cymnoyramma, iridifolia Christ, Verli. 

 Nat. Ces. Basel 2: 248. 1005.) 

 Mindanao, San Ramon, Copcland 1020. 

 Celebes. 



DIPLAZIUM S\v. 



Diplazium tabacinum Copeland n. sp. 



Rhizomate erecto, 8 mm. crasso, paleis brunneis lanccolato-subulatis 

 8 mm. longis vestito; stipitibus 30-40 cm. altis, 3-4 mm. crassis, supra 

 canalieulatis, deorsum sparse paleaceis, sursum rbachibusque pedicellisque 

 pinnarum costisquo brevissime pubescentibus ; fronde 30-40 cm. alta, 

 ovata. pinnata, in alis superioribus saepe prolifera; pinnis utroque latere 



