152 



flabellif ormibus ; Boris in pinna qnaque ca. 5, paginam totam denique 

 obtegente. 



Luzon, Bontoc, Batilao, 1,(500 m. s. m., Copelund. Ad Mxa ealcarea. 



A dear-cut species of the Trichomanes group, apparently very local. 

 Asplenium vulcanicum Bl. 



Mindanao, San Ramon, Copeland 1007; Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley. Mrs. 

 Clemens. 



Malaya. 

 Asplenium horridum Kaulf. 



.Mindanao. .Monnl Apo, DeVore and Hoover 319; San 'Ramon, Copeland. 



.lava to Hawaii. 



SCOLOPENDRIUM 8m. 



Triphlehia, at least in Hie case of '/'. pinnala (J. Sm.) Baker, is not distin- 

 guished by any constant character from Seolopendrium, to wliich genus the species 

 should he returned. 

 Scolopendrium schizocarpum Copeland n. sp. 



Rhizomate repente, breve, 4 em. erasso, radices civberrimas emittente, 

 apicem versus paleis nitido-fuseis appressis obteeto; stipite 3-3 em. alto, 

 atro, paleis fuscis sparsis vestito; fronde simp] ice. oblanceolata, 20-30 cm. 

 alia, ;> cm. lata, caudato-acuminata, Integra vel undulata, deorsum ad 

 alas stipitis sonsim diminuta, coriacea, glabra, infra pallida; venis fur- 

 eatis oeetdtis; soris obliquifl, more 8. vulgaris oppositis Bed pemotioribue 

 nee vero plerumque inter se eontingentibus. (Tab. 9.) 



Mindanao, Zamboanga, San Ramon, Copeland 174.L Ad truncos muscosos 

 epiphytica, 750 m. s. m. 



This fern differs from 8. longifolium Presl., in having the rhizome comparatively 

 short and stout, and covered with roots, the stipe short, the frond broader 

 and broadest toward the apex, rather abruptly acuminate, the costa not channeled 

 above, the veins oblique, and the opposite sori of each pair often separated by 

 more than their own width. 



BLECHNUM Linn. 



Blechnum Patersoni (R. Br.) Mett. 



Luzox, Province of Bengust, Pauai, Copeland 1044; Luzon. Cuming 200. 

 Simple fronds represent L. enminijiana Book. 



India to New Zealand. 

 Blechnum patersoni var. majus nom. now [Lomaria elongate Bl.) 



Mindanao, Mount Apo, Copeland 1508. 



Same range as the typical plant. 

 Blechnum vestitum (Blume) Kuhn. 



Mindanao, Mount Apo. Copcland loll. 



.lava. 



STENOCHLAENA .1. Sm. 



Stenochlaena subtrifoliata Copeland n. sp. 



Rhizomate scandente, 10-15 mm. erasso, angvdato, paleis fuseis lan- 

 ceolatis vel ovatia 5-10 mm. longis densissime vestito; stipitibus 10-20 

 cm. longis, validis, deorsum porpaleaeeis, siirsum Bubglabrescentibus ; 

 fronde plantae adultae pinnata, 45—1 o em. longa, ovata : pinnis ad rhachin 



