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permultis, fere borizontalibus, ea. 2 mm. latis, rhaebin versus vix dila- 

 tatis, obtusis, intcgris, glabrescentibus, papyraceo-berbaeeis, infimis in 

 dontes diminutis; eosta sursum sinuata, venis simplicibus, obliquis, 

 adscendentibus ; Boris oblongis, eostae fere parallelibus, utroque latere 

 usque ad 10, subimmersis cum marginibus prominulis. (Tab. 20.) 



Mindanao, Davao, monte Apo, Copeland 1527. Ad truncos muscosos, 1,800 



111. S. 111. 



Near Poljfpodium HUtant Blume, with authentic specimens of wliieli Dr. Christ 

 lias kindly coin pared it. 



Polypodium yoderi Copeland. 



Rhizomate filiforme, paleis brunneis lancenlato-ovatis spar-sis vestito: 

 stipite lignoso, ea. 2 em. alto, pilis atro-rubris distantibus 2 mm. longis 

 vestito vel deorsum glabrescentibus, rhizomate baud articulator fronde 

 15-25 cm. alta, lanceolata, bipinnata ; rbaebi piloso; pinnis adscenden- 

 tibus, 5 mm. latis, contiguis, rbaebibus pinnarum alatis; pinnulis steri- 

 libus an<;ustissiiiiis. deorsuin vix 0.25 mm. latis, sursum paulo latioribus, 

 plerumque pilos solitarios terminales ferentibus ; fertilibus spatulatis; 

 soro solitario, in parte superiore dilatata pinnulae. 



I'anay, monte Madiaas. .1. K. Voder. 



Very near tlie Bornean /'. laxodioides Baker, but clearly characterized by the 

 strongly spatulate fertile pinnules, bearing the sori above the middle. As is 

 true of various epiphytic Eupolppodie of the montane mossy forests, there is no 

 trace of an articulation of the stipe to the rhizome. 

 Polypodium tenuisectum Bl. 



Mindanao. Davao. Mount Apo, Copeland 1521). Xkoros, Oanlaon Volcano. 

 Banks. 



Malaya. 



Polypodium (Schellolepis) mengtseense Christ. (Tab. 21.) 

 Luzon, Benguet, Ambuklao, Copeland L829. Ad terrain. 750 m. s. m. ; Adouay, 



1,200 in. s. m.. Copeland 1831; Twin Peaks, 800 m. s. m., Copeland 1800: Elmer 

 0400; Bagnio, Elmer 0002. 



China. 



A small, glabrous, terrestrial species, well characterized by the narrow, sharply 

 serrate pinna 1 . The texture and the ampleness of the pimiic vary considerably 

 with the environment. 



Polypodium (Schellolepis) pseudoconnatum Copeland n. sp. 



Rhizomate ea. 5 mm. erasso, lignoso, cretaeeo, paleis brunneis lanceo- 

 latis aeuminatis 5 mm. longis deciding vestito: stipite 20 cm. alto vel 

 ultra, valido, glabrescente ; fronde 50 em. alta, 30-35 em. lata, acumi- 

 nata; rbaebi sursum sordido-paleaeea ; pinnis articulatis, plerumque 

 oppositis, sessilibus, eordatis, aeuminatis, erasso-serratis, berbaceis, fere 

 glabris, inferioribus maxiniis 20 cm. longis, 18 mm. latis; venulis in 

 seriam unani areolarum majorum, interdum in alteram multo minorum 

 anastomosantibus ; soribus magnis, infra prominent ibus. (Tab. 22.) 



Luzon, Lepanto, Bagnen, Copelan-d 1004a, 1017. Bpiphytieum (an semper?) 



1,000 m. s. m. 

 Typically different from /'. siibauriciilatitni Bl. in the quite opposite cordate 



