NEW PHILIPPINE FERNS, II. 



liy Edwin Bingham Coi'eland. 

 [From the Bureau of Education, Manila, I'. /.) 



TRICHOMANES Bm. 



Trichomanes Christii C'opel. sp. nov. 



Rliizomate late repente, 1 mm. erasso; stipitibus tenuibus, ea. 1 cm. 

 altis, pilis brevissimis paucis pubescentibus; fronde 5-8 cm. altis, 25-35 

 mm. latis, acutis, tripinnatifidis; rbachi sursum angustc alata; pinnis 

 oblongis, obtusis, infinis diminutis; segmentis integris, linearibus; urceolis 

 infundibuliformi-campanulatis, anguste alatis alis saepius sub limbo 

 evanescentibus, limbo leviter elato, subbilabiato, receptaculo incluso. 



Mindoro, prope fluminem Baco. Merrill 1819. 



Near Trichomanes pyxidiferum and T. bipunctatum, easily recognized by the 

 comparatively large frond and short stipe, and included receptaculum. 



CYATHEA J. Bm. 



Cyathea tripinnata C'opel. sp. nov. 



Trimco erecto, 2 m. alto, 10 cm. erasso, albido-paleaceo, cicatricibus 

 frondium 3.5-4 cm. altis latisque; stipitibus 60 cm. longis, 2-3 em. 

 crassis, basibus in coronam palearum albo-straminearum 3-5 cm. lon- 

 garum 1 mm. latarimi occultis, sursum rhachibusque sub tomento minuto 

 denso fulvo atropurpurcis, spinulis acutis sparsis 1 mm. altis asperis; 

 fronde 2 m. longa, 1.5 m. lata, tripinnata; pinnis medialibus maximis, 

 80 cm. longis, 23 cm. latis, abrupte acutis; pinnulis ' 12 cm. longis, 

 20-25 mm. latis, abrupte acuminatis; pinnulis !i ca. 12 mm. longis, 3 mm. 

 latis, sessilibus, cordatis vel superioribus adnatis, subacutis, serrulatis, 

 herbaeeis, infra pallidioribus, paleis stramineis ad costas et rarissime ad 

 venulas sparsis, aliter glabris; venulis apud costam furcatis; soris costa- 

 libus, ca. 1.5 mm. latis, utroque latere ca. 5, ad partem mediam pinnulae 

 restrictis; indusio albo-stramineo, tenuissimo, in fragmenta sericea persis- 

 tentia mox rupto. 



Luzon, monte Mariveles, in cratere extincto, 900 m. s. m. Copeland 2068. 

 This has some characters in common with G. arachnoidca Hooker, but is a very 

 distinct species. 



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