392 LEAFLETS or PHILIPPINE BOTANY  [Vor. T ART. 
POLYSTICHUM Roth. 
Polystichum carvifolium (Kze.) C. Chr. 
Damp soil in deep thicket, alt. 600 m., No. 9949. "Loedo."' 
Luzon, Mindoro, Mindanao. 
Natal to Hawaii. 
Polystichum horizontale Presi var. sordidum Copel. var. 
nova. 
Forma maxima, rhachidibus glabrioribus pilis fere ca- 
rentibus, paleis sordidis, vix rufis. 
On trunk near the ground, alt. 1200 m., No. 9715. 
“Lodo? 
The stipes are 30 to 100 cm. and the fronds 1 to 3 m. long. 
A part of Cuming 180 is possibly this variety. 
TECTARIA Cav. 
Tectaria melanocaulon (BI.) Copel. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 
2 C (1907) 416. 
On Bonyao river bank, alt. 750 m., No. 9854. 
Luzon, Mindanao. 
China to New Guinea. 
Tectaria decurrens (Pres!) Copel. ibid. p. 412. 
Tufts on boulders along Bonyao river, alt. 750 m., No. 9853. 
Luzon, Mindoro, Mindanao. 
India and China to Polynesia. 
"Short erect rootstalk, one to several inches thick.” 
Tectaria irregularis (Pres!) Copel. ibid. p. 416. var. 
Brogniartii. 
Alt. 600 m., No. 9948. 
Luzon, Negros. 
Malaya. 
PLEOCNEMIA Presl. 
Pleocnemia cumingiana Presl. 
Forming great tufts, alt. 600 m., No. 10007. 
Luzon, Mindanao. 
Caudex 30 cm. or more high, 25 em. thick, stipe 3 m. 
ong, frond as long. Doubtfully distinct from Tectaria leuzeana 
(Gaud.) Copel. 
