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DAVALLIA Smith. 
Davallia solida (Forst.) Swtz. 
Epiphytic in deep ravines, alt. 600 m., No. 9784. 
Throughout the Philippines. 
Malaya to Queensland and Polynesia. 
Davallia embolostegia Copel. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 Suppl. 
(1906) 147, Tab. 3. 
On mossy trunks and logs, alt, 1200 m., No. 9835. ‘‘Loc- 
do-bogtong.’’ 
Luzon, Mindoro, Negros. 
Davallia wagneriana Copel. 
Alt. 1200 m., No. 9974. 
Mt. Apo, Mindanao. ; 
This material is larger and more incised than the type 
collection, which seems not to have included fully grown speci- 
mens. 
TAPEINIDIUM (Presl) C. Chr. 
Tapeinidium pinnatum (Cav.) C. Chr. 
Alt. 1200 m., No. 9881. 
Throughout the Philippines. 
Malaya, Polynesia. 
The fronds of this collection have the most slender 
pinnae and segments I have ever seen. 
BALANTIUM Kault. 
Balantium Copelandi Christ in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 C 
(1908) 301. 
In humid woods, alt. 1050 m. to 1500 m., Nos. 9694; 
10894, 9899. "''Locdo." 
Luzon, Province of Benguet. 
The field notes of No. 9899, alt. 1500 m., say ''Large 
tufts; rootstalk suberect, 1 foot long, a few inches thick; 
stipes ascending, 1 to 1.5 m. long, subterete, 1 inch thick 
at the base and densely covered with seta-like brown hairs." 
No. 9694, alt. 1050 m., is still larger, the caudex 30-60 cm. 
high, 15 cm. in diameter, the stipe 1 to 2 m. long, the 
frond 1 to 3 m., and the lowest pinnae 1 m. long. The 
typical Benguet plants are smaller, but differ in no other re- 
