396 Leavers or PHILIPPINE BOTANY (Vou, Ti. Amr. 19 
spect. Some specimens were distributed by the Bureau of Science 
under the name Dennstaedtia Elmeri Christ which was never 
published. 
DENNSTEADTIA Bernh. 
Dennsteadtia articulata Copel. spec. nova. 
Species D. erythrorachidi Christ affinis, ea statura majore, 
pinnulis in segmentis lobatis pinnatisectis, textura tenulores 
insertionibus pinnularum dense pubescentibus distincto. 
Rhizomate, fide Elmer, supra terram repente, ramoso, fere 
2 em. crasso, nigro-fusco; stipitibus remotis, 1 to 1.5 m. altis, 
deorsum sparse nigro-aeuleatis, supra insigniter canaliculatis; 
rhachidibus pernitidis castaneis, glabris, sulcatis, pinnarum pin- 
nularumque conspicue articulatis, et in sulcis et densissime apud 
insertiones pinnularum et interdum segmentorum inferiorum 
pubescentibus; fronde ultra 1 m. alta, deltoidea; pinnis oppositis, 
ovato-lanceolatis; pinnulis oppositis, infimis diminutis, subsessili- 
bus, acuminatis; segmentis pluris fere liberis, ala angustissima 
connexis, maximis 2 em. longis, 8 mm. latis, oblongis, obtu- 
sis, glabris, papyraceis, leviter pauci-lobatis; venulis in seg“ 
mento quoque 4-5-jugis, inferioribus fureatis; soris in sinubus 
loborum, 1 mm. latis vel paullo majoribus. 
Horn of Negros Mountain, in very moist rich soil, alt. 
1800. m., No. 9771. — 
This is distinguished from D. erythrorachis of Mindanao and 
Celebes as stated above. Its other Philippine relative, D. Elmeri 
Copel. of Luzon, has free secondary pinnules, narrower, more 
remote, more deeply eut, and more strongly auricled than the seg- 
ments of D. articulata, no bunches of hairs at the articulations, 
and the rachises of the pinnae spiny and of the pinnules pubes- 
cent, while, except as already noted, both are smooth and 
naked in this Species. Ihave not seen D. ampla (Bak.) Bedd. 
which is described as having rachises pubescent only in the 
Steere ultimate segments with 7 or 8 veinlets on a side, and 
without mention of articulations or of spines on the rhizome. 
The local name given this fern is ‘*Locdo-maitum”’ 
referring to its dark color. 
SACCOLOMA Kaulf. 
Saccoloma moluccanum (BI. Mett. 
