LEAFLETS or Pmitippine BOTANY [ VoL. IL. Art. 19 
Rhizomate 1-2 mm. crasso, radicibus basibusquei stipitum 
dense obtecto; stipitibus 2-6 cm. altis, nigris, filiformibus, 
deorsum paleis pallide fuscis 0.5 mm. longis sparsis deciduis 
vestitis, fasciculis vascularibus 2 usque ad laminam distinetis; 
fronde 5-8 cm. alta, 2 em, lata, bipinnata pinnis utroque 
latere 5-8 pedicellatis vix auriculatis, apice rotundatis denta- 
tisque, infimis reductis; pinnulis cuneiformibus, utroque latere 
1-2 liberis, prima aeroscopiea maxima, rhachidi frondis paral- 
lela, dentatis dentibus 1-4, herbaceis, glabris, infra paullo palli- 
dioribus; venulis in dentibus, nec non interdum in pinnulis, 
solitariis; soris asplenioideis, 1-3 mm. longis. 
Horn of Negros Mountain, on wet earth under large, mossy 
rocks, alt. 1450 m., No. 9884. 
I first mistook this for an Asplenium and the bundles of 
the stipe did not clear its affinity; but the pales, though 
pale, are of Athyrium type. Its generic position is finally es- 
tablished by its quite evident affinity to A. Bolsteri and A. 
Williamsi, and not to any species of Asplenium. 
Athyrium meyenianum (Presl) Milde. 
In tufts in ravines, alt. 750 and 850 m., Nos. 9626, 10010. 
Paco.” : 
Central Luzon to Mindanao. 
Caudex erect, 15 em. high. Stipes 1 m. long, fronds 1 
to. 2m: na 
Athyrium sorsogonense (Presl) Milde. 
Damp soil in thickets, alt. 1200 m., No. 10392. 
Mindoro and southern Luzon southward. 
India (?), Malaya. 
Athyrium dolichosorum Copel. 
Alt. 1050 m., No. 9958, **Loedo.”” 
Luzon, Mindanao. 
Formosa to India and Polynesia. 
Athyrium oligosorum Copel. 
On walls of ravines, alt. 1200 m., No. 9991, 
Mt. Halcon, Mindoro. 
Subcoriaceous; pinnae dark green above, sulphurescent or 
glaucescent green beneath. Not typical. 
