pas. 
L3 MHO : "mTI po! 
LzarLETS oF PmiPPINE BOTANY [Vor. IT. ART. 
. . Elmer states that the stipes are almost 1 em. thick at the 
base, and very rigid, the plant forming dense tangled patches. 
Gleichenia gigantea Wall. 
Alt. 1600 m., No. 9902. 
India, China. . 
Sprawling over thickets in wet woods, and forming large, 
tangled masses on exposed ridges. Rachises green and very 
scaly; primary pinnae 60 cmi. apart, 1 to 2 m. long. The 
segments are smaller and narrower than figured by Hooker, 
but it is typical in all other respects, and altogether like a 
specimen from Khasya. 
Gleichenia hirta Bl. 
Alt. 1550 m., No. 10084. 
I beleive that this includes G. dolosa Copel. found in 
central Luzon, Mindoro, and Mindanao. 
Malaya. 
OSMUNDACEZE. 
OSMUNDA Linn. 
Osmunda banksiaefolia (Pres!) Kuhn. 
Alt. 750 m. and upward, No. 10164. 
Luzon, Mindanao. 
Kamtchatka to China. i 
Caudex 15 cm. thick, .90 to 60 cm, high; 
high, beside the stipe; the lower pinnae ferti 
OPHIOGLOSSACE AS. 
OPHIOGLOSSUM Linn. 
Ophioglossum pedunculosum Desv. 
In mossy soil in woods, ab 1400 i m., No. 10207. 
Luzon, Mindoro, Mindanao. 
Japan to India and New Caledonia. 
Ophioglossum péndulum Linn. 
Alt. 1200 m., No, ,9816. “Dagon. dd 
Throughout the Philippines. 
Mauritius to Hawaii. 
Ww fronds 2 m. 
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