NovEMBER 15, 1910] ‘Tye Ferns or Mounr Apo 
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ASPLENIUM .Linn. 
Asplenium ellipticum (Fee) Copel. comb. nova. (Neottiopteris 
elleptica Fée. Genera 203. A.  musaefoliwm Mett.) 
Todaya, alt. 1100 m., Copeland 1296, 1261. 
This is described by Mettenius as from Luzon. We have 
unnumbered specimens from Cuming’s collection, which are 
like the common Mindanao fern, and exactly fit Mettenius’ 
description; bud their origin is given merely as ''Philippines." 
We have some similar specimens of recent collection in Luzon, 
but nothing quite identical. Neottiopteris musaefolia J. Sm. no- 
men nudum is Christ's A. cymbifolium. I have no description 
of A. ficifolium Goldm., but as Cuming’s numbered plant is 
A. cymbifolium, I am disposed to believe that this is Goldmann’s 
plant. The different species of this group have been so 
thoroughly confused that little confidence can be put in 
citations in synonymy. There is also N. stenocarpa Fée, re- 
duced to A. musaefolium by Mettenius; but it is described as 
having the fronds ''obtusiusculis? and being comparetively 
small. 
Asplenium Phyllitidis Don (?) 
In clusters, hardly forming nests, Todaya, alt. 12CO m., 
Copeland 1291, 1507. This form, found also elsewhere in 
Mindanao, is much larger than are specimens from Negros 
and Luzon, determined as the same species. 
Asplenium squamulatum BI. 
Mt. Apo, alt. 1200 to 1650 m., Copeland 1201, 1496.* 
Copeland 1288 from Todaya, alt. 1000 m., is hardly identical. 
Mindanao, Luzon. 
Malaya. 
Asplenium apoense Copel. 
Mt. Apo. alt. 1800 m., Copeland 1496. Perhaps only a 
very narrow form of A. squamulatum. Still another peculiar 
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form is DeVore and Hoover 392, from Mt. Apo. The type -— T 
