LEAFLETS OF PHILIHPINE BOTANY (Vor. III, Arr. 4 
Dennstaedtia scandens that if Dennstaedtia were not already 
one of the primitive genera which it is at best hard to 
diagnose, this plant could be included in it. There is no 
natural reason for including Hypolepis in the Pterideae. As 
to the possibility that such genera as Notholaena and Cheilan- 
thes are descendents of Hypolepis, I have not yet matured 
an opinion; there seems at present to be equally good reason 
for seeking their origin in Dryopteris. 
Throughout the Philippines. 
China to New Zealand. 
PAESIA St. Hil. 
Paesia Elmeri Copel. spec. nova. 
P. maxima quadripinnata; pube rufo et albido, subglan- 
duloso; pinnis usque ad 50 cm. longis, fere sessilibus; 
pinnulis! majoribus 12 cm. longis; pinnulis!! usque ad 18 
mm. longis; pinnulis! infimis liberis, 3 mm. longis, oblongis, 
obtusis, integris vel ad apicem leviter fissis; segmentis se- 
quentibus pinnularum!! adnatis, demum confluentibus, ple- 
rumque unilateraliter (aeroscopice) soriferis. 
Mt. Calelan, alt. 2150 m., No. 10623. ''Sagpang." 
""Dense and well interlaced masses upon moss-covered soil 
of dry, wooded ridges..... Stipes not brittle, rich brown, 
reclining, the growing tips ascending."  Paesia is a genus of 
very similar species, which appears to me to have no very 
near affinity to Pteris. As the Bagobos understand, Paesia is 
certainly intimately related to Hypolepis and Dennstaedtia. 
DAVALLODES Copel. 
Davallodes hirsutum (J. Sm.) Cod: 
Large clumps encircling small trunks in dense forest, 
Todaya, alt. 1200 m., No. 10891. "''Paco." 
Already collected here; not rare in Luzon. 
Reported from Celebes and Borneo. 
