48 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
POLYPODIUM Linnaeus 
POLYPODIUM PHYMATODES Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 827 (phy- 
matodus) ; ed. 2 (1845) 572 (phimahodes) ; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 242. 
The Linnean species was certainly correctly interpreted by 
Blanco. It is common and widely distributed in the Philippines 
at low and medium altitudes. 
Illustrative specimen from the Barrio of Pineda, Pasig, Rizal 
Province, Luzon, November, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae 
No. 186). 
CYCLOPHORUS Desvaux 
Pteris piloselloides Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 830; ed. 2 (1845) 574; ed. 3, 
3 (1879) 248, non Linn.=CYCLOPHORUS ADNASCENS (Sw.) Desv. 
Blanco’s species was reduced by Fernandez-Villar to N ephro- 
lepis acuta Presl, but there is no part of the description that 
applies to Nephrolepis. Blanco describes the fronds as alter- 
nate, lanceolate, glabrous, narrow, and much pointed, and the 
rhizomes as creeping, with numerous rootlets. His entire de- 
scription applies unmistakably to Cyclophorus, although it is 
impossible to determine whether to C. adnascens or to C. varius; 
probably to the former was intended as it is the common form 
at low altitudes in the Philippines, 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
January 1915 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 790). 
DRYNARIA (Bory) J. Smith 
Polypodium quercifolium Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 827; ed. 2 (1845) 
572; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 244—=DRYNARIA QUERCIFOLIA (Linn.) J. Sm. 
This characteristic species is common and widely distributed 
in the Philippines at low and medium altitudes. 
Illustrative specimen from Batangas Province, Luzon, August, — 
1914, there known as pacpac lauin (Merrill: Species Blancoanae 
No. 640). : 
ACROSTICHUM Linnaeus 
Acrostichum lagolo Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 826 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 
570; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 240=ACROSTICHUM AUREUM Linn. | 
This well-known species occurs along the seashore back of : 
mangroves, along tidal streams, in salt or brackish Swamps etc., 
throughout the Philippines; it is occasionally found inland about 
salt springs or mineral springs, occurring at about 1,500 meters 
altitude about mineral springs at Bugias, Benguet Subprovince, 
Luzon. Lagolo is one of its Tagalog names. 
Illustrative specimen from Taytay, Palawan, May, 1913 (Mer- 
rill: Species Blancoanae No. 382). 
