Pteridophyten. — Floristik etc. 251 



represent the same species. The Indian plant is a species of Micro- 

 lepia and has been known latterly as M. speluncae. The Bermuda 

 plant, however, is a Dryopteris and was regarded by Underwood 

 as the type of P. speluncae. Christensen dissents from this view 

 and regards the Indian plant as the type of the Linnaean species. 



Maxon. 



Copeland, E. B., Fern gener a new to the Philippines. 

 (Phil. Journ. Sei. C. Bot. III. p. 301—302. October, 1908.) 



Brainea and Balantium are here reported from the Philip- 

 pines. Two new "combinations" are made for species of the latter 

 genus: Balantium Copelandi Christ. [Dicksonia Copelandi Christ.); 

 and B. dubium (R. Br.) Copeland {Davallia dubia R. Br.). 



Maxon. 



Copeland, E. B., New species of Cyathea. (Phil. Journ. Sei. C. 

 Bot. III. p. 353—357 December, 1908.) 



The following new species are described: Cyathea {Alsophila) 

 atropurpurea Copel., from Mount Halcon, Mindoro; C. mitrata 

 Copel., from Mindanao; C. {Alsophila) Fenicis Copel., from Ins. 

 Batanes; C. Foxworthyi Copel., from Luzou; C. chinensis Copel., 

 from Yunnan; C. Mearnsii Copel., from Luzou; and C. {Alsophila) 

 Curranii Copel.. from Luzon. The 3 genera Hemitelia, Alsophila, 

 and Cyathea, though usually regarded as distinct, are merged by 

 the author under the last-mentioned name. Maxon. 



Frye, T. C. and M. M. Jackson. The ferns of Washington. 

 (Amer. Fern Journ. III. p. 65-83. pl. 1—4. September, 1913.) 



This is the first instalment of an extended paper describing the 

 species of Pteridophyta known to occur in the State of Washington. 

 In the present part the families Equisetaceae , Isoetaceae, Lycopodia- 

 ceae and Selaginellaceae are treated, the families being described 

 and the species brieflj'- described and illustrated. One new "combi- 

 nation" appears: Selaginella rupestris densa (Rydb.) Frj'^e and Jackson 

 {Selaginella densa Rydb.). Maxon. 



Jennings, O. E., Notes on the pteridophytes on the north 

 shore of Lake Superior, (Amer. Fern Journ. III. p. 38—48. 

 April, 1913.) 



Notes are given upon the distribution of 35 Pteridophyta listed 

 from this region, based principally upon the writer's collections. 

 One new "combination" appears: Dryopteris dilatata forma anadenia 

 (Robinson) Jennings {Aspidiurn spinulosum var. dilatatum forma 

 anadenium Robinson). Maxon. 



Bailey, F. M„ Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland 

 Plants. (Queensland Governtment 8«. 879. pp. 16 col. pl. 976 fig. 



1912.) 



The present work forms a second edition of the well known 

 Catalogus of Indigenous Plants of Queensland published in 1890. 

 Since then a'vast number of new plants have been discovered and 

 described so that the present catalogue contains over 4200 Phane- 



