﻿DEC. 
  4, 
  1922 
  maxon: 
  the 
  genus 
  culcita 
  457 
  

  

  5. 
  Culcita 
  copelandi 
  (Christ) 
  Maxon. 
  

  

  Dicksonia 
  copelandi 
  Christ, 
  Phil. 
  Journ. 
  Sci. 
  Bot. 
  2: 
  183. 
  1907. 
  

   Balantimn 
  copelandi 
  Christ; 
  Copeland, 
  Phil. 
  Journ. 
  Sci. 
  Bot. 
  3: 
  301. 
  

   1908; 
  4: 
  62. 
  pi. 
  19. 
  1909. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  distinct 
  species, 
  separated 
  by 
  Christ 
  from 
  C. 
  straminea; 
  apparently 
  

   confined 
  to 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  The 
  true 
  indusium 
  is 
  somewhat 
  membranous, 
  

   erose-dentate, 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  occasional 
  cilia. 
  In 
  these 
  respects 
  and 
  in 
  its 
  

   pronounced 
  hairy 
  covering 
  the 
  plant 
  shows 
  less 
  alliance 
  with 
  C. 
  straminea 
  than 
  

   with 
  C. 
  diihia 
  and 
  the 
  new 
  species 
  here 
  described 
  as 
  C. 
  blepharodes. 
  The 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  specimens 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Herbarium: 
  

  

  Luzon: 
  Vicinity 
  of 
  Baguio, 
  Province 
  of 
  Benguet, 
  Elmer 
  6025 
  (co-tvpe), 
  

   9000; 
  Topping 
  196, 
  241; 
  Bartsch 
  241; 
  Loher 
  1304. 
  Province 
  of 
  Abra, 
  

   Ramos 
  7158. 
  Mount 
  Tonglon, 
  Loher 
  965. 
  

  

  Negros: 
  Dumaguete 
  (Cuernos 
  Mountains), 
  Province 
  of 
  Negros 
  Oriental, 
  

   Elmer 
  9694, 
  9899, 
  10394. 
  

  

  6. 
  Culcita 
  straminea 
  (Labill.) 
  Maxon. 
  

  

  Dicksonia 
  straminea 
  Labill. 
  Sert. 
  Austr. 
  Cal. 
  7. 
  pi. 
  10. 
  1824. 
  

  

  Dicksonia 
  torreyana 
  Brack, 
  in 
  Wilkes, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Expl. 
  Exped. 
  16: 
  278. 
  pi. 
  j8, 
  

  

  f. 
  2. 
  1854. 
  

   Dennstedtia 
  straminea 
  J. 
  Sm. 
  Hist. 
  Fil. 
  265. 
  1875. 
  

   Balantium 
  siramineum 
  Diels 
  in 
  Engl. 
  & 
  Prantl, 
  Pflanzenfam. 
  1^: 
  119. 
  1899. 
  

  

  Not 
  Sitolobium 
  stramineum 
  Brack. 
  1854. 
  

  

  Described 
  and 
  figured 
  by 
  La 
  Billardiere 
  on 
  specimens 
  from 
  New 
  Caledonia; 
  

   attributed 
  by 
  Christensen 
  to 
  Polynesia 
  generally. 
  The 
  following 
  specimens 
  

   are 
  at 
  hand. 
  : 
  

  

  New 
  Caledonia: 
  Koghis, 
  alt. 
  250 
  meters. 
  Franc 
  477. 
  Yahoue, 
  alt. 
  250 
  

   meters. 
  Franc 
  (Rosenstock, 
  no. 
  63). 
  

  

  Fiji 
  Islands: 
  Sandalwood 
  Bay, 
  Wilkes 
  Exped. 
  {type 
  oi 
  Dicksonia 
  torreyana 
  

   Brack., 
  3 
  sheets). 
  Without 
  special 
  locality. 
  Prince 
  in 
  1898. 
  

  

  Samoan 
  Islands: 
  Savaii, 
  Reinecke 
  143a 
  (2 
  sheets, 
  both 
  labeled 
  "Davallia 
  

   moluccana 
  Bl. 
  var. 
  amboynensis 
  Hook."). 
  Upolu, 
  Betsche 
  119 
  (as 
  Dicksonia 
  

   dubia 
  Gaud.) 
  ; 
  Reinecke 
  97 
  (2 
  sheets, 
  both 
  labeled 
  "Davallia 
  moluccana 
  Bl., 
  

   normale 
  Form."); 
  Reinecke 
  190 
  (labeled 
  "Davallia 
  dubia 
  R. 
  Br."). 
  Tutuila, 
  

   just 
  below 
  top 
  of 
  Matefao, 
  Setchell 
  389. 
  Island 
  not 
  indicated, 
  Powell 
  117 
  

   (as 
  Dicksonia 
  straminea). 
  

  

  These 
  plants 
  agree 
  well 
  among 
  themselves 
  and 
  represent 
  a 
  single 
  species 
  

   that 
  must 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  referable 
  to 
  Culcita, 
  notwithstanding 
  their 
  arbores- 
  

   cent 
  habit; 
  the 
  trunk 
  is 
  described 
  by 
  Brackenridge 
  as 
  "8 
  to 
  10 
  feet 
  high, 
  its 
  

   surface 
  rough, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  stipes 
  remaining 
  attached 
  to 
  it," 
  

   in 
  this 
  character 
  resembling 
  Dicksonia. 
  

  

  The 
  sori, 
  though 
  very 
  small 
  in 
  comparison 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  C. 
  macrocarpa 
  

   and 
  C. 
  coniifolia, 
  are 
  similar 
  in 
  structure; 
  the 
  receptacle 
  is 
  elongate 
  trans- 
  

   versely; 
  the 
  outer 
  valve 
  of 
  the 
  "indusium" 
  is 
  formed 
  of 
  a 
  slightly 
  modified, 
  

   but 
  deeply 
  saccate, 
  recurved 
  lobule 
  of 
  the 
  leaf 
  margin, 
  with 
  pale 
  thin 
  borders; 
  

   the 
  inner 
  lip, 
  or 
  true 
  indusium, 
  is 
  similar 
  in 
  form 
  to 
  the 
  outer, 
  being 
  vaulted, 
  

  

  