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4. Aspidiiim (Saj»-eiiia) persoriferuiii Copeland n. sp. Rhizomate 



adscencleiitc, brovi; stipite 40 — 60 cm alto, stramineo vol 

 brimneo, deorsum paleis arcuatis, lanceolatis, acuiniuatis, 12 mm 

 longis vestito, sursum rhacliique glabro; fronde 30 — 50 cm 

 longa, ovata, pinnata, sterili ampliore; parte apicali ca. 25 cm 

 longa, 7 cm lata, acuminata, Integra vel subrcpanda, subcoria- 

 cea, glabra; pinnis lateralibus ca. 3-jugatis, sessilibus, erecto- 

 patontibus, subarcuatis, lanceolatis, 15 — 20 cm longis; pinnis 

 fertilibus minoribus, ca. 10 cm longis, 2 cm latis, obscure cre- 

 natis, infimis petiolulatis; venis primariis fere marginem 

 attingentibus; areolis irregularibus, venulas liberas includen- 

 tibus; soris magnis in series duas inter venas primarias in- 

 structis, totam paginam fere complentibus; indusio reniformi 

 tenaci adhaerente. 



Mindanao Isl., Prov. Davao, near Catalona (Copeland 

 no. 929). 



Ab A. siifoUo Mett. cui proximum differt margine hand 

 lobata. 



5. Aspidium (Saii'eiiia) lieterodoii Copeland n. sp. Rhizomate erecto, 



lignoso; stipite 15— 20cm alto, glabrescente, utrinque alam 

 sursum 5mm latam deorsum attenuatam ferente; fronde 20 — 30 cm 

 alta, tri- vel quinquepartita, herbacea, glabra; parte apicali 

 oblanceolata, 4 — 5 cm lata, acuminata, in dentes informes 

 — 10 mm altos serrata; lobis lateralibus minoribus, erecto- 

 patentibus, obscurius serratis; venis primariis marginem attin- 

 gentibus; areolis irregularibus venulas liberas includentibus; 

 soris magnis, secus venas primarias seriatis; indusio reniformi, 

 persistente. 



Mindanao Isl., Prov. Davao, near Catalona, on the ground 

 in the woods (Copeland no. 951). 



Ab A. deciirrente Presl, cui affine, differt statura minore, 

 textura tenuiore, margine profunde serrata, praecipueque rhizo- 

 mate erecto. An forma simplex Aspidil pteropus? 



Gymnopteris Bernh. 



1. Uymiioptcris iiieonstaiis Copeland n. sp. Rhizomate late repentc, 

 1 — 3 mm crasso, s(|uamuloso; stipite frondis sterilis 1 — 3 cm 

 alto, tenui, viridi, s([uamuloso vel glabro, frondis fertilis 

 3 — 10 cm alto, erecto, filiformi, sursum glabro; fronde sterili 



