Ferns. 183 



Hemionitis L. 

 1. HeniioiiitiH ^ymiiopteroidca (Joix-laiid n. sp. Caiidico erccto, 

 hrcvi, iipicf s(|iiainos(); fvomUt sterili sossili vel subsessili, 

 7_17cni loii^a, 2,5 — 5 cm lata, ohlaiicoolata, ohtiisa vel acuta, 

 maif^ino iiimis amplu, i-(3paiuia, basi lata vol aiii^iistata, papy- 

 ]-acoo-liorbacoa, maciilata, f^iabra vel costa sqiiaimilosa; vciiis 

 priniariis foro lu.'C oinnino marginom attinf^ciitibus, voimlis 

 liboris iiicliisis coijiosis; sti])ite frondis fertilis 5— 15cm alto, 

 deorsiini vel iibi(|ue paleis laiiceolatis siibnlatis distaiitibiis 

 vestito; froiule auftuste liueari, 5—10 cm long-a, 2 — 4 mm lata, 

 interdiim intcirupta; venis soriferis iitriii(|iio 1 — :}, costao pa- 

 rallelis, siibanastomosantil)ii^;; ])afiiiia tota nio.x sp«iangiis ob- 

 tecta. 



L II /(I II I si., Prov. Bataaii, near Lamao River, <>ii the 

 f^TOund in a forest (Copeland witlidiit number, type, AIkrrii.i, 

 no. 3113, Barnes F. B. no. 166). 



This fern is not, as our collections would indicate, at all 

 local. It is very variable in stature, color of fi'onds and paleae, 

 and form of sterile fronds, but is constant in the very narrow 

 fertile frond and copious free veinlets in the sterile, which 

 distinguish it from H. ZolUtigeri 



Forma wrt/or: stipite frondis sterilis 1 — 4 cm alto, si|uamoso; 

 fronde dO — 25 011) longa, basi attenuata. 



Cum typo speciei (Copklanu no. 1398). 



Asplenium L. 

 1. Asplenium sulmoniialo Copeland n. sp. Rhizomate brevi, re- 

 pente, uni- vel jiaucifoliato; stipite 1,5 — (rarissime) 8 cm alto, 

 atro-fusco, sursum glabro; rhachi sursum vel ubique viridi; 

 fronde angaste ovata, acuta, glabra, pinnata; pinnis ca. 0-jugatis, 

 inferioribus stipitatis, vulgo trapezoideis, membranaceis, ob- 

 tusis vel subacutis, crenatis, parte basiscopica a])ud rhachin ad 

 costam excisa, parte acroscopica rhachi parallela; soris angustis. 

 (Plate IV, Fig. B.) 



Luzon Isl., I'rov. liataaii, Lamao Rivei', on wet earth 

 (CoPEi.AND no. 236, type, no. 1395). 



In spite of the green rhachis, this is probably a repre- 

 sentative of the polymorphous Trtchomanes gi-oup. As is to 

 be expected here, it re>einl>les A. normrde Don more than it 



