194 0. AVarbukg: 



Luzon Isl., Prov. Bataan, Mt. Mariveles, 1400 m. s. m. 

 (CoPELAND no. 212 type, Mekrill no. 3237, Whitfokd nn. 249). 



The stipe is so stiff it stings the hands to break it, making 

 it a fit component of tiie dense, practically impenetrable brush 

 over which the di'ouping ends of tlic fronds are gracefully 

 deceptive. The upj)or j)art of the frond continues to grow 

 while the lower is in fruit. 



This species represents a new section of the genus, which 

 may be called Protogleiclienia. It represents an earlier stage 

 in the development of dichotomy from a pinnate structure than 

 any of the sections proposed by Diels in Engl. u. Prantl. Natiirl. 

 Pflanz.-Fam. The accompanying diagram shows the [)lan of 

 the frond. 



Explanation of Plate IV. 



A. Lindsay a apoense Copel. 



B. Asplenium siihnormale Copel. Habitus 



C. Dicranopteris clolosa Copel. Diagram. 



F i c u s 



0. Waebueg. 



Sect. 1. Palaemorpha King. 

 1. Ficus I'iuulatifolii) Waih. n. sp. Kamis teretibus 2 — 3 mm ci'assis 

 glal)ris in sicco iiifescentibus, innovationibus asperis, stipulis 

 parvis 4 mm longis caducis, petiolis () — 8 em longis, 1'/^, nun 

 latis lepidosis, foliis subpergamaceis lanccolatis fere symme- 

 tricis apice longe cuspidatis basi subaci'.tis niaigine intcgris 

 15 — 20 cm longis, 4 — 6 cm latis, ntrinijue glabiis sui)i'a in 

 sicco rufescentibus subtus pallidioribus, vcnis utriiupie 4 — 5, 

 hasalibus Yg — ^j.^ folii attingentil)us, latcralil)ns valde elevatis 

 curvatis et ante maiginem confluentihiis, ncrvis interspersis 



