170 OIIUIST. 



HEMIGRAMMA iiov. <j;v\\. 



Foliis rosulatiy siinplicihiis aiit irrcgularitcr j)iiniatipartitis, (liniorj^liis, 

 soriferis contractis, nervationc sagenioidea, i. e., pinnata, intcr nervos 

 laterales miiltifarie areolata, ncrvulis liheris inchisis, soris lineatis ramosis 

 nervos anastomosantes sequentiljus, ipsisquc irregulariter anastomosan- 

 tibus et reticulatis. 



.'>7. Hemigramma Zollingeri (S. Kiiiz) Eemionitis Zollingeri 8. Kurz in 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 39:" 90. /. 5. 



I bclieve that sonie of tlie speciniens on wliich Dr. Copcland based his new 

 species, Hcinionitis ()ymnopteroide<i^^ slioiild be referred to HemigranDna Zolling- 

 cri. Copeland states that liis species can be distinguished from H. Zollingeri by 

 tlie copious free veinlets in tlie sterile frond. Tn my specimens of the species 

 from Batavia, Java, ex Herb. Hort. Bot. Bogor., and from Celebes, leg. Harnsin, the 

 veinlets are also very numerous, even as Ktirz himself shows in the figure cited 

 above; moreover tlie constantly contracted fertile fronds of Hemionitis gymnopter- 

 oidea are not a peculiarity of that species, as in my specimens from Montalban, 

 leg. Loher, they are 1 cm. wide and present the oblique lozenge-shaped soriferous 

 bodies as do the specimens from Java. 



Var. major (Copel) Hemionitis gyinnopteroidea forma niajor Copel. I. c. 



Ehizomate crasso obhquo rudimentis stipitum tccto, fohis fasciculatis 

 paucis (3 ad 4) stipitibus, basi incrassatis usque ad 16 cm. longis basi 

 squamis subulato-setiformibus patentibus nigris usque ad 1 cm. longis 

 dense barbato, caeterum parcius sparso, laniina sterih 20 ad 25 cm. 

 longa saepe Imsi aequilata, interdum simphce ovato-acuminata medio 7 

 cm. hita repanda aut obtuse lobata, saepius profunde pinnatifida aut 

 basi pinnata^ valde irreguhTriter lobata, apice aucto et elongato usque 

 ad 8 cm. lata, pinnis usque ad 3 utrinque, ovatis repandis acutis aut 

 ohtusis, pinhis basalibus saepe postice cordatis, omnibus ala phis minus 

 lata junctis, fronde saepe decurrente, lamina fertili valde contracta, 8 cm. 

 longa, 4 cm. lata, 2 pinnis utrinque 5 cm. longis 3 mm. latis et apice 

 irregulariter lobato, nervis lateralibus 12 ad 15 utrinque pro pinna, 

 patentibus, rectiuscuhs, manifestis, fere ad marginem protensis, ca. 5 

 areolas rectangulas includentibus, quae nervulorum reti nec non nervuhs 

 crebris liberis furcatis repletae sunt, pinnis sorifcris irregularibus, spo- 

 rangiorum nervulos sequentibus fulvis tectis. Tcxtura herbacea mem- 

 branacea, fere diaphana, colore laete virente, opaca. 



LuzoN, Province of Bataan, Lamao River (2124 Borden) December, 1904: 

 Province of Rizal, Montalban {Loher) September, 1891. Mindanao, Province of 

 Zamboanga, San Ramon (17S0 Copehvnd) May, 1905. 



It does not form a nearly sessile rosette like the species, but the leaves are 

 fascicled and stipitate and the sterile fronds, like the fertile ones, are pinnatifid 

 and even pinnate. The size is miich larger. 



This form imitates strangely Leptochilus latifolius (Meyen) {Gymnopteris 

 taccaefolia J. Sm.) in the protean variation of the fronds and in its habit. 

 Normally to rate the large plant as a variety would not be comprehensible, from 



"Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1905) 183. 



