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the study of diied plants alone. without the evidence given by Copeland, and the 

 absolute identity of the venation, tissue and its general structure. It is a 

 striking examjile of the strange and luxuriant fornis found in the Pliilippines. 



Lcptuchilus latifolius is distinguisliable froni our pUint by its firm texture, 

 not diaphanous, its color, black wlien dry, its proliferous fronds and its areola; 

 supplied with a network of very irregular nerves. 



DicVs procedure in phicing Heniiouitis ZoUingcri in ^ipigramnic is to nie an 

 unnatural arrangnient. Tlie ancestry of the plant is ratlier in the Aspidieae, 

 anahigous to Stenoseiuia, and accordingly tlie above new generic nanie is proposed 

 for it. 



CONIOGRAMME Fee. 



58. Coniogramme fraxinea (Don.) Diels in Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1* (1899) 

 2G2. DipUiziuni fraxincum Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. (182.5) 12. 



Tliis genus is in need of revision and contains a plurality of forms which 

 doubtless can be studied with better results in the fiekl than in tlie herbariura. 

 In addition to tlie ordinary form with bi- to tri-pinate fronds whicli are membra- 

 nous and serrate, Copclaiid '* indicates, without name, another one that usually 

 has entire and simply pinnate fronds. Tliis latter form is very close to one found 

 iu China that I liave described as the variety spinulosa '^ but the Pliilippine 

 form is larger and with nearly entire margins, and I call it: 



Var. Copelandi n. var. 



MiNDANAO, Province of Zamboanga, San Ramon ( 174(5 Copeland) April, 1905. 

 LuzoN. Province of Rizal, Mabacal (Lohcr) March, l!)0(i. The same plant, but 

 denticulate, has been found in Benguet Province, Baguio (6032 Elmer) March, 

 1904. 



LINDSAYA Dry. 



59. Lindsaya falcata Dry. Trans. Linn. Soc. 3 (1797) 41. t. 7. f. 2. 

 Negros, Gimagaan River ((i() Copeland) January, 1904; (1568 Whitford) 



May, 1906. 



The above specimens agree exactly with material from tropical America. It 

 is rather remarkable tliat this sjtccies, like Lindsaya lancea (Linn. ) Bedd., should 

 be found in tropical America and again in the orient. 



PTERIS Linn. 



60. Pteris quadriaurita Retz. Obs. 6: 38. 



Stipite cuiii rhachi plenmique glabro, straniineo, segmentis oblongis, 

 l)asi conjunctis, nervis liberis, subtus nianifestis, textura herbacea, colore 

 laete virente. 



LuzoN, Province of Rizal (111 Foxworthy) January, 1906; Mabacal (Loher) 

 March, 1906: Province of Zambales, Mount Pinatubo (Loher) February, 1906: 

 Province of Bataan, Lamao River (239, 240 CojKland) February, 1904: Province 

 of Union, Bauang (5619 Elmer) February, 1904. 



The above specimens represent the typical form of this polymorphous species, 

 beinjr membranous in texture, the nervcs manifest on tlie lower surface and not 

 imited, the segments oblong united at the base, the stipe and rachis generally 

 smooth. The numerous derived forms of this group which are found in the 

 Philippines can be grouped as follows : 



"Govf. Lah. Puhl. 28 (1905) 67. 

 ^^Bull. Hoc. Bot. France (1905) 52,55. 



