1 72 ciiiiisT. 



(11. Pteris biaurita Limi. Sj.. I'l. (ITr).?) 107«). 



LuzoN, ProviiK-o of liciiffnct, Mouni Ton^loti {fjolicr} ; l>ii<^niiis (180.1 Copeland) 

 October, IDOf); Manila (Uslcri) Deceniber, 1!)()2. Palawan, (594 Foxworthi/) 

 April, l!)0<i. 



A snbspccics rescnii.linti; tb(( typical forin, bnt tbc ncrves forining a costal 

 arcola wliicb is sonietinies mirrow and dillicult to lind, sometinies ratber large 

 and distinct. 



G2. Pteris Blumeana Agardb Pterid. 22. 



Stipitc rhaL-liique, saepe etiaiii costis, rui'ostraiiiiueis, castaneis aut 

 atratis vcrrucis niinutis asperis, segnientis linearibus basi plus minus 

 liberis, numerosis, pectinato-confertis, nervis liljeris subtus tenuibus minus 

 manifestis, textura coriacea rigida, colore obscure viridi saepe glaucino. 



MiNDANAO, Lake Lanao, Caiiip Keitbley (255 Mrs. Clemms) February, lOOG: 

 District of Davao, Mount Dagatpan {Warburg) ; Santa Cruz (254 DeVore ci 

 Hoover) April, 1903: Province of Zamboanga, San Ramon (1596, 1599 Copeland) 

 January, 1905. Luzon, Province of Bengiiet, Sablan (6213 Elmer) April, 1904. 



A subspecies witb coriaceous texture, linear segments sligbtly or not at all 

 united at tbe base, free veins wliicb are very slender and scarcely visible above, 

 its color dark and often somewbat glaucous, tbe stipe and racbis dark, rcddisb 

 or blackish and somewhat verrucose. It is a Malayan form that I liave also 

 from Java, Tjibodas, leg. Racihorski, 1897; Perak, leg. Ilklley No. 0543; Kliasia, 

 leg. Austen, det. Glarke "Var. Khasiana," and Yabim, near Limbang, German New 

 Guinea, leg. H. Zahn, 1905. I belicve it to be identical witb Pferis Blumeana 

 Agardb, as described by Hooker "■' and by Racihorski.^' 



Var. asperula J. Sm. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 3 (1841) 405, et Hook. Sp. Fil. 

 3: 181, t. 135 A; var. setigera Hook. i. c. 



Costis setulis albis 1.5 mni. bmgis superne regulariter ciliatis. 



Basilan (93 DeVore d Hoover) April, 1903. Mindanao, Province of Zani- 

 boanga, San Ramon (1651 Copeland) Febniary, 1005. 



63. Pteris Whitfordi n. subsp. {P. Whitfordi Copel. in Pbilip. Journ. Sci. 

 1 (1906) Suppl. 255, pro specie). 



A typo differt colore atroviridi, textura coriacea, segmentis angido 

 acuto erecto-patentibus usque ad costam separatis, sinu ferc nullo, stipite 

 valido, paleis brunneis 0.5 cm. longis- lanceolatis basi vestito, planta 

 niagna 60 ad 70 cm. alta, nervis manifestis, 



Negbos, Gimagan River (1660 Whitford) . 



64. Pteris parviloba subsp.; Clirist in Bull. Sci. Fr. et Belg. 28 (1898) 

 264. t. 12. 



Statura gracili, stipite tenui, rufostramineo, scaberulo, fronde late 

 deltoideo, pinnis infimis auctis et valde deflexis, segmentis confcrtis 

 lineari-oblongis, brevibus, basi plerumque liberis, nervis tenuibus subtus 



^»Sp. Fil. 3: 180. 



" Pterid. Buitcnzorg 156. 



