1 8() CIIRIST. 



CYATHEA Siii. 



RD. Cyathea rufopannosa n. sp. 



Stipite oreeto arboreo, 2 iii. alto aut altioro, anguloso, 3 cni. diametro, 

 stipito digiti crassitie, cylindrico, 55 cm. alto, castaneo, hasi verrucis 

 nunierosis brovibus sod huic inde pungontibus scaberrinia ot squaniis 1.5 

 cni. longis lanceolatis acuniinato-falcatis dure scariosis nec diaplianis 

 lucidissimis castaneis tecta, undiciue cum rhachi et costis indumento 

 furfuraceo fibrilloso spisso tecto, fronde late ovata usque ad 1.5 m. longa 

 (Copeland) fere ()0 cm. iata versus basin attenuata, rhachi digiti crassitie 

 verrucis cabra rufotomentosa et setulis subulatis fibrillosa, pinnis reinotis 

 uti videtur ca. 15 utrinque, infra apicem pinnatisectum, infimis defiexis, 

 mediis 37 cm. iongis (infimis 22 cm. longis) 11 cm. latis, sessilibus, ad 

 basin paulum attenuatis, aeuniinatis, pinnulis ca. 30 utrinque, approxi- 

 matis 5.5 cm. longis 1.5 cm. latis lancoolatis acutiusculis noc caudatis, 

 usque ad rhacliim incisis, segmontis poctinatis ca. 20 utrinque, ligulatis, 

 obtusiusculis, crenulatis, infimis posterioribus dentatis, 5 mm. longis, 



2 mm. latis parce setulosis, nervis furcatis ca. 8 utrinque, costis pinnul- 

 arum subtus squamis lanceolatis rufis nec non squamulis bullatis um- 

 bonatis rufis dense obtectis, soris parvis paucis costae pinnulae approxi- 

 matis ultra medium segmenti raro protensis, confertis rufis 1 mm. latis, 

 indusio brunneo-rufo irregulariter confracto more Amphicosmiae. Text- 

 ura herbacea, colore partium frondosarum laete virente, partium axialium 

 rufo-cinnamomeo. 



MiNDANAO, Province of Zamboanga, San Ranion ( 1730, 1735 Copeland) April, 

 1905, alt. 1,200 m. 



A striking species, the base of the stipe with short sharp spines, the scales at 

 the base of the stipe large, firm, shining, dark brown, the axial parts and even 

 the costse covered with a dense fibrillovis brick-red pubescence, the fronds tripin- 

 natifid, the pinnules and segments serrate, the hitter sniall, slightly dentate, 

 the sori small, reddish, borne near the costa. 



90. Cyathea Loheri Christ in Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 6 (1906) 1007. 



This species was discovered by Loher on Moimt Banajao and on Mount 

 Maquiling, Luzon. A form occurs on Mount Tonglon (Santo Tomas) ; that is 

 sufficiently distinct to warrant being described as a variety. 



Var. Tonglonensis n. var. 



Stipite rugoso et cicatricoso, squamis sulmlato-setaceis basi verrucosis 

 i^exuosis flaccidis atrobrunneis ultra 1 cm. longis patentibus, nec rigidis 

 adpressis scarioso-argonteis tecto, costis densissime squamis bulUitis l)run- 

 neis tectis, segmentis minoribus denso pectinatis. 



LuzoN, Province of Bcnguet, Mount Tonglon (4991 Curran) August, 1900. 



It is possible tliat Alsophila lepifera. J. Sni. apud Hook. 8p. Fil. 1 : 54, is 

 the same as Ci/alhra Lohrri, but tlie (h'scri])tif)n of the former is too incomplete 

 to verify tliis. 



