SFICILKJIUM FILICUM rHILUTINBNSIUM. 181 



01. Cyathea Negrosiana n. sp. 



Stipite digiti et ba.si fere pollicis crassitie, l)asi atro-, supra ciim 

 rhachi costisqiic rufo-castaneo, verrucis minutis creberrimis, scaberrimo, 

 lucido, basi squamis subulato-setaceis flexuosis lucentibus atrofuscis 2 

 cm. longis dense vestito, ob pinnas abl)reviatis inferiores valde descen- 

 dentes solummodo 15 aut 20 cm. longo, fronde tripinnata ultra 1 m. 

 longa 25 cm. lata, ovato-acuminata versus l)asin sen.sim attenuata, pinnis 

 remotis, 10 ad 15 utrinque, erecto-patentibus mediis longissimis, 35 cm. 

 longis, 14 cm. latis, caiidato-acuminatis, sessilibus, versus basin non 

 attenuatis, pinnulis remotiusculis, 1.5 cm. distantibus, sessilibus, ca. 20 

 utrinque infra apicem pinnatifidum, 7 cm. longis, acuminatis, 14 mm. 

 latis, fere usque ad costani incisis, segmentis approximatis falcato- 

 lanceolatis, acutiusculis, 7 mni. longis, 2.5 mm. latis, obtuse crenulatis, 

 costis costulisque dense squamulis ovatis bullatis rufo brunneis more 

 C. Loheri vestitis, nervis basi furcatis, 8 aut 10 utrinque, soris costulis 

 adpressis, 3 aut 5 utrinque minutis, indusio griseo-brunneo primum 

 globulari nitidulo mox confracto, frustulis squamiformibus irregularibus 

 receptaculum nigrum elevatum circumdantibus. Textura herbacea, 

 colore atroviridi, opaco. 



Negros, Mount Silay (1536 Whifford) May, 1006, alt. 1.000 ni. 



This species was determined by Copeland as Vyathea Christii, Init it is 

 distinguished from the latter by its axial parts being richly covered with 

 furfuraceous scales, by the costse being covered with rounded intiated scales, by 

 its membranous textvue and very reduced size. 



92. Cyathea ferruginea n. sp. 



Stipite pennae cvgni crassitie cum rhachi subnitido, anguloso, castaneo, 

 floccoso-paleaceo sublaevi, pinnis 26 cm. longis, 11.5 cm. latis stipitatis 

 ovato-acuminatis basi aliquantum attenuatis, i. e., pinnula infima abbre- 

 viata, costis pinnarum indumento floccoso paleaceo squamis rufis crispis 

 e basi ovata subulatis crispulis patentibus rufis constituto tectis, pinnulis 

 ca. 15 utrinque infra apicem lobatum, remotis, i. e., spatio 2 cm. lato 

 separatis, lanceolatis, acutis nec caudatis sessilibus G cm. longis, 11 em. 

 latis, ad alam angustam incisis, segmentis ca. 14 utrinque confertis, 

 angulo fere nullo interjecto, falcatis acutiusculis aut obtusis. ovatis, 0.5 

 cm. longis, 3 mm. latis, minute crenulatis, costulis pinnularum supra 

 puberulis subtus omnino squamis rufo-griseis ovatis adpressis acutis 3 

 mm. longis tectis, faceibus fere glabris, nervis 6 plerumque furcatis, 

 soris mediis 4 aut 5 utrinque, cinnamomeis, vix 1 mm. latis, conflucn- 

 tibus, indusio fugaci vix conspicuo, frustulis cum squamulis mixtis. 

 Textura herbacea, colore dilute viridi, opaco. 



Palawan, Mount Pulgar (500 Fox-irorthij) Marcli. 1900, alt. 1.150 m. 

 A small species 2 m. higli, acaulescent according to Foxworthy's notes, growing 

 just below tlie sunimit of the mountain on an exposed ridge in the mossy forest. 



