SPICILIGIUxM FILICUM PHILirriNENSIU.M. 187 



MiNDANAO, Province of Zamboanga, San Ramon (Copeland s. n.) March, 1905, 

 alt. 200 to 6.50 m. 



All tlie other species of Christcnscnia {Kaulfussia) known to me have the 

 lateral pinnie rather strongly petioled. DeVriese and Harting have indicated in 

 their Monograpli of the Marattiaceae 14, tliat the Kaulfiissia foiind by Guming 

 in the Philippines, wliich was considerably smaller than the other known forms, 

 might perhaps prove to be a distinct species. In comparison witli specimens from 

 Assam, leg. King; Selangor, leg. Ridley ; Java, leg. Raciborski, and Sumatra, 

 leg. Schneider, the specimens from Mindanao are very reduced. Tlie fertile 

 frond is often simple and when it is tripartite the lobes are joined at the base, 

 not petiohite, and very unequal, whitish beneath. 



BOTRYCHIUM Sw. 



107. Botrychium lanuginosum AVall., var. nanum n. var. 



LuzoN, Province of Bcnguet, Bugias {18-48 Copeland) October, 11)0.5, alt. 1,-550 

 m., with thelarge form. 



Like our European Botrychium this large species has also a dwarfed form, 

 about 17 cm. high, the fertile frond witli its stipe about 10 cm. high. 



SUPPLEMENT. 



There are two forms hitherto confounded as Aspidium coadunatum Wall. or 

 even as A. cicutarium Sw., which is a very different West Indian species. After 

 a careful examination and comparison with other specimens of the Malayan and 

 wider Asiatic area, I can indicate tlie following diagnostic points: 



Aspldium coadunatum Wall. Cat. 377 non Hook. et Grev. lc. Fii. 202. 

 tSagcnia J. Sm. Ilook. Journ. Bot. 4: 184. Presl Epimel. 00. 



Stipite rufo glaberrimo luccnte. Ijasi squamis ovatis acutis 0.5 cm. longis 

 fiaccidis l)runneis sparso. Eachi laevi lucida flavido-rufa. Piunulis 

 ovato-lanceolatis acutis, lobis late ovatis ol^tusis sive suhacutis. Faciebus 

 pilis albidis brevibus pubescentibus, marginilnis ciliatis. ISTervis ad mar- 

 ginem protensis, nervulis luteo-brunneis tenuibus abunde anastomosan- 

 tibus, ner\ailis inclusis clavatis frequentibus. Colore laete virente, textura 

 diaphana. Indusio orbiculari-reniformi nuirgine pallidiore. 



LuzoN, Bontoc, Sagada (1899 Copeland) : Province of Rizal, Bosoboso (1033 

 Ramos ) . 



A common species in tropical Asia. 



Wjniaad, Malabar, leg. Bickuell ; Anamalays. Province of Madras. leg. Beddomc ; 

 Mercara Coorg. 1,100-1,200 m., leg. Richter; Koon Beeling, Burma. leg. Brandi^; 

 Ceylon, leg. Wall.; Yunnan, leg. Hcnry 10341, 10354; Sze tcluien, Mount Omi, leg. 

 Wilon- 5376. Viti, Plcwa River, leg. Moore : Tahiti, leir. Radcond. 



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Aspidium Malayense n. sp. 



Stipite opaco vix subnitente brimneo, l)asi squamis ad 1 cm. longis 

 lanceolato-subulatis rigidis atrobrunneis, caeterum cum rachi squamis 

 setaceis atratis plus minus dense vestita. Eachi fere opaca fusco-aut 

 olivaceostraminea pinnulis Inceolato-angustatis caudatis, lobis acutis 

 ovato-lanceolatis grosse dentatis. Faciebus fere laevibus nec ciliatis. 

 Colore sicce griseo-aut atroviridi, textura opaca. ISTervis lateralibus 



