1<S(S CIIUIST. 



ad iiiargiiiciii protcnsis, ii('i-\iilis ni^^ris crassis, soliiiiiiiiodo scciis costas 

 auastomosantilms, nervulis incliisis clavatis raris aiit millis, })ai'c(' indusio 

 hruniico j^cltato. 



LuzoN, Laguna Provinw, Majayjay (Loher) ISill; IJataan Provincc, Laniao 

 Rivcr (li)5n Borden, 217, 13!)(i Vopclaiid) ; nortlicrn Luzon { Wdrbiir;/) . MiN- 

 DANAO, Todaya, Davao ( 14(iS VopeUtiid) . 



1 liave tlic samc spccics froni Malacca, Jolior, icg. Ridlei) ]0!)7(i; Singaporc, lcg. 

 Ilose (]S!)4). 



Aspidium melanorachis \k\k. Journ. Bot. ISSS. Xepltrodiuin. ;51.") Sarawal:, 

 Borneo, leg. Hose is very near. 



Ditfcrt squaniis atro])ur|)urcis lincarihus iiaccidis ilc.xuosis, raclii cos- 

 tisquc atropurpureis, fronde ainpliore, faciebus dense })ubescentil)us, soris 

 inagis numerosis, irrcgidariter sparsis nec stricte biseriatis, minoribus, 

 indusio tenui griseo mox evanido, nervi valde anastomosantibus, nervulis 

 inclusis multis. 



Diplazium vestitum Prcsl Epinicl. S7, 1849. Ilook. lc. ii. 4G. 



By con)pariso]i witli Hooker's figure of Cuming's specimen from Leyte, I have 

 identificd as tliis species tlie plant foiind Ijy Lolicr at Mabacal and Angilog, 

 Rizal Provincc, Marcli, 190(i. It is very niucli largcr tlian tlie onc rcprcscntcd 

 by Hooker; but all tlie dctails corrcspond pcrfcctl_y, cspccially the axial parts 

 covered with scales and furfuraccous down. Tlie lateral nerves and tlie sori 

 converge in the sinus between t\\o lobcs, but tliey do not touch before the sinus. 

 The stipe, which attains tlie sizc of a finger, is roixgli witli S)nall warty projections. 



Thc same ])lant fio))i Cclclics lcg. Koorders 1098(5. 



■t- di i itiiiguiijh thiij fvom t])e forn) wliich I have identificd in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 

 VI. 1900, 1001, witli D. Sniithianum (Bak.) Dieljfby tlie shorter sori, which 

 toucl) somewl)ere before the sinus, by tlie rougli scaly racliis ariiied like the cost* 

 witli sharp jiricklcs, and by tlie more truncatc lobcs. 1 havc tliis/^from Ceylon, 

 lcg. Wall. 38/275, from Cclcljcs, Bojong, leg. Warhiirg 15314, Harusin 108, and 

 froni New Guinea, Sattelberg, leg. Weinlimd 1890. 



I iiiust say that thesc two fornis arc exceedingly similar and appcar alniost 

 like one specific type iii the wider sense. Bipluzium doUchosorum Copel.' is inter- 

 mcdiate betwceii D. vesliliim Prcsl and D. Hmithianuiii : tlic s(ni are tliose of t])e 

 foijncr, but tlic i]n])erfect ])ubescent covering and tlie truncatc lobcs are as in tlie 

 second. 



, -, ^New Pliil. Ferns, 1. c, 151./" 



