192 - CHIUST. 



Arayat, Liizon, hy tlic Bolsler (Nos. 7'.), !)<S.) Tlic i^liizonic scciiis to bo 

 very slightly crcoping, thc soi'i nrc snl)inarginal at tlu; antcrior Ijase of 

 thc lohcs and thc textnrc of thc phnit is rathci- Ihin and not coriaceous 

 as in specimens of Aspidium vile from Java lcg. RacihorsJd. After 

 examining thc material at prcsent availahle, 1 do not eonsidcr that this 

 donhtfid s])ecies can he referred witli ccrtainty to Dryopirris. 



4. Aspidium varium Sw., is to mc a Pohjsiirliuju, and for this rcason 

 this Chincsc type, which is also found in northcrn Tjuzon, is not con- 

 sidercd in thc following list: 



DRYOPTERIS Adanson. 



I. NEPHRODIUM (inclnding Mcsochlacini, (lonioptcris and Mcniscium). 



1. Dryopteris megaphylla ,(Mett..) C. Clir. Ind. Fil. (100.5) 277. Aspidium 

 weiidplniUnin Mett. Ann. Lugd. Bat. 1 (1804) 2.33. Aspidivin peniiigervni Bluine 

 Enuni. (1S2S) 1.13. Ncphrodivm pennificrvin P>ed(l. Handh. (1802) 73. 



Haud malc quadrans eum specimine Javanico a Eacihorsl-i lecto et 

 detcrminato, conf. Racihorsl'i Pterid. Buitenz. 190, sed planta Mindana- 

 ensis gaudet rhizomate erecto, radicihus multis simplicihus et stipitum 

 faseiculatorum hasi oriundis suffulto, quum Racihorski plantae Javanicae 

 rhizoma repens stipites que rcmotos attrihuat. Beddome rectc monet 

 "Caudex erect." 



MiNDANAO, District of Davao, Todaya (1230 CopcJand) April, 1904; Province 

 of Zamboanga, San Ranion (Copclamd) Marcli, 190.5. 

 Malaya. 



2. Dryopteris truncata (Poir.) O. Ktze. Rev. Gen. Pl. 2 (1891) 814. Pohjpo- 

 divin Irvneaiuiii Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 5 (1804) 534. 



JNTervis (i utrinque ([uorum 2 ad 3 junctis, lohis rotundatis aut convexe 

 truncatis. 



LuzoN, Province of Laguna, Pagsanjan (19951) Copeland) February, 1906; 

 Los Banos (Alberto) May, 1905: Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles (391 

 Topping) May, 1904: Province of Benguet, Baguio (4948 Curran) August, 1900. 

 MiNDANAO, Province of Zamboanga, 8an Ramon (1(574 Copcland) Marcli, 1905. 

 Basilan (88 DcA^orc d- Hoovcr) April, 1903. 



Malaya. 



3. Dryopteris abrupta (P.Iume) U. Ktze. Rcv. Gen. Pl. 2 (1S91) 812. 

 Aspidium ahruptum Blume Enum. (1828) 154. Nephrodium ahrupfuin Hook. Sp. 

 Fil. 4 (1802) 77. /. 2-^1. B. 



Nervis utrinque qnorum 4 aut 5 junctis, lobis horizontalitcr aut con- 

 cave truncatis, apice denticulatis. 



Mindanao. Province of Zamboanga, San Ramon (Copeland) February to 

 Marcb, 1905. 

 Malaya. 

 Scarcely more tban a subspecies of tlie ])receding. 



4. Dryopteris adenophora C. Clir. Ind. Fii. (1905) 251. Nephrodium hirsv- 

 tum J. Sm. in Hook. .rourn. Bot. 3 (1841) 412; Hook. Sp. Fil. 4: 70. f. JJ,0, non 

 Don, noc P>ory. 



