H)0 CIIRTST. 



l;{. Dryopteris basilaris (IMcsl) ('. Clir. liid. Kil. (100.'») 2^)4. Nephrodium 

 ba.iiUirc Presl Kpiiii. l?ot. (184») 2r)H, iioiiicn. Nephrodium philippinense IJak. 

 Aiiii. Bot. 5 (ISi)l) :m. 



Tliis specios is one of tlio iiiost distinct, niost imjiortant and iiiost widcly 

 distrilmtcd of the genus in tlic Philippines, and is cliaracterizcd hy Btikcr as 

 follows:' 



"Kootstock and complctc stipe not scen. Frond ohlonfj-lanccolate. hipinnatifid. 

 2-3 ft. lonf);, 1-H ft. hroad, inodcratdy firni, jrlahrons. racliis nakcd. IMnnu' 

 lanceolate, aciiniinate, S-i) in. l(>n<jr. i in. hroad, cnt down lcss than lialf way to 

 tlic rachis into ohlong erccto-patcnt lohes J in. hroad, lower pinnse not dwarfcd, 

 veins siniplc, 8-0 jn<iatc. Sori medial, indnsium firm, filahrous, pcrsistent. 

 Near arhusciila, hut lower pinna^ not gradually dwarfcd." 



It was on specimens Nos. 10, 84 and 3.38 Cuinitig that Balccr hascd Iiis 

 imperfcct description, and of tlicse I Iiave hcfore me a specimen of tlie second 

 numhcr. Bascd oii tliis nuiiihcr, and the ahundant matcrial collected hy tlie 

 Amcrican hotanists in tlic riiilippincs, the followinj^- detaiicd dcscription is given: 



Hliizoniato obliqno snljerecto valde radicoso crasso, foliis snbfascicnlatis 

 (4 ant 5) stipite basi snlcato-dilatato, sqnaniis snljnlatis nsqne ad 2 cm. 

 longis brnnneis e basi lanceolata filiformi-elongatis vestito, rnfostramineo, 

 glabro incente, tereti, basi pennae cygni crassitie, -to cm. longo, fronde 

 nsque ad 65 cm. longa, 20 cm. lata late ovata acnminata, pinnata, basi 

 al)rnpte terminata, pinnis infimis band aliljreviatis, sed stipite ntrinque 

 8 ant 10 anricnlis obtnsis rndimentariis remotis instrncto, pinnis alternis 

 erecto-patentibns numerosis sessililjus aut l)revissime petiolatis, pinna 

 terniinali saepius valde elongata ant basi bifida, pinnis lateralibns approxi- 

 matis, ca. 35 utrinque, 1-t cm. longis, 1 cm. latis candato-acuminatis lan- 

 ceolato-linearibus, basi antiore recte tmncata, posteriore semicordata, 

 marginibns lobatis usquo ad tortiam partem, loViis decnmbontibns 3 mm. 

 longis oblongis subobtusis, costis pallidis manifostis, nervis 5 ad 8 utrin- 

 que, infimis aream unam formantibus, soris minntis mediis 5 ntrinque, 

 indusio griseo persistente. Colore brunneo-viridi, textura subcoriacea 

 rigidiuscnla, planta glabra. 



LUZON, without locality (84 Vuming) "Nephrodium caudiculatum Presl" J. 

 Sm. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 3 (1841) 411: Province of Rizal, Antipolo {Ouerrero) 

 June, 1003: Province of Cagayan (103, 175 Bolstcr) August, lOOo: Province of 

 Bataan, Mount Mariveles (407 Topping) May, 1004; ((iGGG Elmcr) Noveniher, 

 1904; (224, 225 Copeland) Fehruary, 1004; (371, 108 Whitford) June, 1004; 

 (2554 Mcrrill) June. 1003: Province of Tayabas, Sampaloc (12759 Warburg) : 

 Province of Benguet. Baguio (4015, 4040 Curran) Auf-ust, lOOG: Province of 

 Cavite, Mcndez Nunez (1304 Mangiibat) August, 1000: Province of Isahela, 

 Malunu (^Varburg). Mindanao, Davao (037 Copcland) March, 1904: Province 

 of Zamboanga ( 1685 Cope/oHcZ) . 



Widely distrihuted in the Philippines ; endemic. 



14. Dryopteris Luzonica n. sp. 



A species, resemhling tlie preceding, and likc it widely distributed in Luzon, 

 hut well eharacterizcd hy its vcry thin texturc, hriglit green color, its pinna; 

 horizontal, in ratlier reinote pairs and dilated at tlie hase, tlie lohes ohtuse. 



