1'HILII'I'IXH SPKCIKS OF HRYOPTEIUS. H)? 



often truncato, tlie pinna' stronnly clongated into a filiform apcx, the apex of tlic 

 frond ratlicr pinnatitid and tcrniinatcd by one pinna, the stipe having generally 

 one or two pairs of auriclcs. I shall content ni.ysclf with indicating liere the 

 characters by which it differs froni Dri/optcris hasihiris: 



Basi stipitis .squamis dcstitutis aut miuutis brcvil)us, stipite gracili 

 secl pinnis infiuiis abbrcviatis, ct stipite auricula una, rarius pluribus 

 instructa, flavostrauiinco, froude acuminato apicc })innatifida miuus 

 abrupte terminata pinuis rcmotioribus inferioribus mediisque horizonta- 

 libus, oppositis, l)asi antice et postice dilatatis quasi utriuque stipulatis, 

 lobis brovioribus apice truucato-obtusis sive abruptis et denticulatis, tex- 

 tura diaphano-tcnui, ucrvis plcrumque 5, soris ochraceis, iudusio teuuis- 

 simo mox evauido, colore diluto smaragdiuo. 



LuzoN, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso ( 10S3 A'(iiiios) July, 1!)0(); (8!) Foxworthy) 

 January, 1900; Antipolo {(lucrrcro) Junc, 1003 ; (Lohcr) INIarch, 1000, March, 

 1893: Province of Bataan, Mount Marivclcs (1239 Bordcn) Jiuie, 1!)04: Province 

 of Cavite, Mendez Nuilez (1289, 1302 Manguhat) August, 1906: Province of 

 Laguna, Los Bafios (Lohcr) January, 190(i; Mount Maciuiling (Lohcr) January, 

 1900; Pagsanjan ( 1095a Copcland) February, 1900; (514 Topiniuj) 1904: Prov- 

 ince of Batangas, Mount Malarayat (2002 Copcland) Fcbruary, 1900: Province 

 of Cagayan (120 Bolster) July, 1905: Manila (Rothdauscher) 1897 in Herb. 

 Monac: Province of IsabeUi, Malunu (11577 Warhiirg). 



Var. puberula n. var. 



Ehachi costis ot ncrvis puberulis. 



LuzoN, Province of Cagayan, Tabug (175 Bolster) August, 1!)05. 



Var. polyotis n. var. 



Pinnis hitioribus, basi Ki mm., brcvius acumiuatis, et stipite usque ad 

 basin aiiriculis uumerosis (ca. '20 utriuque) vestitis. 



LuzoN, Province of Rizal, Montalban (5004 Mcrrill) March, 190(i. Mindanao, 

 Province of Zaniboanga, San Ranion (1571 Copeland) Deceniber, 1!)04. 



15. Dryopteris parasitica (Linn.) O. Ktze. Rev. Gen. Pl. 2 (1S9I) 811. 

 Polypodium para^iticuin Linn. Sj). Pl. (1753) 1090. 



LuzoN, without locality (83 Cuiiiing) "Xcplirodiuin inollc R. Br." J. Sni. in 

 Hook. Journ. Bot. 3 (1841) 412. Province of Rizal, Bosobo.so (1084 Rainos) 

 July, 1900: Province of Tayabas, Malicboi (Riicltic) JNIay, 1903; Atinionan 

 (8 Crcgory) August, 1904: Province of Laguna, Pagsanjan, (1995 Copeland) 

 February, 1900. Mindanao, Provincc of Zaniboanga (1005 Copclaiid) 1905: 

 District of Davao (007 Copcland) Mareh, 1904. Palawan (Paiagua) Ewiig 

 River (720 Mcrrill) February, 1903. 



Tropics of both hemisphercs. 



Var. falcatula n. var. 



Differt a typo piunis iuforioribus oppositis, refractis, basi antice sti- 

 puhttis, segmentisque profundius iucisis falcatis acutioribus, aliter typo 

 conformis. Au Nephrodiiim inolliiisculum Walh Cat. ? 



Mindanao, Province of Zamboanga (1G77 Copelmid) 1905. 



