202 CHKIST. 



4 ad T) scriHtis aut (■onlliiciitihus luiniiiiis hruiiiicis rotiindis cxiiHlusiatis. 

 Tcxtura licrbacea, colorc lactc vircntc. 



l*Ai,AWAN (742, Sfi2 Foxiporthij) Maroli, April. l!)0(i. Mindanao, I'rc)viiice 

 of Snrifiao, iSurigao (2() liolstcr) Marcli, lOOd, ilu' latter very siiiall, ahoiit 2-{ 

 fiii. liifjli, reseiiibliiiff a s|)(>pinieii froin Ikinieo !('<;■. liidlcy, 1!)01. 



Tliis presents tlie appearance of a well-estahlislied species. It is larn-e, fascic- 

 ulate, with a definitely established (liinor])liisin, and is r(!adily recof^niizable by 

 its numerous pectinate lanceolate pinn«, stipitate aiul iiianifestly hastate at 

 tlie base. tlie nerves fonniiiff several areola'. lii soiiie resjiects it resembles 

 Egcnolfia appcndiculata and might be niistaken for tliat species e.\cept that thc 

 bases of tlie jiinnae are etiual. 



23. Dryopteris Philippina (Presl) C. Chr. Iiid. Fil. (100,5) 2S4. rhysc,- 

 matium philippinum Presl Epim. (1840) 34. Lastrca cxi(iua J. Siii. in Hook. 

 Journ. Pot. 3 (1841) 412. 



LuzoN, without locality (251, 272 Guming) : Province of Rizal, iMontalban 

 (Lohcr) March, 1900. Mindanao, Province of Zamboaiiga, San Ramon (1705 

 Copeland) 1905: Provinee of Surigao (307, 327 Bolster) May, June, 1900. 



This is a reduced forin of D. MerriUii with obtuse piniiif, inore simple veiiation 

 and the pinnae auriculate only anteriorly. 



24. Dryopteris microloncha n. sp. 



Nana, rhizomate crasso obliquo atrol)ninneo radieoso, foliis nunierosis 

 fasciciilatis, stipite raris squamulis brunneis sparso rufostramineo 2 ad 

 3 cm. longo tenui, rhachi straminea parce furfuracea, planta aliter nuda, 

 fronde oblonga 16 ad 24 cm. longa, 4 ad 6 cm. lata aeuminata et in 

 longam cuspidem lol^atam excurrentem versus basin sensim auriculis 

 obtusis rotundatis, demum 5 aut 3 mm. longis et latis decrescente, pinnis 

 ca. 13 utrinque, mediis 3 cm. longis, 0.5 cm. latis sessilibus e basi hastu- 

 lata sive utrinque sed antice magis auriculata sensim acuminatis, vix ad 

 tertiam laminae partem incisis, ]ol)ulis truncatis, nervis in lobulis parce 

 l^innatis, infimis irregulariter junctis, soris numerosis minutis brunneis 

 irregulariter triseriatis, undusio atrobrunneo orbiculari, persistente. 



Leyte (317 Cuming) "Nephrodiurn caudiculatum Presl" J. Sni. in Hook. 

 Journ. Bot. 3 (1841) 411. Luzon, Province of Rizal (54 Fomiiorthy) January, 

 1906; Morong (1381 Ramos) August, 1900: Province of Cavite (1304 Mangubat) 

 August, 1906. 



A small plant re.seinbling D. Amboinensis (Willd. Sp. Pl. 5: 228, Aspidium) , 

 but even smaller than that species, with numerous obtuse auricles on the stipe, 

 narrow pinnse which are scarcely incised, and more numerous sori. 



25. Dryopteris polycarpa (Blunie) Aspidium, polycarpum Blume Enum. 

 (1828) 150. MesochJacna poJycarpa Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. Suppl. 13. 



Samar (327 ? Cuming) 1836-40. The interrogation point concerns only the 

 number in Cuming's series, and not the plant itself, the identity of wliich is 

 incontestable. 



1 do not consider tliat the elongated sori and their arrangement in horizontal 

 lines merits the generic separation of this form, as in all other respects it is a 

 true Nephrodium. 



Malaya. 



