168 (iiiuisT. 



51. Davallia vestita liliniH! Kinmi. (1.S2S) 2:5.S. 



LuzoN, Province of Pani]«in<fa, Mouiit Arayat (.SS78 Merrill) May, 1004: 

 Provineo of Tayabas, Mount Pana jao (Ijohcr) Kebruary, lOOC). Xkokoh, Mount 

 Silay (1510 WliHford) May, li)0(i. 



This specios does not seem to ix- rarc in tlie Pliilij^pines. Tlie speciiiicns are 

 less scaly tlian tliose of Java and Celebes. 



52. Davallia pusilla Mett. Ann. Sc. Nat. IV. 15 (1S()1) 7!). 

 MlNnANAO, Province of Zamboan<fa, San Ramon ( 1()()5 CoprUind) 190"). 

 CopcUmd^^ lias identified this nuniber as Ht<iiuila pdrvuUi -T. 8m., but my 



specimen agrees e.xactly vi^ith specimens of Davallia pusilUi from New Caledonia 

 leg. Franc. 



MICROLEPIA Presl. 



53. Microlepia Sablanensis n. sp. 



Tripinnata, ampla, rhachi opaca fulvostraminea, brevissime et molliter 

 puberula, pinnis 35 cm. et ultra longis, 9 cm. latis, elongato-caudatis, 

 breviter petiolatis basi vix abbreviatis, pinnulis pectinato-confertis nume- 

 rosis (40 et ultra utrinque) recte patentibus, fere sessilibus, acuminatis, 

 basi inaequali, segmento infimo anteriore aucto, libero, ad rhachim ad- 

 presso, ad rhachim incisis, segmentis ca. 20 utrinque confertis angulo 

 angusto separatis oblongis, obtusis, 0.5 cm. longis, 2.5 mm. latis, inae- 

 qualibus, postice subintegris cuneatis, antice truncatis, crenatis, lobulis 

 plerumque 3 minutis, nervis manifestis, in lol)ulis bi- aut tri-furcatis, 

 soris minutis, 2 aut 3 plerumque antice in sinubus lobulorum positis, 

 globosis, indusio inconspicuo semicupuliformi tenuissimo. Textura her- 

 bacea, costis nervisque subtus pilosis, facie superiore laevi, sed opaca, 

 colore obscure viridi. 



LuzoN, Province of Benguet, Sablan (6231 FAmer) April, 1904. 



Diflfering from Microlejna spcluncae (L.) Moore in its larger fronds, finer 

 pubescence, the pinnules more numerous, the segments smaller, less unequal and 

 the denticulations finer. 



DENNSTAEDTIA Bernh. 



54. Dennstaedtia Smithii (Hook.) Moore Index. 308. 



LuzoN, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles (1133 Whiiford) March, 1904: 

 Province of Rizal (91 Fooo-worthy) January, 1906. 



Tlie specimens cited above agree exactly with the figiire givcn by Hookcr,^- but a 

 species very close to this, recently described by Copeland, seems to be more comnion 

 and widely distributed. It is larger, more pubescent, and with the basal pinnule 

 of the III order anteriorly very much augmented. It is: 



55. Dennstaedtia Williamsi Copel. in Phili]). .Tourn. Sci. T (1906) Suppl. 

 148, of which 1 liad prepared the following diagnosis before learning that Copeland 

 had already described tlie species. 



Amplissima, quadripinnatifida, stipite 2 m. alto, 2.5 cm. diametro, 

 tereti, rufo-testaceo, dcnse cum rhachi pilis strigosis patentibus 2.5 mm. 

 longis fulvis tomenloso postea glabrata, frondibus 2 m. altis, fasciculatis 



'^ This Journal ^ (1900) Suppl. 147. 

 '- Sp. Fil. 1 : t.28 D. 



