SPICILIGIUM FILICUM rHILirriNENSIUM. 165 



The speciniens liave been referred by the collectors with doiibt, sonietimcs 

 to Asplcnimn hirtum Kaiilf., sometimes to A. caudatum Forst. They have more 

 the appearance of .4. horridum Kaulf., biit differ from the hatter in being smaller, 

 with shorter pinnae, the lobes less numeroiis, truncate at tlie apices, and the 

 stipe particularly villous. 1 believe that the specimens cited above are identical 

 witli tlie species clearly described by Presl. 



38. Asplenium horridum Kaulf. Enum. 173. 



MiNDANAO, District of Davao, Mount Apo (319 DeVore et Eoover) 1903. 

 Very typical and agreeing with specimens from the Sunda Islands and 

 Polynesia. 



39. Asplenium militare Copel. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 8uppl. 254. 



MiNDANAO, District of Davao, Mount Apo (321 DcVore ct Hoovcr) May, 1903; 

 (1505 Copeland) , 1,800 m. alt., a specimen with more deeply lobed pinnse. 



A species remarkable for its resemblance to Asplaiium serra Langsd. et Fisch., 

 of tropical America, very large with broad lanceolate pinna' whicli are lobed and 

 finely denticulate, the sori sliort and close to the costa. 



40. Asplenium cuneatum Lam. Encycl. 2: 309. 



This group, difficult everywhere, is particularly polymorphous in the Philip- 

 pines. A form that can be admitted to the Philippine flora, without doubt, is 

 the following: 



Var. tripinnatum Fourn. Fil. Nov. Caledon. 307. 



Tripinnatifidiim, segmentis brevibns ovato-cimeatis. 



MiNDANAO, District of Davao, Mount Apo (318 DeVore ct Hoovcr) May, 1903: 

 Province of Zamboanga, San Ramon (1728 Copeland) April, 1904, alt. GOO m. 

 LuzoN, Province of Rizal, Montalban (Loher) March, 1906. 



41. Asplenium laserpitiifolium Lam. Encycl. 2: 310. 



This species in tlie young state is perhaps sometimes confused with the 

 preceding, but Fournier 1. c, indicates a good distinctive character. In A. 

 euneatum tlie sori are narrow, flabellate and reach to the border of the pinnse, 

 while in A. laserjntiifolium they are convex and are confined to the middle of the 

 pinnse. 



LuzoN, Province of Benguet, Baguio (6029 Ehiicr) : Province of Bataan, 

 Mount Mariveles (176 Whilford) May, 1904. 



Var. subvenustum n. var. 



This is a rediiced form 30 to 45 cm. high with very much dividcd fronds and 

 slender stipes, the pinnules 5 mm. long, sometimes longer, trianguliir, flabellate, 

 the sori snurll, short, two or three on a pinnule, resembling Adiantum vcnustum 

 Don. Tlie specimens are not young plants, but appear to be full grown and 

 constant in tlie above characters. 



LuzoN, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso (1097 Ranios) July, 1906; (80 Foxworthy) 

 January, 1906: Province of Cavite, Mendez Nuiiez (1037 Mantjuhat) August, 1906. 



42. Asplenium affine Sw.; Schrad. Journ. 1800= (1801) 56. 



After comparison witli specimens from Bourbon and Africa, 1 admit to the 

 Philippine flora as this species, a specimen with bi])innate fronds, the pinnules 

 elongate-rhomboidal, 2 cm. long, unequal, irregularly dentate, slightly incised, 

 the sori numerous, straight, narrow, elongated, and parallel. In texture this 

 species is firmer than the preceding one. 



MiNDANAO, District of Davao, Todaya ( 1502 Copeland) October,. 1904, alt. 

 725 m. 



