164 CIIRIST. 



ASPLENIUM l.iiin. 



84. Asplenium exiguum Bcdd. Ffins. S. Jnd. t. 1^/0. 



LiizoN, J'r()viiu't' of Benguet, Adouay (1845 Coycland) October, 1905, alt. 

 900 m.; iiaf-iiio (4887, 48G0 0«rr««) Augu.st, 190(1. 



An Asiatie type. 



I have s])eeiniena froin Sinila leg. lilanford, Massuri leg. Hopr, Jlliotan ieg. 

 (Iii//itli No. 2812, Yunnan leg. DeUtvay and froni Tlie Nilgiris, soiitlierii liidia, 

 leg. Oamhle. It has not been found iii Japan. 



35. Asplenium Elmeri n. sp. 



Khizoinate brevi radicoso, squamis castaneis subulatis coronato stipi- 

 tibus fasciculatis 7 ad 13 cm. iongis cum rhachi atrorufis subintentibus, 

 squamulis patentibus subulatis brunneis vestitis, rhachi in parte superiore 

 sed infra apicem prolifera, fronde oblonga acuminata basi attenuata 20 

 cm. longa (i ad 8 cm. hita, bipinnata sivo tripinnatifida, pinnis petiolatis, 

 IG ad 20 utrinque recte patentibus remotiusculis breviter petiolatis, 

 costa libera supra breviter alata, pinnis ovato-elongatis acuminatis apice 

 grosse dentato lanceolato, pinnis 3 ad 3 cm. longis, 1.5 cm. hitis remotis 

 paucis 2 rarius 3 utrinque, petiolulatis ovato-cuneatis obtusis grosse 

 dentatis 8 mm. longis 3 mm. latis, pinnula basali anteriore aucta et rhachi 

 approximata, nervis in segmentis flabeHato-furcatis, soris 2 aut 3 in 

 segmento, lanceolatis 1 mm. latis atrobrunneis indusio griseo angusto 

 persistente. Colore opaco atroviridi, textura herbacea. 



LuzoN, Province of Benguet, Mount Santo Tomas (6538 Eimer) June, 1904: 

 District of Lepanto, Mount Data (J858 Copeland) October, 1905. 



Loher has found the saine species previously on Mount Mariveles, Province of 

 Bataan, Luzon, Septeinber, 1893, but his speciinens are larger, 55 cin. tall. 

 Very nearly the same species is found in Celebes (1322 8arasin) November, 

 J895, but in 8arasin's plant the segments are longer and the rachis is also 

 proliferous. A small species resembling Asplenium cuneatum Lam., and A. 

 pruemorsum S\v., which are frequently found in herbaria under the name A. 

 laserpitiifolium, and sometimes under the naine A. contiguum. A good species 

 characterized by its stipe and rachis being covered with scales. 



I no longer niaintain as a Philippine species Asplenimn nitidum, that I previ- 

 ously credited to LuzoN.** I have not seen froni tlie Archipelago tlie large pJant 

 witli long pinnules which are aurided and deeply incised such as is represented 

 in Malacca, by specimens leg. Ridley and in Borneo, leg. Nietcenhuis, etc. 



36. Asplenium praemorsum Sw. Prodr. 130. 



LuzoN, Provinee of Benguet, Pauai (Copeland) November, J905, alt. 2,200 m. 

 A small form with narrowly cuneiform segments previously found in Luzon 

 by Loher. 



37. Asplenium truncatilobum (Presl) Tarachia trunctailoha Presl Epim. 

 (1849) 437. Asplenium arayatense (^Xwist Mss. 



LuzoN, Province of Pampanga, Mount Arayat (38J6, 3909 Merrill) May, 

 October, 1904: 1'rovince of Laguna, Mount Maquiling (Loher) 1906: Province 

 of Zambales, Mount Pinatubo (Loher) l<\^bruary, 1906: J^rovince of Benguet. 

 Adouay (J857c CopeJand) October, J905. 



"" liull. Ifrrh. 7?rn.s.s. (1898), 6, l.')^. 



