158 ciiiusT. 



ASPIDIUM Swartz. 



21. Aspidium (Pleocnemia) Angilogense Clirist. in P.ull. Tlprb. Boiss. II. 

 6 (100(1) 1003. 



I do not lieaitate to refer liore Pleocnemia Cumingiana Preal, Epiin. Bot. 410, 

 iiud regiet tliat tliis specific name wliicli has priority, is inappropriate in Aspidium 

 beciuise of the later use of tbe sanie specific nanie under Af^}ii(Uum l)y sevcral 

 autliors, Kunzc, Hlurm. In addition to tbe localities in Luzon cited l)y me in 

 tbe ori<2final description of tbe species, Dr. Copeland bas found it in Mindanao, 

 San Ramon, April, 190.5, No. 1098, alt. 000 m. He adds "Fronds 2 to 3 m. biKb, 

 doltoid, stipe 2 m. bifib, stout, rbizome 10 to 20 cni. tbick, ascendinfj. I'rcsl, 

 witliout doubt after Giming's notes says "arbor viginti-pedalis." In other 

 characters I find our species to be ver_y near Nephrodium chrysotrichum Baker 

 from Samoa; Upolu, Apia leg. lietche 1880; Falwao leg. Reinccke 90, 04; Savai, 

 lcg. RrinecJcc OOb; Upolu, leg. Reinccke 04. The two collectors give tbe beight 

 of tlie Samoan plant as from 20 to 40 feet, with black trunks. It is certainly 

 tbe largest arborescent fern outside of tbe Cyatheaceae. 



22. Aspidium profereoides n. sp. 



Fronde sterili longissime stipitata, stipito 45 cm. longa pennae cygni 

 crassitic ciim rhachi castaneo sulcato opaca sqnamis snbulatis 0.5 cm. 

 longis setisque brunneis sparso vestito, fronde ultra 50 cm. longa 32 cm. lata 

 deltoideo-oblonga pinnata parce bipinnatifida, pinnis infimis nec abbre- 

 viatis nec postice auctis caeteris aequalibus, pinnis remotis recte patentibus 

 ca. 15 utrinque infra apicem acuminatum inciso-lobatum, sessilibus, 18 cm. 

 longis 3.5 cm. hitis lanceolatis acutis usque ad mediam laminam incisis, 

 ala utrinque 0.5 cm. lata et ultra, lobis angulo angusto obtuso separatis 

 12 mm. longis 1 cm. latis ovato-obtusis, ca. 18 utrinque, infimis aliquantum 

 aiictis et rhachin tegentibus, suluntegris, nervis non prominentibus, in 

 lobis pinnatis, 6 ad 8 utrinque, infimis areolam angulosam angustam secus 

 costam, superioribus 1, 2 aut 3 areolas laterales secus CQstuhim formantibus, 

 ab areola costali ad sinum 3 aut 4 areolis intercalatis. Nervulis inchisis 

 nuUis. Textura flaccide herbacea, colore obscure viridi, opaco, faciebus 

 imprimis costis furfuraceo-puberulis. Folio fertili sterili longiore; stipite 

 70 cm. et ultra, fronde 50 cm. longa, egregie contracta, pinnis valde 

 remotis, 10 cm. longis, 2.5 cm. latis, ad alam angustam incisis, lobis 

 lineari-lanceolatis falcatis 4 mm. latis, soris 1.5 mm. latis rotundis 

 mediis brunneis, indusio flaccido atrobrunneo mox corrugato sine dubio 

 roniformi. 



Aspidium excellens Blume Enum. 120 differt ex descriptione Presliana 1. c. 

 frondibus monomorphis, segmentis acutis. 



MiNDANAO, District of Davao, Todaya (1467A Copeland) October, 1904, alt. 

 1,205 m. "Rootstoek sbort, erect" Copeland. 



A marked species witb nerves of Proferea Presl, Epim. 010, and pronounced 

 dimorphism. 



