206 ciiiiisT. 



;iC. Dryopteris lineata ( 15Iuiiie) C. Clii . Jiul. Fil. (1905) 275. Aspidium 

 /mea/wu Blume Enuiii. (1828) 144. 



MiNDANAO, Province of Zamboanga, San Ramon (1218 Copeland) April, 190.5, 

 700 m. alt. 



(Uabi^ous, the froiid not leduced at the base. It lias tlio appearance of 

 Oyclopeltis semicordata, but the pinnai are less numerous, broader and not 

 articulate. 



Malayan region. 



lil. Dryopteris Spenceri (Copeland MSS, Nephrodium) n. sp. 



Khizoinate elongato, radicoso, foliis pai^cis (3) stipite 20 ad 30 cm. 

 longo rufostramineo, pennae anserinae crassitie, fronde 50 cm. et iiltra 

 longa 12 cm. lata, oblonga, pinnata, pinna magna basi saepe petiolata 

 12 cm. longa 3.5 cm. lata acuminata grosse lobata terminata, pinnis 

 lateralibus sessilibuS;, oblongis, falcatis, breviter acuminatis, plus minus 

 crenato-lobatis (lobis 5 mm. latis) 8 cm. longis, 2 cm. latis basi 

 inaequalibus antice truncatis postice semicordato-rotundatis rhachimque 

 tegentibus, et versus stipitem in auriculas breves trigonas numerosas 

 (usque ad 10 utrinque) abeuntibus. Tota planta pube brevi griseo 

 parce obsita, nervis manifestis prominulis, pinnarum lateralium ca. 

 G utrinque 3 aut 4 areolas inter costam et marginem formantibus, 

 nervis pinnae terminalis usque ad 12, saepe furcatis, et 10 areolas ciun 

 areolis aliquot lateralibus (more Pleocnemiae) formantibus, soris numer- 

 osis, 4 usque ad 10 utrinque, costulis approximatis saepe ovatis exindu- 

 siatis. Textura Jierbacea, colore laete virente. 



MiNDANAO, District of Davao, Todaya ( 1464 Copeland) October, 1904, alt. 800 

 m.; Sibulan River (981 Copeland) April, 1904. A plant from San Ramon, 

 MiNDANAO (Copeland s. n.) April, 1905, from about the same altitude as the 

 above is distinguishable by its shorter and more numeroiis pinnse. 



A very hvrge species of the group of D. Stegnogramme ( Gymnogramme aspid- 

 ioides Blume Fl. Jav. pl. 98.) but very diiferent from tliat species in having a 

 large terminal pinna instead of a pinnatifid apex, and with auricles descending 

 along the stipe. 



38. Dryopteris simplicifoiia (J. Sm.). Nephrodium simplicifolium. J. Sm. 

 in Hook. Journ. Bot. 3 (1841) 411. 



A reduced insular form of the D. glandulosa typc. The plant small, the 

 terminal pinna only developed, the lateral ones reduced to auricles. 



Leyte (315 Cuming). This is the plant figured by Hooker Sp. Fil. 1: 19. A 

 sterile frond with the above specimen shows that it is a larger plant than 

 figured and demonstrates clearly that the species is more especially a reduction 

 of D. Spenceri. Specimens from San Ramon, Mindanao (Copeland) February, 

 April, 1905, have the nerves iess pronounced, the terminal pinna narrower and 

 the pubescence more grayisli; 



39. Dryopteris prolifera (Retz.) C. Chr. Ind. Fil. (1905) 280. flemionitis 

 prolifera Retz. Obs. 6 : 38. 



LuzoN, Province of Cagayan (133 BoUier) July, 1905: Province of Tayabas, 

 Lucena (616 Whitford) August, 1904: Without locality (168 Cuming). 

 Throughout the Malayan region to tropical Africa. 



