208 CIIRTST. 



4r). Dryopteris Beddomei (Bakor) O. Ktze. llev. ({cii. Pl. 2 (18!)1) 812. 

 Neplirodiiiiih licddoiiiei Bakcr Synopsis 207. 



LuzoN, Province of Benguet, Baguio (6491 Elmer) June, 1904; (.331 Topping) 

 .Taiuuiry, 1908; (4941, .5089 Vurran) August, 190G; (1818 Copeland) Ootober, 

 190.''); (Dr. Po7id) Marcli, 1904; Tilad (Loher) February, 1904: Mount Tonglon 

 (MnO Curran) Augaist, 190(j. 



British India, China and Malaya. 



40. Dryopteris immersa (Blunie) O. Ivtze. Rev. Gen. Pl. 2 (1891) 813. 

 Aspidium immersum Blvune Enum. (1828) liiC. 



LuzoN (72 Cuming) ''Lastrea verruoosa J. Sm." in Hook. Journ. P>ot. 3 (1841) 

 412. MiNDANAO, District of Davao (095 Copeland) Marcli, 1904: Province of . 

 Zaniboanga, San Ramon (1.574 Copeland) December, 1904. 



Malaya. 



Var. ligulata (J. Sm.) Lastrea Ugulata J. Sm. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 3 

 (1841) 412. Aspidium ligulatum Mett. Aspid. no. 213. 



Cebu (343 Cuming) "Lastrea ligulata J. Sm." 1. c. 



In examining the above authentic specimen I find but slight differences 

 between it and D. immersa. The racliis is atroviolaceous rather than of a pale 

 straw color such as is usually the case with the latter species. 



47. Dryopteris Motleyana (Hook.) C. Chr. Ind. Fil. (1905) 278. Nephro- 

 dium Motleyanum Hook. Syn. 206. 



Negbos, Gimagaan River (93 Copeland) January, 1904; (1485 Whitford) 

 May, 1906. Mindanao, Province of Zamboanga, San Ramon (1713 Copeland) 

 April, 1905. Palawan (541 Foxworthy) April, 1906. 



Sunda Islands, and probably other ishinds in the Malayan region. 



48. Dryopteris Luerssenii (Harringt.) C. Chr. Ind. (1905) 276. Nephro- 

 dium Luerssenii Harringt. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 16 (1877) 29. 



Ab Aspidium xylode Kunze differt textura magis eoriacea, segmentis 

 acutioribus, ala costali latiore, soris costalibus mox faciem inferiorem 

 segmenti imple^tibus, basi frondis vix aut abrupte attenuata. 



LuzoN, Province of Benguet, Baguio (Dr. Pond) March, 1904; (181, 236, 214 

 Topping) .Tanuary, February, 1903; (6514, 0515 Elmer) June, 1904: Distriet of 

 Lepanto (1910 Copeland) November, 1905. 



Endemic to the Philippines. 



49. Dryopteris Foxii (Copeland MSS. Nephrodium) n. sp. 



I transcribe here the manuscript diagnosis of the author: 

 "Bhizomate breve repente vel adscendente, stipitibus confertis 5 ad 10 

 cm. altis, stramineis, glabris, facie superiore canaliculatiS;, fronde lan- 

 ceolata 20 ad 30 cm. alta^, 6 ad 9 cm. lata utrinque angustata, bipinnata, 

 pinnis lanceolatis, acuminatis, adscendentibus, infimis remotis minutis, 

 pinnulis inferioribus lineari-lanceolatis, 8 mm. longis, 1 ad 1.5 mm. 

 latis, acutis, obscure dentatis, adnatis, remotis, sequentibus confluentibus 

 demum in caudam subserrantam coadunatis, membranaceis, supra glabris, 

 infra sparse pubescentibus, pilis albis, brevibus, venulis in pinnulis 

 maximis plerumque utrinque 5, soris medialibus indusiis reniformibus 

 glabris, subpersistentibus." 



