210 CHKIST. 



51. Dryopteris flaccida (Bluiiio) O. Kt/c. Rov. (ion. i'l. 2 (ISOl) 812. A.ipi- 

 (lium /Idecidiiin Bliinio l^^miiii. (1828) Kil. 



LuzoN, Province of Benguot, Baguio (157, 171 Topping) January, 1903. 

 Malaya. 



52. Dryopteris erubescens (Wall.) C. Chr. Tnd. Fil. (1905) 20,3. Pohjpo- 

 dium criihescciin Wall. 



MiNDANAo, Province of Zamboanga, San Ranion (1(512 Oopelnnd) January, 

 1905, at 75 ni. alt. 

 Malaya. 



53. Dryopteris Metteniana Hioronjnn. M8S. n. sp. .siib Neplirodiuin. Laslrea 

 fipcctabiHs J. Sni. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 3 (1841) 412, sed Aspidium spcctahile 

 Blume Enum. 158 D. syriiiaticam aniplectitur. 



Differt a D. Syrmatico, cui similis dente in sium loborum posito, am- 

 piitudine, pinnis fere sessilibus et pinnis basalibus postice egregie auctis 

 bipinnatifidis, texture membranacea, colore atroviridi, soribus plurise- 

 riatis. 



Ampla, nuda, stipite plumbeo-stramineo valido, fronde 70 cm. longa 

 30 cni. lata ovata, acuminata, bi- et subtripinnatifida, pinnis patentibus 

 remotis ca. 15 utrinque infra apicem pinnatifidum, inferioribus breviter 

 petiolatis, reliquis sessilibus, versus basin postice attenuatis, ovato-oblongis 

 supremis lanceolatis 18 cm. longis 4 cm. et ultra latis superioribus 

 angustioribus caudato acuminatis, basi cuneato-truncatis subinaequalibus, 

 usque ad mediam laminam incisis, lobis grossis sinu aperto rotundato 

 separatis subfalcatis ovatis usque ad 3 cm. longis et 1 cm. latis serrato- 

 crenatis acutiusculis, ca. 15 utrinque, dente in sinu posito, ca. 8 utrinque, 

 pinnis infimis deorsum valde auctis, pinnula basali deflexa 7 cm. longa 

 profunde lobata, costis costulisque prominentibus stramineis, nervis 

 tenuibus bi-aut trifurcatis, liberis, soris mediis minutis brunneis, ramo 

 anteriore basali nervulorum impositis saepe biseriatis, 6 aut 7 utrinque, 

 indusio minimo rudimentario griseo. Te"xtura tenuiter membranacea, 

 colore atroviridi. 



LuzoN (13 Cuming) "Lastrea spectabilis J. Sm." in Hook. Journ. Bot. 3 (1841) 

 412. MiNDANAO, Mount Batangan (Warburg) 1888. The same specios is found 

 in Celebes, Maros Bantimurung, South Celebes (16586 Warburg) ; Takale Kadjo, 

 500 m. alt. {Sarasin) February, 1895. 



54. Dryopteris Syrmatica (Willd.) 0. Ktzo. Rev. Con. Pl. 2 (1891) 814. 

 Aspidium ^yrmaticum Willd. Sp. Pl. 5: 237. 



Var. petioiosa n. var. 



Pinnis longe petiolatis (petiolo 1 cm. et ultra) supremis solummodo 

 subsessilibus, 16 cm. longis, 3.5 cm. latis, soris mediis minutis indusio 

 grjseo tectis. Rhizomate monente Copeland erecto terrestri. 



LuzoN (14 Guming) "Lastrea spectabilis J. Sm." in Hook. Journ. Bot. 3 

 (1841) 412: Province of Laguna, Los Banos {Alherto) May, 1905. Mindanao, 

 Province of Zamboanga, San Ramon (730, 1581 Copela/nd) May, December, 1904: 

 District of Davao (953, 928, 609 Copeland) ; Mount Batangan (14122 Warburg). 



Tlie Pliilip])ino plant is distinguishablo from those of southorn (Hiina (leg. 



