216 CIIKIST. 



75. Dryopteris rhodolepis (Clarke) Nephrodium rhodolepin (^larke in Trans. 

 Linn. 8oc. 2: .^32«. i. 12. 



Major ma<i^is((ue eomposita quam D. intcrmcdia, j^ilis atropurj)ureis 

 basi pustulatis fcre nullis sed s^iuaniis rufobrunneis subulatis, laneeolatis 

 et ovatis mixtis, stipite rhachi costisquc alnmdc vestitis. 



LuzoN, District of Lepanto, Bagnen (1020 Copeland) Novembor, 1005. Min- 

 UANAO, Province of Zamboanga (1773 Copeland) 1905, alt. 1,000 m. 



C. Christensen lias erroneously identified Dryopteris intermedia (Bl.) with 

 D. rhodolepis (Clarke) in his index Filiciim, 288, as Clm~ke has expressed very 

 clearly 1. c. 527, distinctive characters of the latter, "primary, secondary and 

 tertiary rachises with ovate acute subadpressed hyaline rose-mauve scales." 



China and British India, Himalayan region. 



76. Dryopteris Copeiandi n. sp. 



Diifert a D. intermedia absentia pilorum atropurpureorum basi pustu- 

 latorum, indumento squamato, fronde posticc non aucta, jnnnis angnstis 

 minoribus, segmentis minoribus denticulatis. Potius D. spinulosae quam 

 D. intermediae appropinquanda. Bhizomate iiti videtur obliquo pauca 

 folia emittente, stipitc pennae corvinae crassitie rufostramineo, 30 cm. 

 longo, cum rhachi costisque abundc squamulis minimis i setif ormibus 

 strigillosis rufobrunneis obtecto nec non squamis ovatis obtusis 0.5 cm. 

 et ultra longis et latis diaphanis dilute brunneis vestito, fronde deltoideo- 

 oblonga 40 cm. longa 30 cm. lata tripinnata, pinnis ovato-oljlongis 

 inferioribus breviter petiolulatis remotis (infimo intervallo 7 cm.) acumi- 

 natis basi vix attenuatis, utrinque ca. 15 infra apiccm, pinnis infimis 

 posticc vix auctis, pinnula basali posteriore scquente brcviore, pinnulis 

 ca. 15 utrinque, approximatis, 4 cm. longis, 1.5 cm. latis, valde regularitcr 

 fere usque ad costam pinnatis, segmentis ^^^ subinaequalibus, basi sub- 

 decurrentibus, rhombeo-oblongis 6 mm. longis 3 mm. latis obtusissimis, 

 10 utroque Laterc, regulariter dentatis, dentibus ca. 5 utrinquc acutius- 

 culis, nervis pinnatis, furcatis, soris rufobrunncis numerosis ca. 3 utrin- 

 quc, cxindusiatis, facicbus pilis albidis numcrosis pubescentibus, textura 

 flaccide herbacea, colore laete virentc. 



LuzoN, District of Lepanto, Mount Data (1887 Copehnid) October, 1905, alt. 

 2,250 m. 



77. Dryopteris Rizalensis n. sp. 



Ehizomatc brcvi crasso^ squamarum rigidarum 1 cm. longarum seti- 

 formium brunnearum coma dcnse vcstito. Stipitibus subfasciculatis 

 pennae corvinae crassitie, sulcatis, 25 cm. longis atrocastaneis squamis 

 setiformibus atropurpureis patentibus flcxuosis G mm. longis dcnsc ves- 

 titis, f ronde 32 cm, longa, basi 20 cm. lata elongato-deltoidea, basi bipinna-' 

 tifida cacterum pinnata, pinnis falcatis acutis 7 ad 8 utrinquc infra apicem 

 incisum, infimis petiolulatis remotis, basi postice auctis 12 cm. longis, 5 

 em. latis dcltoideo-elongatis, caeteris lanceolato-oblongis 10 em. longis, 3.5 

 cm. latis, superioribus decurrenti-adnatis, ad basin profunde, supra ad 



