188 roLYroDUCE-f:. 



tjxto-lauceolatis 15 cm. loDgis basi latissirais 5 cm. latis apice acuminatis 

 plus minus petiolatis, pinnis infimis conformibus longioribus latissimis, pinnis 

 ntroque latere rhacliis froudis 15-lG inferioribiis 5 cm. a se remotis, pinnis basi 

 pinnatis sm-sum pinnatifidis, (segmentis falcato-recurvis apice acutis mediocri- 

 bus l^ cm. longis 4 mm. latis a basi contractis vel plus minus dilatatis raargine 

 obscure dentatis vel distincte dentatis) ; pagina supra viridis subtus pallidis- 

 sime plus minus rubescens utraque glabra. Rhachis frondis supra bi-ti'i-sulcata 

 piloso-squaraata, squamis densiuscuhs rubris, subtus convexa minute parcissime 

 murica,ta ; rliaehis x^iuii'ii'iiiii complanata supra plano-sulcata glabra subtus 

 elevata squamata, venis et venulis liberis. Sori seeus venas loborimi pinnarum 

 vel j)iunularum sub qiioque dente siti ab apice dentium 2 mm. remoti, vel 

 sursum ad sinus dentium siti. ludusium persistens orbiculari-cordatum 11 

 mm. in diametro rubrura margine paucissime eroso-ciliolatum. 



Hab. Kusshaku et Shintengai, leg. K. Miyake, 1899. 



Near NcpJirodium aciitvm HoOK., but diflers froni it l)y the shape of the 

 lowefst j)iuiia,. 



Dryopteris viridescens (Bakee) O. Ktze. ; C. Ch. Ind. p. 800. Nephro- 

 (Ikim viridcsccns Baker Syn. j). 275. 



Hah. Arisjiu, 7000-8000 ped. alt., leg. B. Hayata et S. Sasaki, Jan., 

 191-2. 



Compared witli a Japanese specimen so labelled iu the herbarium at 

 Tokyo. This commou Japanese fem is foimd iu Formosa only in high 

 elevatious. 



^lspidiinn S\v. 



Aspidium submembranaceum Hayata sp. nov. (Fig. 126). RhizomaV 

 Stipes 30 em. longus nitidus basi purpureo-nigrescens vel atro-castaneus sursura 

 ± rubescens basi densissirae squamatus, squarais linearibus rubro-castaneis 

 usque 2 cm. longis 1 mm. latis marginc remote ciliatis vel uon ciliatis. Frons 

 in ambitu ovato-cordata 30cm. longa 18 cm. lata bi[)iuuata apice acuta basi 

 iu ambitu cordata, pinnis opixjsitis a rhaehibus frondis angulo 70"-80° 

 divaricatis, inferioribus a se 5 cm. remotis, infimis triangularibus arcuutis 

 iua^quilateralibus 16 em. longis 13 em. latis, lat«re suqeriore basi 4 era. latis, 

 latere inferiore latioribus basi 9 cm. latis apice arcuato-aeuminatis basi latis- 



