56 The Philippine Jourrml of Science 1917 
Mount Kinabalu, Paka Cave, Topping 1719. 
This is from the same place as Dryopteris gymnopoda (Baker) C. Chr. 
and is certainly much like it; but that species is described as smaller, 
but with the pinnae cut quite to the costa, and with one sorus on each 
side at the base of each segment; the latter feature might be expected 
on occasional young plants of D. kinabaluense, but such plants are not 
likely to be more deeply cut than larger ones. 
DRYOPTERIS LINEARIS sp. nov. 
Lastraea; rhizomate suberecto, 5 ad 10 mm crasso, lignoso, 
breve, paleis castaneis lanceolatis acuminatis 1 cm longis dense 
vestito ; stipitibus 30 ad 45 cm altis, atropurpureis, nitidis, deor- 
sum paleis paucis ornatis; fronde usque ad 50 cm alta et 8 cm 
lata, acuta, rhachi atropurpurea superne velutina, interne nitida ; 
pinnis infimis subremotis vix brevioribus, utroque latere 25 ad 
35, brevistipitulatis, 35 ad 45 mm longis, 10 ad 15 mm latis, e 
basi dilatato sensim angustatis, acuminatis, profunde pinna- 
tifidis, costa superne velutina, aliter glabris, coriaceis, interne 
pallidis; segmentis proximis, obtusis, majoribus crenatis vel sub- 
serratis; venulis utroque latere ca. 5, simplicibus vel infimis in 
sementis maximis turcatis; soris superioribus in segmento quo- 
que costularibus, interioribus divergentibus ; indusiis magnis, 
persistentibus, tulvis, interdum inaequalibus (athyrioideis) , 
nudis. 
Mount Kinabalu, Maraiparai Spur, Mrs. Clemens 11069 (type), 11067. 
There is little choice as to whether this should be called Dryopteris or 
Athyrium. The conspicuous dark-purple stipes and rachises are duplicated 
by some similar and probably related species in each genus. I have given 
this a name in Dryopteris because most of the sori are roundish and it is 
not more nearly related to species known to me in Athyrium. 
DRYOPTERIS TOPPINGII sp. nov. 
Nephrodium, D. extensae (Bl.) O. K. affinis, pinnis stipitulatis 
rhachin versus decrescentibus, adspectu D. syrmaticae; rhizo- 
mate inviso sed de torma pedis stipitis verosimiliter late repente; 
stipite 50 cm alta, ad pedem paleis tusco-castaneis linearibus 1 
cm longis vestito, sursum rhachique minute griseo-velutinis ; 
fronde ca. 75 cm alta, fere 40 cm lata; pinnis rectis, late linea- 
ribus, inferioribus remotis non abbreviatis, stipitulatis, et ad 
rhachin pseudoarticulatis, ca. 20 cm longis, 3.5 latis, acumi- 
natis, medio ad costam pinnatifidis; segmentis proximis, subfal- 
catis, obtusis, 5 ad 7 mm latis, pinnularum inferiorum infimis 
valde reductis, pilis pallidis appressis ciliatis, costis et sparsius 
venis superne velutinis, inferne minute adpresso-pubescentibus, 
lamina nuda papyracea; venulis ca. 14-paribus, quarum 3 vel 4 
