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ACROPHORUS Tiesl. 
Acrophorus stipellatus (^\’all.) Moore, {.i. nodosiis (Bl.) Pre«l.) 
Mindanao. Province of Dav'ao, Mount Apo, Copeland 1401. Luzon, Province of 
Lepanto, Mount Lata, Copeland 1870. The indusiuni is often indistinguishable 
from that of Neplirodium. 
India and Malaya. 
Stipitibus confei’tis, 35-40 cm. altis, supra canaliculatis, paieis lirun- 
neis ]iol 3 unorphis usque ad 13 mm. long'is vestitis; fronde 40 cm. alta, 
35 cm. lata, acuminata, bijrimiata; rhachibus pilis s(iuamulisque angustis 
pallido-fulvis dense sericeis; pinnis infimis deflexis vix diminutis, sequen- 
tibus borizontalibus, 13 cm. longis, 30-35 mm. latis, acuminatis ; pinnulis 
inlimis acroscopicis fere ad costam jiinnatis, aliis leviter vel baud incisis, 
obscure serratis dentibus plerumque lirevi-setiferis, late auriculatis auri- 
culis(jue imbricatis, papyraceis, infra pilis stellatis fulvis pubescentilms, 
supra fere glabris ; indusiis albidis sericeis ciliatis. 
Luzon, Benguet, Ambuklao, 7.50 in. s. in., Copeland 1820. 
A handsome spiecies of the aculcatuin group, notable for its long, narrow piiiine 
and silky rachis, as well as for its indusia. 
ichum nudum Copeland n. sp. 
Kbizomate adscendente, paieis linearilius 3 cm. longis briinneis vestito; 
stipitilnis confertis, 40-50 cm. altis, paieis brimneis deorsum plerumque 
ovatis 1-3 cm. longis sursum plerumque minoribus pallidiorilms crinitis 
onustis; fronde ca. 70 cm. alta, 30 cm. lata, tripinnatifida ; rliacliibus 
paieis brunneis crinitis satis uniformilius vestitis ; pinnis confertis, 
horizontal i-patentil)us, 15-18 cm. longis, 35 mm. latis, acuminatis, in- 
fimis paullo minoribus ; ])innulis oblongis, acutis, auriculis brevibus fere 
distinctis non imbricatis, alitor inciso-serratis dentibus aculeatis, berba- 
ceis, supra glabris viridibus, infra pallidis, venis squamulis albis vestitis; 
soris omnino nudis. 
Mindanao. Zamboanga, 8an Ramon, 1,200 m. s. m. Ad terrain, Copeland 1744. 
A species of the uculcuPum group, quite distinct froni our other representatives 
in aspect as well as in the naked soil. 
Aspidium polymorphum Wall. 
Mindanao, Davao, Silmlan, Copeland 146G. Luzon, Province of Laguna, Mount 
Maquiling, Copeland 2024. 
India and Malaya. 
Aspidium angulatum J. Sm. 
Mindanao, San Ramon, Copeland 1770. 
Malaya. 
A. siifoliuin (Willd. ) Mett. is certainly exindusiate. 
POLYSTICHUM Roth. 
Polystichum blepharistegium Copeland n. sp. 
ASPIDIUM Sw. 
