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STENOSEMIA Tresl. 
Stenosemia pinnata Copeland n. sp. 
Caudice erecta, valida; stipitibus caes]:)itosis, atro-fuscis vel svirsiim 
flaveseentibuSj paleas paiicas distantes deciduas ferentibus, frondium 
steriliiuii 25 cm. fertilimn 40 cm. altis ; fronde sterile deltoideo-ovata, 
30 cm. alta, 20 cm. lata, pinnata; pinnis infimis stipitatis, snbfalcatis, 
acuminatis, ovatis, 2/3 ad costam pinnatifidis, segmentis basiscoj)icis 
majoribirs serratis, stipitem versus diminutis, sinultns setis minntis ob- 
structis; pinnis seqnentibus sessilibns, dein adnatis, decnrrentibns, demnm 
in apicem compositam coadnnatis, membranaceis, fere glabris; rbaclii 
dense brevi-pnbescente ; fronde fertile forma eadem, 10 cm. alta, bipin- 
nata. 
Mindanao, Zamboanga, San Kamon, Copeland IGOl. Ad tenam in silvis, 
alt. 100 m. 
This species grows associated with 8. aurita, Presl. Tlie basal pinnae are but 
little larger than the succeeding and the longest basiscopic lobes are one-third of 
the way to the tip. Three or four pairs of pinnae are free. S', aurita in this 
locality has its upper surface sparsely but uniformly hirsute. 
LEPTOCHILUS Kaulf. 
\/ Leptochilus hydrophyllus Copeland n. sp. 
Rbizoniate brevi-repente, 1-1.5 mm. crasso, apicem versus paleis fitscis, 
angnstis, 1 mm. longis vestito ; stipite frondis stei'ilis circa 1 cm. alto, 
snbsqnamoso, frondis fertilis 4-7 cm. alto ; fronde sterile plernmqne 
10 cm. alta, 10 mm. lata, Integra, rarius 20 cm. alta et nndulata, acuta, 
Itasi subacuta, viva carnosula, sicca papyracea, glaberrima ; veiiis immersis, 
inconspicuis, marginem vix attingentibus, vennlis more L. cuspidati anas- 
tomosantibns, liberis inclusis pancis; fronde fertile lineare, ca. 7 cm. 
lata, 3 mm. lata, obtusa, in stipitem sensim angustata. 
Mindanao, Zamboanga, San Ramon, Copeland L505. Ad saxa humida. 
Well distinguished by the combination of the venation of Tletcroncuron. (as L- 
cuspidatus) and the narrow fertile frond of typical Leptochilus (as L. dccwrrcns 
Bl.) ; the texture and the rather abruptly contracted sterile fronds arc also 
peculiar. 
. NEPHROLEPIS Schott. 
\i Nephrolepis glabra Copeland n. sp. 
Species Nephrolepide cordifolia, qua stipite rbaebique alata glalirius- 
culis vel glabris, pinnis fertilibus crenato-serratis, vennlis manifestis, 
textura herbacea staturaque minore differt, segreganda. Fronde 7-15 
cm. vel rarius ultra, alta, lanceolata, more Muscorum Hymenopbylla- 
cearumqne desiccante, pinnis vix deciduis. 
Luzon, Benguet, Baguio, Copeland 1819. Plerumque ad saxa, sub Pinis. 
Judged by the formation of tubers, and by the shape of the indusium and posi- 
tion of the sorus, this would be N. cordifolia (L. ) Presl, a species common 
throughout the Philippines. In a genus of xerophytes, epiphytic or inhabiting 
dry copses, this species is notable for its exposure to extremes of moisture. 
