NEW PHILIPPINE FERNS, II. 
By Edwin Bingham Copeland. 
[From the Bureau of Education, Manila, P. I.) 
TRICHOMANES Sm. 
Wrrichomanes Christii Copel. sp. nov. 
Rhizomate late repente, 1 mm. crasso; stipitibiis teniiibiis, ca. 1 cm. 
altis, pills brevissimis paucis pxibescentibiis ; fronde 5-8 cm. altis, 35-35 
mm. latis, acntis, tripinnatifidis ; rhaclii sursiim angiiste alata; piniiis 
oblongis, obtusis, infinis diminntis ; segmentis integris, linearibus ; nrceolis 
infundibnliformi-campanulatis, anguste alatis alls saepins sub limbo 
evaneseentibus, limbo leviter elato, snbbilabiato, receptaculo incluso. 
Mindoro, prope fluminem Baco. Merrill 1819. 
Near Trichornanes pyxidiferum and I', hipunctatiim, easily recognized by the 
comparatively large frond and short stipe, and included receptaculnm. 
CYATHEA J. Sm. 
/Cyathea tripinnata Copel. sp. nov. 
Triinco erecto, 3 m. alto, 10 cm. crasso, albido-paleaceo, cicatricibus 
frondinm 3.5-4 cm. altis latisqne; stipitibiis 60 cm. longis, 3-3 cm. 
crassis, basibns inmoronam palearnm albo-straminearnm 3-5 cm. lon- 
garnm 1 mm. latariim occiiltis, snrsnm rbachibnsqne sub tomento minnto 
denso fiilvo atropiirpiireis, spiniilis acntis sparsis 1 mm. altis asperis; 
fronde 3 m. longa, 1.5 m. lata, tripinnata; pinnis medialibns maximis, 
80 cm. longis, 33 cm. latis, abrupte acntis; pinnnlis* 13 cm. longis, 
30-35 mm. latis, abrnpte acnminatis ; pinnnlis “ ca. 13 mm. longis, 3 mm. 
latis, sessilibns, cordatis vel snperioribns adnatis, snbacntis, serrulatis, 
herbaceis, infra pallidioribns, paleis stramineis ad costas et rarissime ad 
vennlas sparsis, aliter glabris; vennlis apud costam fnrcatis; soris costa- 
libns, ca. 1.5 mm. latis, utroqne latere ca. 5, ad partem mediam pinnnlae 
restrictis; indnsio albo-stramineo, tennissimo, in fragmenta sericea persis- 
tentia mox riijito. 
Luzon, monte Mariveles, in eratere extincto, 900 m. s. in. Copeland 2008. 
This has some characters in common with O. arachnoidea Hooker, but is a very 
distinct species. 
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