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Athyrium philippinense Clirist. Tliis i)lant was described (Bull. Herb. Boiss. 
6 (1898) 154) as a variety of A. Sarasinorinn, but Dr. Clu’ist writes that Tie 
now regards it as specifically distinct. 
DIPLAZIUM Swartz. 
Diplazium Bolsteri Copel. sp. nov. 
Khizomate adscentlente; stipitibus confertis, 5-10 cm. altis, gracilibus, 
pedibns nigris nigro-castaneo-paleaceis, sursmn rhachibusqtie sordide viri- 
dilius, fere glabris; froiide 20-25 cm. alta, 3.5-5 cm. lata, acuminata, 
bipinnata, apice pinnatifida; pinnis infimis deflexis vix diminntis, aliis 
adscendenti-falcatis, stipitatis, basibiis acroscopicis valde anriculatis, 
basiscopicis late excisis, 2-3 cm. longis, acnminatis, apicem versus acute 
serratis, rhacliiu versus incisis vel piunatis, glabris, papyraceis, infra 
pallidis; veuulis mauifestis, sorisque perobliquis; iudusiis angustis, cas- 
taueo-fulvis. (Tab. II.) 
SuRiGAO, Mindanao, ad terrain uinbrosain, 200 in. s. in. Bolster 204. 
In the group of D. WinUimsi and D. Whitfordi, more slender tlirougbout than 
either, and well characterized by the acuminate, falcate pinnae, prominent auricles, 
and very olilique soil. 
ASPLENIUM I jinn. 
Asplenium exiguum Beddome. Fern. South. Ind. PI. IJ/G. 
Luzon, Benguet, Adouay, Copeland 1845. 
China and India. 
Dr. Christ, who knows the type of A. yunnanense Franchet (Cf. Bull. Soc. Bot. 
Fr. IV 5 (1905) 53) regards my plant (1845) as intermediate between it and 
A. exiguum. My material seems on the whole to be nearer the latter; but it 
varies sufficiently fully to cover both, and Beddome’s name is the older. I believe 
that this species includes also A. Loherianuvi Christ, though the rachis is usually 
glabrous. 
Asplenium militare Copel. sp. nov. 
Ebizouiate ad terram repeute, 1 mm. crasso, paleis murino-fuligiueis 
lanceolatis acuminatis 5 mm. longis densissime vestito; stipitibus 40-50 
cm. altis, validis, rhacliibusque castaneis, nitidis, glabresceutibus ; fronde 
GO-lOO cm. alta, 25-30 cm. lata, piunata cum impari; piuuis brevi-stipi- 
tatis, remotis, infimis vix dimiuutis, majoribus 15-18 cm. longis, 20-24 
mm. latis, basibus iuaequilateraliter cuueatis vel acroscopice truncatis, 
marginibus deorsum serratis sursum biserratis siuubus angustissimis, 
apicibus acuminatis in caudas productis, papyraceo coriaceis, glabris, 
infra olivaeeis, supra potius fuligiueis; veuulis furcatis, augulo acuto 
orsis, patentibus; soris 10-12 mm. longis, curvis, costalibus. 
Mindanao, ad montem Apo, 1,800 m. s. m. Copeland 1<I05. 
A very large representative of the caudatum group, with some resemblance to 
the American A. Berra L. et F. 
Similar to this are some remarkable ferns collected in the same neighborhood 
I)y l)e Vore and Hoover, No. 321. There are three specimens in the material of 
this number which by themselves would seem to be as many distinct new species; 
in view of this probable mixture of species, it seems best to await another 
collection before describing any of them. 
