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MERRILL AND MERRITT. 
3. P. auriculatum (L.) Presl Tent. (1836) 83. 
In the mossy forest and on outcroppings of ledges in the summit grass lands, 
C. M. Z. 16257, Merrill 6366, Copeland 2306. 
Known in the Philippines only from the Benguet-Lepanto region ; India to 
Formosa. 
A fourth species is possibly represented by C. M. Z. 16255 from the mossy 
forest, altitude about 2,500 m. 
NEPHROLEPIS Schott. 
1. N. cordifolia (L.) Presl Tent. (1836) 79. 
In ravines, upper pine region, ascending to an altitude of about 2,000’ m, 
C. M. Z. 16265. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines at medium and higher altitudes; tropical. 
Asia and Japan to New Zealand. 
HU MATA Cav. 
1. H. sp. ( =Copeland 1863 from Mount Data, Luzon). 
Epiphytic in the mossy forest, altitude about 2,500 m, C. M. Z. 16263. 
Probably an undescribed form. 
PROSAPTIA Presl. 
1. P. linearis Copel. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 115. 
In the mossy forest above an altitude of 2,300 m, C. M. Z. 16303, Merrill 
6377, Copeland. 
Known only from Mount Pulog. 
DAVALLI A Sm. 
1. D. denticulata (Burm.) Mett.; Kuhn Fil. Deck. (1867) 27. 
On boulders and cliffs in stream depressions, pine region, altitude about 1,500 
m, Merrill 6359. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines at low and medium altitudes; tropical 
Asia and Africa to Malaya-, Australia, and Polynesia. 
M ICROLEPI A Presl. 
1. M. strigosa (Thunb.) Presl Epim. (1851) 95. 
In the mossy forest, altitude about 2,300 m, C. M. Z. 16262. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines at medium and higher altitudes ; tropical 
Asia to Japan, and Polynesia. 
ODONTOSORI A Fee. 
1. O. chinensis (L.) J. Sm. Bot. Yoy. Herald (1857) 430. 
On steep slopes in the pine region, altitude below 1,700 m, C. M. Z. 16259. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines at medium altitudes;, tropical Asia to 
Madagascar, Japan, Malaya, and Polynesia. 
DENNSTAEDTIA Bernh. 
1. D. scabra (Wall.) Moore Ind. (1861) 307. 
In the mossy forest above an altitude of 2,300 m, C. M. Z. 16261, Merrill 6375. 
Higher mountains of the Philippines; India to China. 
