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COPELAND. 
Cyathea (Alsophila) atropurpurea C'opel. spec. nova. 
Caudice 2 m alto, 4 cm crasso; fronde 150 cm alta, 60 cm lata; pinnis 
infimis remotis, dimimitis; stipite breve usque ad basin pinnis paucis 
perreductis, lamina fere carentibus, praedito ; rhachi atropurpurea, inerme, 
supra in sulca pubescente, aliter gdabrescente ; pinnis medialibus maximis 
30 cm longis, 13 cm latis, acutis, breviter stipitatis, rhachi supra sparse 
pilosa, infra squamulis sparsioribus praedita; pinnulis 7 cm longis, 15 
cm latis, cauclatis, brevi-stipitatis, profunde pinnatificlis, et ad basin majo- 
rum pinnatis nec non pinnis 11 brevissime pedicellatis, costis supra pubes- 
centibus infra costulisque squamulis bullatis vestitis; segmentis oblongis, 
obtusis, sat grosse serratis; lamina sicca papyracea, purpureo-viride, 
glabra ; venulis simplicibus, utroque latere ca. 5 ; soris fere costalibus, 
receptaculo grande, indusio nullo. 
Mount Halcon, Mindoro, alt. 750-1,050 m, Merrill 6056. This plant differs 
from .4. ramispina in being tripinnate at the base of the pinnules, with secondary 
pinnules contracted at the base, ♦and the segments everywhere conspicuously 
toothed. The reduced pinnae at the base of the stipe, so evidently pinnae that 
Hooker could hardly have failed to mention their nature, are not stout enough 
well to be called spines. A. glabra is without the bullate scales and has the 
lower sori remote from the costa. A. dubia is a form with the pinnules very 
shallowly cut. 
Cyathea mitrata Copel. spec. nova. 
Arbor caudice stipiteque ignotis; rhachide 6 mm crassa, brunnea, 
minute nodulosa, sparsissime furfuraceo-squamulosa, glabrescente, apucl 
baseos pinnarum et alibi aerophoris cicatricoideis oblongis praedita ; pinna 
fere 40 cm longa, 15 cm lata, sessile, radii supra pilis et paleis paucis 
obscuris vestita, infra paleis sparsissimis lanceolatis 2 mm longis et aliis 
minutis sparsis furfuraeeis praedita, ad basin incrassata et supra ap- 
planata; pinnulis 1 7 cm longis, 15 mm latis, sensim acuminatis, sessilibus, 
pinnatis, costis supra pilosis infra paleis parvis irregularibus subbullatis 
et rarius aliis 3 mm longis lanceolatis vestitis ; pinnulis 11 lineari-oblongis, 
obtusis, inferioribus multis pedicellatis, crenatis, vel inferioribus profunde 
lobatis, margine deflexa, lamina coriacea glabra supra nigra infra brunneo- 
viride; venulis fere occultis apud costulas furcatis; soris costalibus, 1.5 
mm latis, laminam totam obtegentibus, indusio firmo globoso mox in 
partes duas fisso, persistente et perconspicuo. 
Mount Malindang, Mindanao, alt. 2,800 m, For. Bur. .1/631 Mearns c£- Hutch- 
inson. 
A species so remarkable for its black quadripinnatifid fronds and very large 
mitriform indusium, persisting long after the loss of the sporangia, that I think 
it may safely be described from a single pinna. 
Cyathea (Alsophila) Fenicis Copel. spec. nova. 
Filix arborea gregis C. (Alsophilae) contaminantis (Wall.), paleis 
paucis brunneis ad basin stipitis, segmentis latis, et soris strictissime 
costularibus distincta. 
