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COPELAND. 
viridibus infra paullo pallidioribus, costulis pilis et squamulis sparsis 
praeditis;- soris costalibus, parvis, squamis laete brunneis subtensis, 
indusio alio nullo. 
China, prov. Yunnan, Szemao forest, alt. 1,800 m, Henry 13136. 
Christ (l.c.) does not regard this as specifically distinct from his A. Gonfucii ; 
but beside the presence of the copious enough hyaline hairs it differs in the 
absence of prickles on the racliis ; and, in less important particulars, in the 
pinnules, which are decidedly more truncate at the base and less pale beneath, 
and the obtuse segments with inconspicuous veinlets; and the collectors’ notes 
indicate that this is a much larger plant. 
Cyathea Mearnsii Copel. spec. nova. • 
Caudice 5 cm crasso, sursuni radicibus paucis vestito; basibus stipitum 
paleis griseo-fuscis membranaceis 15 mm longis 1 mm latis praeditis; 
rhachi 1 cm crassa, fulva, ubique etenim superne glabra, inerme, infra 
insertionem pinnarum aerophoris parvis praedita; pinnis usque ad 60 
cm longis, 25 cm latis, sessilibus, rhaehibus glabris vel mox glabres- 
centibus, costiscjue supra atrobrunneo-pubescentibus ; pinnulis sessilibus, 
valde acuminatis, horizontalibus, maximis 125 mm longis, apud rhachin 
usque ad 29 mm latis, versus rhachin ad eostam, alibi ad alam angustam 
pinnatis, costa infra rubida, squamulis minutis furfuraceis praedita ; 
segmentis falcato-acutis, serratis, 3-1 mm latis, costula infra interdum 
squamulosa excepta glabris, infra pallidis nec supra obscuris, coriaceis; 
pinnula 11 infhna saepe dilatata et § ad costulam laciniata, sessile, non 
adnata; venulis utroque latere ca. 13, fere omnibus furcatis; soris costu- 
laribus, multis, sed apicem segmenti haud attingentibus, 0.75-1.00 mm 
latis, indusio mox in segmenta magna .fisso, (parte inferiore plus minus 
regulare excepta) transeunte, receptaeulo globoso brevi-pilifero. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Bur. Sci. 2703, 27 Jfl Mearns. Distinguished from 
C. spinulosa by not having a spiny racliis nor bullate scales beneath the pinnules. 
Cyathea (Alsophila) Curranii Copel. spec. nova. 
Trunco 3 m alto, 20 cm crasso, cicatricibus 5 cm longis, 3 cm latis 
ornato; stipite ca. 35 cm alto, fusco, tuberculato, paleis membranaceis 
fulvis usque ad 63 mm longis valde attenuatis integris vel ad apicem 
minute setiferis ad basin 4 mm latis cordatis vel rotundato-peltatis nisi 
ad pedem stipitis mox caducis vestito; fronde ca. 1 m longa; rhachi 
brunnea, supra dense et brevissime pilosa, infra paleis parvis lanceolatis 
deciduis praedita, sat dense tuberculata, tuberculis parvis rarius acutis; 
pinnis medialibus 50° distantibus brevi-stipitatis, 35 cm longis, 17 cm 
latis, rhaehibus infra atrocastaneis minute tuberculatis, paleis caducis 
praeditis, pinnis infimis diminutis deflexis et longius stipitatis ; pinnulis 
sessilibus, 9 cm longis, 1 cm latis, sensim valde attenuatis, pinnatis, costa 
nigricante ubique glabra; pinnulis 11 infimis supra rhachin pinnae deflexis 
nec adnatis, aliis adnatis sed plerisque liberis, confertis, subfalcatis, 
