15 
RAIN FOREST. 
A. Tereesteial. 
Name. 
Thick- 
ness of 
frond. 
Thick- 
upper 
epi- 
dermal 
wall. 
Thick- 
lower 
epi- 
dermal 
wall. 
Chloro- 
phyll 
in epi- 
dermis. 
Hypo- 
dermis. 
Stom- 
ata per 
square 
milli- 
meter. 
Average 
length and 
width of 
stomata. 
mm. 
Didymochlsena truncatula 
0.22 
5 
4 
+ 
- 
36 
58x33 
Polystichum nudum 
.14 
2 
2 
— 
— 
62 
45x34 
Nephrodium sparsum 
.32 
2 
1.5 
+ 
— 
68 
66 x 37 
N. (1649) - __ 
.27 
2.5 
1.5 
+ 
- 
84 
44 x 30 
N. intermedium 
.09 
1 
1 
— 
80 
40 X 23 
N. canescens nephrodii- 
formis.. 
.065 
1.5 
1 
— 
185 
38 x 21 
N. canescens 
.10 
2.5 
1 
+ 
— 
180 
37x22 
N. cvatheoides 
.11 
3 
2.5 
+ 
— 
235 
35x20 
Meniscium triphyllum 
.29 
4.5 
2 
— 
52 
51x26 
Aspidium leuzeanum. var. 
.10 
5 
3 
— 
210 
35x23 
Microlepia strigosa 
.10 
1.5 
1.5 
+ 
— 
165 
39x19 
Dennstaedtia Williamsi 
.12 
2 
2 
Trace. 
— 
260 
42x24 
Lindsaya blumeana 
.12 
3 
1 
+ 
— 
42 
49x25 
Coniogramme fraxinea 
.22 
1 
1 
|| 
— 
30 
58x34 
C. serrulata 
.40 
4 
1 
-1 (?) 
— 
40 
59x30 
Diplazium dolichosorum 
.29 
3 
1 
’+ 
— 
80 
56 x 33 
D. fructuosum 
.20 
3 
1 
+ 
— 
400 
31x23 
Asplenium resectum_ 
.12 
3 
1.5 
+ 
— 
16 
69x35 
Athyrium silyaticum . 
.15 
3 
1.5 
+ 
100 
36x19 
Blechnum egregium 
.20 
3.5 
3 
+ 
— 
86 
54x29 
Adiantum diaphanum 
.06 
1 
1 
1 Bpa I 
- 
30 
34x30 
A. mindanaoense _ . _ 
.09 
2 
1.5 
+ 
— 
55 
34x35 
Schizostege calocarpa 
.35 
2.5 
2 
- 
33 
• 88 x 43 
S. pachysora 
.50 
1 
0.5 
+ 
— 
21 
75x43 
Pteris excelsa 
.24 
4 
3 
+ ; 
— 
110 
50x23 
Antrophyum latifolium __ 
.64 
2.5 
2.5 
+ 
— 
11 
108 x 54 
Polypodium dolichop- 
terum__ _ _ 
.21 
1 
1 
+ 
— 
15 
93x51 
v Cheiropleuria bicuspis 
.36 
5 
3.5 
+ 
- 
14 
1 68x50 
Average 
.217 
2. 68 
1.75 
94. 64% 
0 % 
83.6 
53. 2 x 31 
B. Epiphytic. 
Nephrodium (1712) 
. 0.17 
. 5 
4 
+ 
_ 
82 
35x33 
Arthropteris obliterata 
.14 
2 
2 
"k 
— 
40 
53 X 28 
Nephrolepis cordifolia 
.14 
3 
3 
— 
— 
54 
44x32 
Microlepia hirsuta 
.05 
2 
3 
5 ®?+ & 
— 
44 
41 x 26 
Lindsaya scandens__ 
.14 
2.5 
1.5 
29 
53x31 
Asplenium Phyllitidis 
.53 
5 
12 
— 
+ 
28 
64x36 
A. Belangeri , 
.27 
5.5 
6 
+ 
— 
32 
54x37 
A. affine 
.23 
7 
4 
+ 
— 
50 
50x37 
A. scandens. 
Scolopendrimn schizo- 
.20 
2.5 
1 
- 
40 
42x21 
carpum 
.60 
3 
2 
+ 
— 
32 
68x53 
Stenochlsena subtrifoliataJ 
.38 
7 
1.5 
+ 
— 
26 
66x53 
Monogramma trichoidea _ 
2 
2 
+ 
— 
10 
50 x 25 
Vittaria alternans. 
.50 
4.5 
3 
Trace. 
36 
68 X 40 
V. minor 
.75 
13 
11 
- 
- 
20 
63x46 
