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CHRIST. 
ASPIDIUM Swartz. 
21. Aspidium (Pleocnemia) Angilogense Christ, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 
6 (1906) 1003. 
I do not hesitate to refer here Pleocnemia Cumingiana Presl, Epim. Bot. 410, 
and regret that this specific name which has priority, is inappropriate in Aspidium 
because of the later use of the same specific name under Aspidium by several 
authors, Kunze, Sturm. In addition to the localities in Luzon cited by me in 
the original description of the species, Dr. Copeland has found it in Mindanao, 
San Ramon, April, 1905, No. 1698, alt. 600 m. He adds “Fronds 2 to 3 m. high, 
deltoid, stipe 2 m. high, stout, rhizome 10 to 20 cm. thick, ascending. Presl, 
without doubt after Cuming’s notes says “arbor viginti-pedalis.” In other 
characters I find our species to be very near Neplirodium chrysotrichum Baker 
from Samoa; Upolu, Apia leg. Betche 1880; Falwao leg. Reineclce 90, 94; Savai, 
leg. Reineclce 90b; Upolu, leg. Reinecke 94. The two collectors give the height 
of the Samoan plant as from 20 to 40 feet, with black trunks. It is certainly 
the largest arborescent fern outside of the Cyatheaceae. 
22. Aspidium profereoides n. sp. 
Fronde sterili longissime stipitata, stipite 45 cm. longa pennae cygni 
erassitie cum rhachi castaneo sulcato opaca squamis subulatis 0.5 cm. 
longis setisque brunneis sparso vest i to, fronde ultra 50 cm. longa 32 cm. lata 
deltoideo-oblonga pinnata parce bipinnatifida, pinnis infimis nec abbre- 
viatis nec postice auctis caeteris aequalibug, pinnis remotis recte patentibus 
ca. 15 utrinque infra apicem acuminatum inciso-lobatum, sessilibus, 18 cm. 
longis 3.5 cm. latis lanceolatis acutis usque ad mediam laminam incisis, 
ala utrinque 0.5 cm. lata et ultra, lobis angulo angusto obtuso separatis 
12 mm. longis 1 cm. latis ovato-obtusis, ca. 18 utrinque, infimis aliquantum 
auctis et rhachin tegentibus, subintegris, nervis non prominentibus, in 
lobis pinnatis, 6 ad 8 utrinque, infimis areolam angulosam angustam secus 
costam, superioribus 1, 2 aut 3 areolas laterales secus costulam formantibus, 
ab areola costali ad sinum 3 aut 4 areolis intercalatis. FTervulis inclusis 
nullis. Textura fiaccicle herbacea, colore obscure viridi, opaco, faciebus 
imprimis costis furfuraceo-puberulis. Folio fertili sterili longiore ; stipite 
70 cm. et ultra, fronde 50 cm. longa, egregie contracta, pinnis valde 
remotis, 10 cm. longis, 2.5 cm. latis, ad alam angustam incisis, lobis 
lineari-lanceolatis falcatis 4 mm. latis, soris 1.5 mm. latis rotundis 
mediis brunneis, indusio flaccido atrobrunneo mox corrugato sine dubio 
reniformi. 
Aspidium excellens Blume Enum. 120 differt ex deseriptione Presliana 1. c. 
frondibus monomorphis, segmentis acutis. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Todaya (1467A Copeland) October, 1904, alt. 
1,205 m. “Rootstock short, erect” Copeland. 
A marked species with nerves of Proferea Presl, Epim. 619, and pronounced 
dimorphism. 
