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The specimens have been referred by the collectors with doubt, sometimes 
to Asplenium hirtum Kaulf., sometimes to A. caudatum Forst. They have more 
the appearance of A. horridum Kaulf., but differ from the latter in being smaller, 
with shorter pinnae, the lobes less numerous, truncate at the apices, aiid the 
stipe particularly villous. I believe that the specimens cited above are identical 
with the species clearly described by Presl. 
38. Asplenium horridum Kaulf. Enum. 173. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Apo (319 DeVore et Hoover ) 1903. 
Very typical and agreeing with specimens from the Sunda Islands and 
Polynesia. 
39. Asplenium militare Copel. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 254. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Apo (321 DeV ore et Hoover) May, 1903; 
(1505 Copeland) , 1,800 m. alt., a specimen with more deeply lobed pinnae. 
A species remarkable for its resemblance to Asplenium serra Langsd. et Fiscli., 
of tropical America, very large with broad lanceolate pinnae which are lobed and 
finely denticulate, the sori short and close to the costa, 
a 40. Asplenium cuneatum Lam. Encycl. 2: 309. 
This group, difficult everywhere, is particularly polymorphous in the Philip- 
pines. A form that can be admitted to the Philippine flora, without doubt, is 
the following: 
Var. tripinnatum Fourn. Fil. Nov. Caledon. 307. 
Tripinnatifidum, segmentis brevibus ovato-cuneatis. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Apo (318 DeVore et Hoover) May, 1903: 
Province of Zamboanga, San Ramon (1728 Copeland) April, 1904, alt. 600 m. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Montalban (Lolier) March, 1906. 
41. Asplenium laserpitiifolium Lam. Encycl. 2: 310. 
This species in the young state is perhaps sometimes confused with the 
preceding, but Fournier 1. c., indicates a good distinctive character. In A. 
cuneatum the sori are narrow, flabellate and reach to the border of the pinn®, 
while in A. laserpitiifolium they are convex and are confined to the middle of the 
pinnae. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio (6029 Elmer): Province ; of Bataan, 
Mount Mariveles (176 Whitford ) May, 1904. 
Var. subvenustum n. var. 
This is a reduced form 30 to 45 cm. high with very much divided fronds and 
slender stipes, the pinnules 5 mm. long, sometimes longer, triangular, flabellate, 
the sori small, short, two or three on a pinnule, resembling Adiantum venustum 
Don. The specimens are not young plants, but appear to be full grown and 
constant in the above characters. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso (1097 Ramos) July, 1906; (80 Foxworthy) 
January, 1906: Province. of Cavite, Mendez Nunez (1037 Mangubat) August, 1906. 
42. Asplenium affine Sw.; Schrad. Journ. 1800 2 (1801) 56. 
After comparison with specimens from Bourbon and Africa, I admit to the 
Philippine flora as this species, a specimen with bipinnate fronds) the pinnules 
elongate-rhomboidal, 2 cm. long, unequal, irregularly dentate, slightly incised, 
the sori numerous, straight, narrow, elongated, and parallel. In texture this 
species is firmer than the preceding one. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Todaya (1502 Copeland) October, 1904, alt. 
725 m. 
