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CHRIST. 
CYATHEA Sra. 
89. Cyathea rufopannosa n. sp. 
Stipite erecto arboreo, 2 nr. alto aut alt lore, anguloso, 3 cm. diametro, 
stipite digiti crassitie, cylindrico, 55 cm. alto, castaneo, basi verrucis 
numerosis brevibus sed huic inde pungentibus scaberrima et squamis 1.5 
cm. longis lanceolatis acuminato-falcatis dure scariosis nec diaplianis 
lueidissimis castaneis tecta, undique cum rhaehi et costis indumento 
furfuraceo fibrilloso spisso teeto, fronde late ovata usque ad 1.5 m. longa 
( Copeland ) fere 60 cm. lata versus basin attenuata, rhaehi digiti crassitie 
verrucis cabra rufotomentosa et setulis subulatis fibrillosa, pinnis remotis 
uti videtur ca. 15 utrinque, infra apicem pinnatisectum, infimis deflexis, 
mediis 37 cm. longis (infimis 22 cm. longis) 11 cm. latis, sessilibus, ad 
basin paulum attenuatis, acuminatis, pinnulis ca. 30 utrinque, approxi- 
mate 5.5 cm. longis 1.5 cm. latis lanceolatis acutiuseulis nec caudatis, 
usque ad rhachim incisis, segmentis pectinatis ca. 20 utrinque, ligulatis, 
obtusiusculis, crenulatis, infimis posterioribus dentatis, 5 mm. longis, 
2 mm. latis parce setulosis, nervis furcatis ca. 8 utrinque, costis pinnul- 
arum subtus squamis lanceolatis rufis nec non squamulis bullatis um- 
bonatis rufis dense obtectis, soris parvis paucis costae pinnulae approxi- 
matis ultra medium segmenti raro protensis, confertis rufis 1 mm. latis, 
indusio brunneo-rufo irregulariter confracto more Amphicosmiae, Text- 
ura herbacea, colore partium frondosarum laete virente, partinin axialium 
rufo-cinnamomeo. 
Mindanao, Province of Zamboanga, San Ramon (1730, 1735 Copeland) April, 
1905, alt. 1,200 m. 
A striking species, the base of the stipe with short sharp spines, the scales at 
the base of the stipe large, firm, shining, dark brown, the axial parts and even 
the costas covered with a dense fibrillous brick-red pubescence, the fronds tripin- 
natifid, the pinnules and segments serrate, the latter small, slightly dentate, 
the sori small, reddish, borne near the costa. 
90. Cyathea Loheri Christ in Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 6 (1906) 1007. 
This species was discovered by Loher on Mount Banajao and on Mount 
Maquiling, Luzon. A' form occurs on Mount Tonglon (Santo Tomas); that is 
sufficiently distinct to warrant being described as a variety. 
Var. Tonglonensis n. var. 
Stipite rugoso et cicatricoso, squamis subulato-setaceis basi verrucosis 
flexuosis flaccidis atrobrunneis ultra 1 cm. longis patentibus, nec rigidis 
adpressis scarioso-argenteis tecto, costis densissime squamis bullatis brun- 
neis tectis, segmentis minoribus dense pectinatis. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Tonglon (4991 Curran) August, 1906. 
It is possible that Alsophila lepifera J. Sm. apud Hook. Sp. Fil. 1 : 54, is 
the same as Cyathea Loheri, but the description of the former is too incomplete 
to verify this. 
