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26. Dryopteris chamaeotaria n. subsp. 
Rhizomate subrepente, stipitibus approximatis, tenuibus, flexuosis, 10 
ad 13 cm. longis, parce puberulis et squamis pallide fuscis subulatis 
sparsis, rufostramineis, fronde ovata 13 cm. longa 7 cm. lata, magna 
pinna libera ovato-acuminata basi grosse lobata 6 cm. longa 2 cm. lata 
terminata, 2 vel 3 pinnis lateralibus utrinque, alternis, petiolulatis, su- 
premis adnatis, similibns sive valde rednctis ovato- aut rhombeo-obtnsis, 
nervis pinnatis, 4 areolas inter costam marginemque formantibus, soris 
fere 1 mm. latis rotundis, usque ad 5 pro lobo utroque costulae latere, 
uti videter exindusiatis, rhachibus faciebusque minute puberulis, textura 
herbacea, colore laete virente. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lamao River, Mount Mariveles (1369 Whitford) 
September, 1905; (387 Topping) May, 1904; (6970 Elmer) November, 1904. 
A small deformed plant connected with the type of D. Otaria, analogous to 
the relationship between D. diversiloba and D. canescens, an insular reduced 
form with feeble characters. 
27. Dryopteris Otaria (Kunze) O. Ktze. Rev. Gen. PI. 2 (1891) 813. Aspid- 
ium Otaria Kunze; Mett Aspid. 34. n. 73. 
Palawan (764 Merrill) February, 1903. 
Rare, but distributed across the Malayan region. 
28. Dryopteris Ramosii n. sp. 
Habitu cum Meniscio triphyllo v. elato valde conveniens, pinnis valde 
remotis, paucis, fere integris, caudatis, gemmaque minuta axillari peeu- 
liaris. Planta debilis, textura tenui. 
Rhizomate breviter repente crasso radicoso brunneo, foliis paucis ap- 
proximatis, stipite flexuoso basi incrassato squamulis paucis brevibus 
sparso rufo-stramineo, ad basin, pennae anserinae, porro vix corvinae cras- 
sitie, 35 usque ad 60 cm. longa, frondem multum superante; tota planta 
nuda; fronde 20 ad 35 cm. longa, oblonga, pinnata, pinnis valde remotis, 
5 cm. distantibus, alternis, paucis, 1 ad 4 utrinque cum pinna terminali 
longe petiolata, pinnis erecto patentibus basi cuneatis, fere sessilibus, 
ovato-oblongis 12 ad 15 cm. longis, 3 cm. latis, longe et abrupte caudato 
acuminatis, margine subintegris aut repando-cuneatis, in axilla rhachiali 
saepe gemma rotunda minima praeditis, costulis manifestis sed tenuibus 
a costa ad marginem protensis 6 mm. separatis, nervis ca. 8 ad 10 utrinque, 
omnibus more Meniscii junctis et nervulos intermedios longitudinaliter 
junctos emittentibus, soris minutis, brunneis, rotundis, 7 aut 8 utroque 
costulae latere, costulae approximatis, indusio nullo. Textura herbacea 
aut papyracea, colore obscure viridi, subtus pallidiore. D. otaria longe 
recedit pinnis lobato-serratis, indusio etc : 
Luzon, Province of Rizal (1792 Ramos) January, 1907. Mindoro, Mount 
Halcon (6093 Merrill) November, 1906. 
