208 
CHRIST. 
45. Dryopteris Beddomei (Baker) 0. Ktze. Rev. Gen. PI. 2.(1891) 812. 
Nephrodium Beddomei Baker Synopsis 267. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio (6491 Elmer) June, 1904; (331 Topping ) 
January, 1903; (4941, 5089 Curran ) August, 1906; (1818 Copeland) October, 
1905; (Dr. Pond) March, 1904; Tilad ( Loher ) February, 1904: Mount Tonglon 
(5010 Curran) August, 1906. 
British India, China and Malaya. 
46. Dryopteris immersa (Blume) O. Ktze. Rev. Gen. PI. 2 (1891) 813. 
Aspidium immersum Blume Enum. (1828) 156. 
Luzon (72 Cuming) “Lastrea verrucosa J. Sm.” in Hook. Journ. Bot. 3 (1841) 
412. Mindanao,' District of Davao (695 Copeland) March, 1904: Province of. 
Zamboanga, San Ramon (1574 Copeland) December, 1904. 
Malaya. 
Var. ligulata (J. Sm.) Lastrea ligulata J. Sm. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 3 
(1841) 412. Aspidium ligulatum Mett. Aspid. no. 213. 
Cebu (343 Cuming) “Lastrea ligulata J. Sm.” 1. c. 
In examining the above authentic specimen I find but slight differences 
between it and D. immersa. The raehis is atroviolaceous rather than of a pale 
straw color such as is usually the case with the latter species. 
47. Dryopteris Motleyana (Hook.) C. Chr. Ind. Fil. (1905) 278. Nephro- 
dium Motleyanum Hook. Syn. 266. 
Negros, Gimagaan River (93 Copeland) January, 1904; (1485 Whitford) 
May, 1906. Mindanao, Province of Zamboanga, San Ramon (1713 Copeland) 
April, 1905. Palawan (541 Foxworthy) April, 1906. 
Sunda Islands, and probably other islands in the Malayan region. 
48. Dryopteris Luerssenii (Harringt.) C. Chr. Ind. (1905) 276. Nephro- 
dium Luerssenii Harringt. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 16 (1877) 29. 
Ab Aspidium xylode Kunze differt textura magis coriacea, segmentis 
acutioribus, ala costali latiore, soris costalibus mox faciem inferiorem 
segmenti impleatibus, basi frondis vix aut abrupte attenuata. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio (Dr. Pond) March, 1904; (181, 236, 214 
Topping) January, February, 1903; (6514, 6515 Elmer) June, 1904: District of 
Lepanto (1910 Copeland) November, 1905. 
Endemic to the Philippines. 
49. Dryopteris Foxii (Copeland MSS. Nephrodium) n. sp. 
I transcribe here the manuscript diagnosis of the author : 
“Rbizomate breve repente vel adscendente, stipitibus confertis 5 ad 10 
cm. altis, strain ineis, glabris, facie superiore canaliculatis, fronde lan- 
ceolata 20 ad 30 cm. alta, 6 ad 9 cm. lata utrinque angustata, bipinnata, 
pinnis lanceolatis, acuminatis, adscendentibus, infimis remotis minutis, 
pinnulis inferioribus linear i-lanceolatis, 8 mm. longis, 1 ad 1.5 mm. 
latis, acutis, obscure dentatis, adnatis, remotis, sequentibus confluentibus 
demum in caudam.subserrantam coadunatis, membranaceis, su.pra glabris, 
infra sparse pubescentibus, pilis albis, brevibus, venulis in pinnulis 
maximis plerumque utrinque 5, soris medialibus indusiis reniformibus 
glabris, subpersistentibus.” 
