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COPELAND. 
libus fere 60 cm longis, sessilibus, acuminatis, rhachibus infra sparse 
pustulosis, supra ut rhachi frondis; pinnulis subsessilibus, 10 cm longis, 
2 cm latis, majoribus acuminatis, ad alam angustam pinnatifidis, costis 
supra velutinis, infra sparsissimis 'squamulis brunneis vestitis; segmentis 
subfalcatis, obtusis, integris, 3-4 mm latis, coriaceis, infra pallidis, costis 
supra glabris infra rarius squamuliferis ; venis utroque 8-10, plerisque 
furcatis ; soris costulaxibus, indusio in fronde visa patelliforme. . 
Sarawak, Penrissen mountain, alt. 1,100 m, Brooks 58. 
Very near C. lanaensis Christ, but much larger in all parts, and less scaly. 
Balantium Copelandi Christ. 
Penrissen mountain, alt. 1,200 m. Brooks 23. 
Only one plant in very exposed situation on landslide. 
Previously known only from the Philippines. 
Dryopteris paucisora Copel. spec. nova. 
Lastraea gregis D. intermediae (Bl.) O. Iv., qua fronde haud deltoidea, 
paleis crinitis pallidis et venis glanduliferis differt : stipitibus confertis 3-6 
cm altis, paleis angustis crinitis pallide brunneis horizontalibus usque ad 3 
mm longis et aliis minutissimis vestitis; fronde ca. 12 cm alta, 3-4 cm 
lata, lanceolata, rhachi ut stipite, paleis sursum decrescentibus ; pinnis 
infimis deflexis, quam sequentes paullo brevioribus, segmentis basalibus 
liberis; pinnis sequentibus subsessilibus, oblongis, apice rotundatis, fere 
ad costam pinnatifidis ; segmentis oblongis, obtusis, herbaceis, venis supra 
setis paucis, infra pilis minutis glandulosis obsitis ; venulis simplicibus * 
soris medialibus, solummodo ad venulam primam acroscopicam impositis, 
parvis; indusio parvo, ciliato. 
Penrissen mountain, alt. 900 m, on vertical rocks in crevices, Brooks 45. 
In spite of having 6 fertile fronds, this may be a juvenile specimen, but not 
of any species known to me. 
Dryopteris acanthocarpa Copel. spec. nova. Plate XVII. 
Rhizomate 4 mm crasso, repente; stipitibus confertis, (frondis fertilis) 
35 cm altis, nudis ; fronde trifoliata, pinnis lateralibus sat remotis sub- 
sessilibus, in axilla bulbiferis, 10 cm longis, fere 5 cm latis, abrupte 
acuminatis, basi rotundatis, subintegris, glabris, coriaceis, rubidis ; pinna 
terminate 15 cm alta, 8 cm lata, crenata; venulis goniopteroideis ; soris 
inter costam et marginem usque ad 20, subcostularibus, orbicularibus 
vel ellipticis, exindusiatis ; sporangiis spinis validis albis recti s vel sub- 
eurvis omatis. 
Penrissen mountain, alt. 900 m, on moist rocks, Brooks 54- 
A relative of D. triphylla, which has narrow pinnae, meniscioid sori, and 
hooked hairs on the sporangia, and of D. ruMda which has numerous pinnae 
and naked sporangia. Those of D. cuspidata are also naked. 
