14143, Gleichenia jeponies Spr. ‘Spraewling and with 
ether Dlencheniacesae forming dense jungles in deep humus 
eovered @011 alone the forested ridge of Gewllanan peak at 
6000 fect; reoteteck at isest 1/3 er 1/4 inch thick, terete, 
rigic and breaking with a Gnap, very deep brown and provided 
with Similerly colored seales; stipe subterete or flattened 
on the upper Gide, of the seme size and aolor as the rhizome, 
few yerce lena; fronds usueliy few pairs, strongly reeurved, 
the rigid rechis yellowish green; pinnae chartaceous, light 
areen, Shining above, flat, gleancous green beneath; “Agsen" 
in Menobes.  OGnbedharan, Cateber, 1912. 
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14144. osfnes atropurpurea Gopel,. G8mail tree fern 
in jungles upon the wooded ricge of the Cawilenan peak sum- 
mit at 5000, in very moist places a trifle below the top; 
stem 3 inches thiek, a few yards high, hearing several 
fronde; fronée reourved, the etine or in this case the 
rachie 1/2 inch thiok toward the base, eas'taneus end ce- 
wered with felvus Seales; segments strongly recurved, heavy, 
coriaceous, the basal ones mush reduced but extending clear 
to the bate; pinnmmie also reeurved, paler green beneath; 
Sori €@ark cheeclate brown; “Handeadeog” in Manobo, Cabad~ 
baren, October, 1912. 
14145, Gleishenis leevigata (Wilid.) Hook, In dense 
herbaceous jungle® along the foresied ridge of Cewllanan peak 
at 6000 feet; vhiseme brown, Smooth stout, as thiek as an 
omiinary Lead pencil, ereeping ané rebranched; @tipes ver 
Similar, Bubterete, 1 to 2 yards long or longer, besring Tew 
paire of frondB, ascending or nearly prostrate; froncs horisen+ 
tally epreeding the witiwate segments flet and menbrancus, 
Slightly peler green beneath; “Lectohan"” in Menobe; This 
ia very distinet from mumber 24148, eollected in the same 
and 48 much mere abundant; Cabadbaran, Getober, 1912. 
14146, Polypodium etencphyllua Bi, {remarkably acute. 
Ghriet ealled the typical form “vig. obtusum") Creeping 
upen larae limbs of lefty forest” Trees along the Cawilanan 
ridge et 4500 Leet; rootstock very tightly etteched, erooked 
and eceationally rebranched, rigid and eonsequentiy easily 
bresking, covered with brown or eshy sray haire or Boales; | 
etipes erect, nearly bleck or of the reoteteck color; frond 
ascending, very rigid, only Blightly reourved, the sterile 
ones elliptic te lenceolsete, much Lichter green beneath, 
the fertile fronds linear but usually Sterile in the lower 
portion; "Setefignetofig"™ in Manche, Cabadburean, Cetober, 
1912. 
14147, Imeineesa esiphyties Elm, ne Gp. “Saliapat~ 
tuficae" in Menohe; epiphytic shrube upen limbs of large 
trees, occaiionnally forming tangled or eubseandient messes; 
Gabadheran, Cotober, 1912, 

