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of Mt. Kinabalu Coryphopteris gymnopoda (Baker) Holttum. Plant growing on the Kamborangah ridge at

this R. E. 2200m, showing the arborescent habit characteristic of genus (phot. Holttum, 1972). BLUMEA 23 (1976) 18—47

Studies in the family Thelypteridaceae

X. Thegenus Coryphopteris

R.E. Holttum

Summary

known of this with for and for identification. All species genus are described, synonymy each a key

Seventeen new species are described: C. andersonii, C. andreae, C. arthrotricha, C. atjehensis, C. athyrioides, C. borealis, C. brevipilosa, C. hubrechtensis, C. iwatsukii, C. kolombangarae, C. meiobasis, C. microlepigera,

C. seemannii, C. C. tahanensis, C. C. vitiensis. Allother C. subbipinnata, tanggamensis, species, except hirsutipes, and C. C. viscosa are transferred from other to Coryphopteris. The following names are pectiniformis , , genera

A. D. indochinensis D. A. reduced to synonymy: Dryopteris megalocarpa v. v. R., Chr., subviscosa v. v. R., C. kinabaluensis linearis D. supravillosa Chr., D. Copel., D. Copel.,D. villosipes Gepp, D. rigidifolia v. A. v. R.; Lastrea ridleyi Bedd., L. robinsonii Ridl.; Nephrodium macgregorii Bak.; Thelypteris angulariloba Ching, T.

simozawae Tagawa, T. herbacea Holttum, T. subglanduligera Ching. New varieties are described in C.

viscosa, C. gymnopoda, C. pectiniformis, and C. pubirachis.

Coryphopteris

Coryphopteris Holttum, Blumea 19 (1971) 33. — Parathelypteris sect. Melanostipes Ching, Acta Phytotax.

Sinica 8 (1963) 301, p.p.

Caudex erect, commonly 15—30 cm tall, bearing roots throughout as in Cyathea, hairs stipes dark throughout or paler distally, in a few species bearing spreading septate with rather broad which near the base, always scales in most species lack acicular hairs.

Lamina commonly 20—40 cm long, rarely to 80 cm, apex never pinna-like; lowest

pinnae not or little reduced (several pairs gradually much reduced in C. fasciculata and narrowed towards their and wider C. squamipes), bases often at their middle than other

basal lobeoften and pinnae, acroscopic enlarged dentatewith some forked veins, sometimes

free; aerophores at bases of pinnae somewhat swollen; pinnae always deeply lobed, one basal both basal or more lobes sometimes free; veins in lobes simple or rarely once forked,

veins to edge above base of sinus; lower surface of rachis, costae, costules, and veins reduced scales acicular hairs always bearing (smallest filiform); spreading usually present

on lower surface of axes of frond (sometimes replaced by short capitate hairs), in some

hairs which be sessile resinous cases longer may septate; glands (which may collapse on abundant lower drying) in many species ± on surfaces; costa always grooved on upper

surface; hairs on upper surface of rachis and costae always acicular, normally unicellular, few sessile acicular hairs in a species septate; glands or capitate or sometimes present on veins. upper surface between Sori usually with rather large indusia (absent in C. engleriana) which be distal may glandular or hairy, sori (rarely all) sometimes ± asymmetric as in hairs Athyrium; sporangia short-stalked, never with glands or near annulus, sometimes

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this with a sessile gland on the stalk (in C. badia non-glandular hairs of several cells in

continuous and a few position); spores usually pale, translucent, with a ± wing cross-

wings (in C. klossii many small wings). I.e. Type species: Coryphopteris viscosa (Baker) Holttum, 1971. Distribution: mountains of the Malayan region (except Java and the Lesser

Sunda Islands) and some island-groups of the Pacific including New Caledonia; N. E.

India to southern China and Japan. Fl. Cytology: 11=32 (1(C. pectiniformis; Manton in Holttum, Rev. Malaya 2, 1955:

624, fig. 8.).

I with In 1971 (I.e. pp. 18, 19) compared Thelypteridaceae Cyathea (sensu lato), pointing in out similarities. Assuming the relationship to be a real one, the following characters in of Coryphopteris maybe regarded as primitive: erect caudex; presence some species almost sessile without septateacicular hairs on upper surface of rachis and costae; sporangia annulus. Plants of all small appendages near species are in stature, with simply pinnate all fronds (partly bipinnate in C. habbemensisand C. stereophylla in New Guinea) and, as in

than that of But of all the Old Thelypteridaceae, a much simpler vascular system Cyathea.

World members of look like — a Thelypteridaceae they to me most a primitive group has the buthas uniform group which doubtless changed in course of evolution preserved a arborescent habit. In the New World and Africa the comparable genus is Amauropelta

of which similar in habit Kunze, most species are very to Coryphopteris though they and mostly have gradually reduced lower pinnae a few have developed a prostrate rhizome. distinct shown for Amauropelta certainly represents a quite evolutionary line, as the other Old World of the example by its peculiar spores. Among genera family as few have is such habit recognized by me in 1971, species ofarborescent habit, and in none in of The which alone in present a majority species. genus Trigonospora, Thelypteridaceae has caudex has trilete spores, uniformly a short erect which never attains any considerable

rocks in height. This is doubtless dueto the peculiar habitat ofall species, which grow on stream-beds liable with and beside where plants are to periodic flooding swiftly-flowing

water. The African Menisorus is related and has a similar habitat.

The habitat of Coryphopteris is also distinctivebut quite different, being confined to the

of — rather low (sometimes mossy) forest of the crests ridges of higher mountains (1000 mineral- 3000 m altitude) where the soil is much leached and plants needto be adapted to a that deficient water-supply and probably also to high acidity. It is notable no species ash occur in Java, where all high mountains are volcanoes and where volcanic replenishes all the mineral nutrients in almost soils. It may be that Coryphopteris owes its survival to

this adaptation, which allows its species to flourish under conditions where few other of where mountains of plants can compete. In the Pacific, species Coryphopteris only occur

sufficient height and age provide the right soil conditions (Solomons, Fiji, Samoa, New

Caledonia, Marquesas, Tahiti, Austral Islands).

The with their 47 species here recognized are nearly all Malesian, greatest diversity where there the of in New Guinea, is greatest development high mountains. It is quite been col- possible that further new species exist in all the islands; these plants have rarely

lected with sufficient attention to detail. In mainland Asia there is only one variable

species (C. hirsutipes) which is widely distributed, and C. petelotii which appears to be a

distinct local ally in Tonkin. But in mainland Asia also there other species included in and Parathelypteris by Ching; these have slender creeping rhizomes, but sporangia spores similar of lamina the to those Coryphopteris. The sessile glands on the of two genera have

rather different them a aspect, but to distinguish clearly would need more recondite

techniques than are available to the herbarium botanist. I do not doubt that Parathelypteris R. E. Holttum: Coryphopteris 21

and related (as typified by P. glanduligera Ching) Coryphopteris are genera. The American

species Thelypteris simulata (Davenp.) Nieuwl., certainly close to P. glanduligera, has

& A. Amer. Fern agreeing with the n=32 (R. M. Tryon, Journ. 63, 1973: 68), only of and observation on a species Coryphopteris. But Parathelypteris beddomei (Baker) Ching

P. nipponica (Fr. & Sav.) Ching have a different frond-form and the former has a different

chromosomenumber n=3i.

Coryphopteris plants mostly grow in places which are only accessible by much physical

and of exist in visited effort, probably most those that are places never yet by botanical

collectors. Anyone who wished to make a general study of them would need to be very

also have for his energetic and considerable resources travel at disposal. But some localities be where they exist (notably in Malaya) are easily accessible and it is to hoped that their be peculiar habitat-conditions, and their response to such conditions, may studied.

Owing to their peculiar needs, which are not yet understood, no plants have ever made

new growth when transplanted to Kew. Attempts to establish them in cultivation would

have to be made near a natural habitat, and perhaps would only be successful when some of of the habitat the the more important characteristics are understood, especially acidity and mineral content of the soil water.

C. in sometimes the At least one species, badia, grows (always?) moss-cushions, on branches of small trees in the dwarf moss-forest of high ridges, and plants of several

The of badia covered species have been found as epiphytes. bases stipes of C. are with from and the slender hairs which seem indistinguishable root-hairs, probably have same

function; they are slender, shrivelled but glossy golden brown when dry, with usually

C. in few irregular septa (the sporangia of badia are also peculiar having non-glandular

hairs of several cells on their stalks). It is possible that 'root-hairs' occur on the bases of

when the I noted this stipes of other species plants grow in moss, though have not in The much almost white and herbarium specimens. stouter multiseptate hairs, opaque, few other do which occur at the bases of stipes in a species (see key) perhaps not have function of C. similar but hairs the same as the hairs badia; shorter occur on the upper

of fronds of some of these parts plants. Plants of this have much in genus the same general aspect all species, whetherliving or

as dried specimens, and it is not easy to see how to distinguish clearly between species, distinct exist. Basal though undoubtedly many species pinnae are always deflexed (this is characters not an artefact due to drying for the herbarium). In some cases ofbases ofpin- distinctive basal lobes nae, especially basal ones, are (stalked or not, free, enlarged, dentate

or not); in most species thebasal pinnae are longest and widest but in a few there is a gradu- of of al reduction oflower pinnae; whether this is a character young plants some species clear. and of sessile the is not The presence distribution rather large glands on surface of difficult stipe, rachis, and pinnae is always important but sometimes to observe on dried specimens, as the glands (perhaps due to heat in drying) are often shrivelled; immersion in visible. At certain of hot water usually swells the glands and makes them clearly a stage

development the glands look like drops of semi-liquid resin. They seem to be more like

than others known differ the the glands of Amauropelta any to me and certainly from quite spherical glossy glands of Sphaerostephanos. The glands of Oreopteris limbosperma (All.) also Holub, well known to British field botanists, appear different, they produce a fragrant from odour when bruised. E. Brown observed a resinous odour the glands of C. quaylei the but in Marquesas Islands, I do not know of another similar observation.

in Scales are more abundanton the lower surfaces of costae and costules this genus than in most Thelypteridaceae (Mesophlebion and Cyclosorus s. str. also have many scales). The

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size of scales from the base of the stipe upwards, the smallest scales on the lower surface of costules and veins consisting of a few cells only, thus hair-like in form but quite distinct from the erect acicular and capitate hairs which show no transition to scales. In C. viscosa the lower of all scales on surface costae are linear, at most 2 cells wide at the base, but in

the scales some other species (especially in New Guineaand Pacific) quite broad occur in C. viscosa and C. this position. athyriocarpa are distinguished by very narrow stipe-scales with dilated bases formed of cells of a different shape. The rigid narrow scales of C. kolombangarae in the SolomonIslands are also distinctive, and the hairy or glandular scales of C. seemannii and C. iwatsukii also.

To features of me one of the specially interesting this genus is the presence in several

various species of septate acicular hairs on parts of the frond. Where these occur on the surface of rachis and similar in this in upper costae they are closely to hairs position do Cyathea (including Alsophila sensu Tryon in Contr. Gray Herb. 200, 1972: 25). I not know in in which hairs ofanother genus Thelypteridaceae septate occur abundantly on the

surface of rachis and Such hairs the lower surface of upper costae. on costae are more frequent, and in Coryphopteris (as in Cyathea) they are more variable. Iwatsuki (Mem.

Coll. Univ. has stated that 'is characterized Sci. Kyoto B, 31, 1964: 32 Sphaerostephanos multicellular hairs the axis' but by having seemingly articulated, long on main I cannot find such and he hairs on the type species S. polycarpus (Bl.) Copel. gives no evidence of having examined other species. the of The following key to species is based largely on the distribution glands which

to the best basis for seems provide division, though in some cases it probably separates related species. In one case (C. viscosa and its var. borneensis) I place plants with andwithout glands on the upper surface in the same species. In C. obtusata there appears to be much sessile and variation in the relative abundance of glands very short capitate hairs, the two forms of trichome perhaps intergrading. As above noted, glands are sometimes difficult to observe on old or badly dried specimens, but they are distinct enough on the living with hand lens. short plant as seen a Accurate observation of septate or capitate hairs can of of least It is only be effected by use a magnification at X 25. probable that good field characters could be discovered for local and from use, certainly in any area, apart New

Guinea, it should be possible for local workers to learn to distinguish species without resorting to high magnification. A. F. Braithwaite collected with separate numbers two of sets plants growing together on a mountain in the Solomon Islands because they were different in in character aspect when living; but the herbarium the only I can see which them the clearly distinguishes is scales both on stipe and on pinnae.

The based all found over a of present account is on specimens period seven years in

to about numbered collections many herbaria, amounting 340 (many represented in several herbaria) inaddition to some unnumbered. The majority are from collections made the collections from made the late include in past 50 years; 15 New Guinea by L. J. Brass of been all specimens 9 species. Unfortunately, it has not possible to assemble together from all herbaria timeand earlier have specimens at one place, and some ofmy notes may been defective. Besides herbarium specimens I have been able to see several species in the in Guinea in field Malaya, Borneo, and New recent years. of this As in former monographs series, I have tried to choose new specific epithets which do those of in the that transfers not duplicate any existing species family, so to of Thelypteris may be made without change epithet.

the in each based the which is cited In synonymy, names paragraph are on same type, at the end ofthe be that later workers will wish paragraph. It may to question my concept of the will species; types provide a guide to the use of names where subdivision of species here recognized is called for. R. E. Holttum: Coryphopteris 23

in In all In all descriptions of species, characters are dealt with the same sequence. cases the fronds are narrowed gradually to the apex, and upper pinnae merge with a lobed lamina. of apical In a description, 15 pairs pinnae means 15 pairs which are separately number stated attached to the rachis (the can only be approximately, but does give useful informaton). The distance between costules is important because it indicates the spacing of the pinna-lobes: the figure cited is the distance between costules ofthe larger suprabasal pinnae.

KEY TO THE SPECIES OF CORYPHOPTERIS

Ia. Base of stipe bearing pale, firmly cylindrical, multiseptate hairs 2 of b. Base stipe not bearing such hairs; very slender, occasionally septate hairs (brown

and shrivelled when dry) like root-hairs sometimes present 5

2a. Stipe and abaxial surface of rachis throughout densely covered with spreading hairs

of which to X I. unidentata many are septate; pinnae 18 2.5 cm C. above abaxial of rachis less with few b. Stipe base and surface densely hairy or septate smaller hairs; pinnae 3 multisora 3a. Indusia glandular 2. C.

b. Indusia bearing acicular hairs 4

veins —6 lower 4a. Pinnae to i.5(—2) cm wide; 4 pairs; acroscopic lobe of pinnae

entire 3. C. hirsutipes of b. Pinnae to more than 2 cm wide; veins 8—10 pairs; at least basal basiscopic lobe

lower pinnae strongly dentate 4. C. petelotii abundant between surface 5a. Sessile spherical glands veins on upper 6 b Sessile glands lacking or rare on upper surface of pinnae 15

6a. Scales on lower surface of costae at most 2 cells wide at base 7

b. Scales on lower surface of costae widened at base 12

less diani wide above lower surface of costae 7a. Stipe-scales thin, mm base; bearing

many acicular hairs 8

b. lower short Stipe-scales firm, 1 mm or more wide; surface of costae bearing capitate few hairs and glands, acicular hairs or lacking 10 all deflexed 8a. Pinnaeto 2.5 cm long, nearly 5. C. plumosa Pinnae basal deflexed b. to 5.5 cm long, a few ones 9

Pinnae subentire. 9a. to 25 pairs or more; pinna-lobes mostly

6. C. viscosa var. viscosa

b. Pinnae 12—18 crenate.. 6. C. viscosa pairs; pinna-lobes mostly . . var. poiensis surface of 10a. Upper pinnae lacking acicular hairs between veins C. 7. gymnopoda var. gymnopoda b. surface of acicular Upper pinnae bearing hairs between veins 11

11 a. Lower surface between veins, and indusia, lacking acicular hairs

7. C. gymnopoda var. bintangensis b. Lower surface of pinnae bearing copious short erect acicular hairs between veins.

7. C. gymnopoda var. humilis

12a. Upper surface of pinnae lacking acicular hairs between veins 13 b. surface of acicular hairs between veins C. obtusata Upper pinnae bearing . . 8. surface of 13a. Scales on lower costae broadly ovate 9. C. klossii Scales lower surface of linear with b. on costae ± widened base 14

Indusia acicular with 14a. bearing copious hairs; stipe-scales to 3 xo.75 mm, firm, many

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acicular smooth b. Indusia lacking hairs; stipe-scales to 7x 1.5 mm, thin, dorsally

II. C. atjehensis

Sessile lower surface or at least costules 16 15a. glands present on generally, on . ...

surface which have a b. Sessile glands lacking on lower except in C. fasciculata may

few glands on costae 42

16a. Sori distinctly supramedial 12. C. diaphana b. medial inframedial Sori to 17

Basal halfof lower free or adnate 17a. pinnae bearing separately pinnules

13. C. habbemensis

b. free base of 18 At most pinnules present near largest pinnae

18a. Lower pinnae bearing 2 pairs of free pinnules 14. C. subbipinnata

b. At most acroscopic basal lobe of lower pinnae free 19

hairs surface of rachis and costae 19a. Many septate present on upper 20

b. hairs absent or surface of rachis and costae...... 22 Septate rare on upper hairs surface of rachis and less than 20a. Septate on upper costae 0.5 mm long; stipe- scales arthrotricha c. 3 mm long 15. C.

b. hairs surface of rachis and mm Septate on upper costae I or more long; stipe-scales

much longer 21

to hairs surface rachis and costae com- 21 a. Stipe-scales 10x3 mm, thin; on upper or multisora monly 1—1.5 mm long 2. C. b. hairs surface of rachis and Stipe-scales to 7X 1 mm, rigid, hair-pointed; on upper

costae not over I mm long 16. C. tahanensis

22a. Sori mainly along one side of a vein, rarely reniform.... 17. C. athyrioides

Sori sometimes b. mainly reniform, distal ones ± athyrioid 23 All the small basal lobes of lower 23a. pinna-lobes entire except sometimes basiscopic

pinnae 24

b. At least basal acroscopic lobes of middle pinnae dentate 26

24a. Pinnae thin, copiously hairy on costae beneath; costal scales few 25

b. beneath small Pinnae rigid; costae sparsely hairy but bearing many scales

28. C. andersonii

25a. Hairs on lower surface of costules and veins unicellular.

18. C. pectiniformis var. pectiniformis

b. Hairs surface veins on lower of costules and to 1.5 mm long, septate

18. C. pectiniformis var. hirsuta

26a. Lamina C. andreae to 15 cm long; largest pinnae 3.0x0.8 cm 19.

b. Lamina always much pinnae in most at least cm larger; largest species 5x1 . . 27 Scales 27a. on lower surface of costae sometimes ± widened at base but not broadly

ovate 28

b. Largest scales on lower surface of costae ovate 41 above 28a. Lower pinnae, at least 2 pairs, reduced, basal pair not wider than those next

them 29

b. Basal wider and shorter than those pinnae not or little above them 31

Six lower lowest 29a. or more pairs pinnae gradually reduced, 1.5—2 cm long; stipe

commonly to 10 cm long 20. C. squamipes

b. 2 lower lowest 20 —4 pairs pinnae reduced, longer; stipe —25 cm long 30

to Fertile x 1.2 stipe-scales to mm wide 21. C. borealis 30a. pinnae 4.5 cm; 2.5 ... Fertile meiobasis b. pinnae to 8.5 X 1.7 cm; stipe-scales 1 mm wide 22. C. Basal lobe of basal 31a. acroscopic pinnae free 32

b. Basal acroscopic lobe of basal pinnae not free 38 R. E. Holttum: Coryphopteris 25

costules entire. 32a. Pinnae to 5.0X 1.2 cm; 2—2.5 mm apart; pinna-lobes mostly

23. C. vitiensis

b. much costules mm dentate Pinnae usually larger; 3—4 apart; pinna-lobes mostly 33

scales costae 33a. Stipe-scales 2.5 x 0.5 mm, rigid; on rigid, opaque

24. C. kolombangarae thin b. Stipe-scales at least 1 mm wide, not rigid; costal scales 34

entire 34a. Stipe-scales 1 mm wide, hairy on back; pinna-lobes or nearly so

25. C. seemannii

b. not dentate Stipe-scales 1.5—2 mm wide, hairy; pinna-lobes mostly 35 surface hairs between 35a. Glands on lower usually confined to costules and veins; no surface veins on upper 36 veins between veins b. Glands present between on lower surface and hairs on upper

surface 37

36a. Lamina to c. 25 cm long; pinnae c. 12—15 pairs. 26. C. pubirachis var. pubirachis

b. Lamina to c. cm to 20 26. C. pubirachis var. major 40 long; pinnae pairs. . .

Basal to var. philippinensis 37a. pinnae 9x2 cm 26. C. pubirachis sulawesica b. Basal pinnae to 6 x 1.2 cm 26. C. pubirachis var. less than wide above dilated base 38a. Stipe-scales 1 mm 39

b. Stipe-scales at least 1 mm wide 40 lower surface of rachis hairs surface 39a. Pinnae to 18 pairs; bearing capitate only; upper

with many short capitate hairs between veins 27. C. athyriocarpa

b. Pinnae to 25 pairs; lower surface of pinna-rachis bearing acicular hairs; no hairs

between surface var. borneensis veins on upper 6. C. viscosa between veins lower surface 40a. Pinna-lobes, except basal one, entire; glands present on

28. C. andersonii

b. Pinna-lobes all distinctly dentate; no glands between veins on lower surface

29. C. tanggamensis Costules scales lower surface of rachis and 41a. 2.5 —3 mm apart; veins not forked; on

costae not abundant 30. C. quaylei b. Costules side of costules often broad to 4.5 mm apart; veins on basiscopic forked;

scales abundant on lower surface of rachis and costae diversisora ... 31. C. Indusia 42a. lacking 32. C. engleriana b. Indusia present 43 Several of free lower stereophylla 43a. pairs pinnules present on pinnae. ... 33- C.

b. At most basal pair of pinna-lobes free 44

44a. Upper surface bearing hairs between veins 45 b. surface hairs Upper between veins normally glabrous (sometimes a few capitate in

C. fasciculata) 47

Hairs veins 45 a. on upper surface between acicular 46 b. surface between Hairs on upper veins capitate 35. C. propria horizontalis 46a. Stipe bearing copious hairs 1 mm long 34. C.

b. hairs mm Stipe bearing 0.5 long in groove only 37. C. microlepigera

47a. Lower surface of rachis bearing acicular hairs, costae usually also 48

b. Lower almost acicular surface of rachis and costae lacking (or lacking) hairs . .51 of lauterbachii 48a. Some hairs on surface of costae 2 cells. 36. C. upper consisting . b. Hairs on upper surface of costae unicellular 49 Several lower lowest 49a. pairs pinnae gradually reduced, longest to 5.5 cm long, 1—2 cm

long 38. C. fasciculata

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hairs lower surface of rachis 50a. Texture rigid; pinnae to 3 cm long; on 0.5 mm long

39. C. hubrechtensis

b. Texture thin; pinnae to 6.5 cm long; hairs on lower surface of rachis 0.2 mm long

40. C. brevipilosa

Short hairs lower surface of costae and costules and on indusium 51a. capitate present on

41. C. oligolepia lower b. Capitate hairs lacking or rare on surface and indusia 52

Sori 8 — C. coriacea 52a. supramedial; stipe-scales 10 mm long 42. b. Sori medial or inframedial; stipe-scales not over 5 mm long 53

to ledermannii 53a. Sori mostly athyrioid; pinnae up c. 2.5 cm long. ... 43. C.

b. Sori mostly not athyrioid; pinnae longer 54 dura 54a. Basal pinnae sessile 44. C. with stalks b. Basal pinnae (usually others also) 1 mm or more long 55

Texture rather basal lobes free several of lower 55a. thin; acroscopic on pairs pinnae; lobes some other distinctly crenate to dentate 56

b. Texture thick, rigid when dry; basal acroscopic lobe at most free on lower pinnae, other badia lobes entire 45. C.

56a. Pinnae distinctly caudate; scales on lower surface of costae ovate-acute 46. C. platyptera

b. Pinnae short-pointed; scales on lower surface of costae a little widenednear base only

47. C. subnigra

comb. I. Coryphopteris unidentata (Bedd.) Holttum, nov.

Lastrea unidentata Bedd., Handb. Suppl. (1892) 53. — Dryopteris monodonta C. Chr., Ind. Fil. (1905) 278;

Gard. Bull. Str. Settl. 4 (1929) 388; not D. unidentata (Hook. & Am.) C. Chr. — Thelypteris unidentata

Rev. Fl. — Kunstler Bubu Holttum, Malaya 2 (1955) 251. Type: 7434, Perak, Gunong (K).

hairs Stipe 60 cm long, bearing throughout spreading septate I mm or more long;

Lamina basal narrowed basal scales to 10 x 1.5 mm. to 80 cm long; pinnae c. 25 pairs; pinnae to base, basal acroscopic lobe enlarged, dentate, free, some other lobes with a single tooth

X2.6 lobes at basiscopic base; largest pinnae 18.5 cm, sessile, lobed to 1 mm from costae,

basal costules mm lower surface of rachis entireexcept ones; to 5 apart; veins to 10 pairs; sessile and costae bearing septate hairs; glands present on costae, costules, and veins,

fewerbetween veins, narrow scales on costae and costules; upper surface of costae bearing few hairs indusia short septate hairs, on costules, no glands. Sori medial; bearing capitate hairs.

Distribution: only known from G. Bubu and G. Inas in Perak.

The of a tooth the base of lobes of basal Note: presence single large at basiscopic in The pinnae, which is denoted by the name unidentata, occurs only the type collection. otherwise others are somewhat smaller (the smallest frond has pinnae to 12 X 1.8 cm) but

do differ. The hairs base of are shorter than those of not septate at stipe C. hirsutipes.

2. Coryphopteris multisora (C. Chr.) Holttum, comb. nov.

Lastrea multisora Gen. Dryopteris multisora C. Chr., Gard. Bull. Str. Settl. 7 (1934.) 241. — Copel., Fil. (1947)

— multisora — T Holttum Mt. Kinabalu, 139. Thelypteris Reed, Phytologia 17 (1968) 295. y pe: 25523,

Sabah, 2100m (BM; iso in BO, SING).

Stipe to 45 cm, dark, bearing sessile glands throughout and long septate hairs near the

in base also distally the groove; scales thin, to iox 3 mm. Lamina to 55 cm long; pinnae R. E. Holttum: Coryphopleris 27

base to 25 pairs; basal pinnae to 2.1 cm wide in the middle, narrowed to with basal almost acroscopic lobe enlarged, dentate to deeply lobed, free, rarely to 15 mm long.

Pinnae above 1.8 entire base to 11 X cm, acuminate; lobes not falcate, or nearly so; costules mm lower surface of 3.5—4 apart; veins 6—7 pairs; glands present on rachis, costae, and costules, sparse septate hairs on rachis and costae (sometimes absent), many

scales and surface of rachis hairs very narrow on costae costules; upper bearing septate

similar but shorter hairs costae and sometimes a few 1—i.j mm long, on costules, glands lower surface on costae and costules. Sori large, somewhatinframedial, filling at maturity; indusia glandular.

Other Distribution: Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, 1350—3000m. specimens are Kokawa Holttum 5 (1972), 25417; Clemens 27970, 28098, 52255; & Hotta 4535. the base all Notes. Long septate hairs are not present at of stipes in specimens (possi- therefore the bly lost in gathering or drying); the species appears in two places in key.

Christensen wrongly stated that glands are absent on lower surface of rachis and costae.

3. Coryphopteris hirsutipes (Clarke) Holttum

C. in hirsutipes (Clarke) Holttum Nayar & Kaur, Comp. to Bedd. Handb. (1974) 203. — Nephrodium

gracilescens var. hirsutipes Clarke, Trans. Linn. Soc. II Bot. i (1880) 514, t. 67, f. I. — Lastrea gracilescens

Lastrea sensu Bedd., Handb. (1883) 234, p.p. — hirsutipes Bedd., Handb. Suppl. (1892) 52, excl. var.

didymochlaenoides.—Thelypteris hirsutipes Ching, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 6 (1936) 314. — Para- Acta Sinica thelypteris hirsutipes Ching, Phytotax. 8 (1963) 303. — Lectotype: Clarke 18968, Assam,

Khasya Hills, 1400 m (K).

Bot. — Dryopteris indochinensis Chr., Journ. de (Morot.) 21 (1908) 263. Thelypteris indochinensis Ching, Fl. Indoch. Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 6 (1936) 327; Tard. & C. Chr. in Lec., Gen. 7, pt. 2 (1941)

Lastrea Acta — 361, fig. 43, 1—2. — indochinensis Tagawa, Phytotax. Geobot. 16 (1956) 78. Parathelypteris

Acta Sinica 8 — Massif du indochinensis Ching, Phytotax. (1963) 304. Type: Eherhardt s.n., Tonkin, Tam Dao, 900 m (P).

chinensis — Yunnan Dryopteris gracilescens(Bl.) var. Chr., Notul. Syst. 1 (1909) 40. Type: Henry 10, ill, (P; iso in K).

A. Bot. — Dryopteris megalocarpa v. v. R., Bull. Jard. Btzg III, 5 (1922) 199. Thelypteris megalocarpa Ching.

Fan Mem. Inst. Bot. Bull. Biol. 10 (1941) 232. — Type: Lorzing 7134, Sumatra, Patjoer-batoe near

Lake Toba, 1400 m (BO).

Fan Mem. Inst. Bot. 6 Mem. Sci. Thelypteris angulariloba Ching, Bull. Biol. (1936) 323; Iwatsuki, Coll.

Univ. Kyoto B, 31 (1965) 160. — Lastrea angulariloba Tagawa, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 16 (1956) 78. —

Acta Sinica 8 — T N. K. Chun Parathelypteris angulariloba Ching, Phytotax. (1963) 304. y p e: 42, 644,

Kwangtung (PE, not seen).

Acta Lastrea simozawae Acta Thelypteris simozawae Tagawa, Phytotax. Geobot. 6 (1937) 157. — Tagawa,

Phytotax. Geobot. 15 (1953) 14. — Parathelypteris simozawae Ching, Acta Phytotax. Sinica 8 (1963) 304. —

Type: Simozawa s.n., 17—10—1936, Taiwan, Tyurei (KYO, not seen).

Thelypteris herbacea Holt turn, Gard. Bull. Singap. n (1947) 268; Rev. Fl. Malaya 2 (1955) 254, fig. 145. —

Type: Holttum 20571, Malaya, Gunong Tahan, S. Reriang, 915 m (SING; iso in K). Fl. Chr. Nephrodium repentulum sensu Tutcher, Kwangt. & Hongkong (1912) 346, not Dryopteris repentula

dark base distal and rachis rufo-strami- Stipe 20—3°(—45) cm long, at only, part pale neous; spreading septate hairs 1 —3 mm long at base; scales small, setose. Lamina 25—35 - _ _ . . _

_ basal narrowed basal lobe cm long, pinnae 15—20 pairs; pinnae near base, acroscopic almost free but thin. not elongate; texture Largest pinnae commonly 7X 1.5 cm (largest lobes toothed ends of seen 10x2 cm), acuminate, oblong, entire or sometimes slightly at distal veins; costules 3.5 —4.5 (—5.5) mm apart; veins 4—6 pairs; lower surface of rachis and costae bearing copious acicular hairs which are sometimes unicellular (types of

L. D. T. but sometimes few and hirsutipes, megalocarpa, herbacea) or many are elongate lower few of and septate; glands on surface absent or (types L. hirsutipes T. herbacea), rarely abundant; some hairs on upper surface of rachis and costae always septate, slender 28 BLUMEA VOL. 23, No. 1, 1976

hairs often between veins. Sori medial indusia unicellular present or inframedial; hairy,

hairs sometimes septate.

Distribution: S. Japan, Ryukyu Isl., Taiwan, S. China to N.E. India, Thailand,

Malaya, Sumatra. of N o t e s. Iwatsuki discussed the variability this species in Mem. Coll. Sci. Univ. T. Kyoto B, 31 (1965) 161. I have not seen the type of angulariloba but at Kew are two

specimens from Hong Kong cited by Ching; these and others from Hong Kong and show the of Kwangtung much variability in abundance long septate hairs on the lower

hairs than in D. surface, though these are always less abundant the type of indochinensis. stated that the of lacked but Ching type T. angulariloba glands, some HongKong specimens

(including one cited by Ching) have a few. Sumatra specimens are varied both in presence of glands and of septate hairs on lower surface.

4. Coryphopteris petelotii (Ching) Holttum, comb. nov.

Thelypteris petelotii Ching, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 6 (1936) 326; Tard & C. Chr. in Lec., Fl. Gen.

Indoch. 7, pt. 2 (1941) 359, fig. 42, 1 —2. — Lastrea petelotii Tagawa, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 16 (1956)

— 78. — Acta Sinica 8 (1963) 303. T Ptielot 3630 Tonkin, Parathelypteris petelotii Ching, Phytotax. ype: ,

Chapa, 1500 m (US; iso in BM, P).

base dense and Stipe to 30 cm, dark, bearing long septate hairs, paler subglabrous basal narrowed upwards. Lamina to 40 cm long, pinnae c. 20 pairs; pinnae a little to base, basal acroscopic lobe elongate, strongly dentate, almost free. Largest pinnae 10 x 2—2.5

lobed almost to lobes often cm, acuminate, costa, close, patent, oblong, strongly serrate;

costules veins 8 lower surface of rachis lamina 3.5—4 mm apart; —10 pairs; glabrous,

bearing many glands; costae, costules, and veins bearing rather long septate hairs, short hairs rachis erect unicellular between veins; upper surface of and costae bearing septate

hairs, short appressed unicellular hairs between veins. Sori medial; indusia bearing long hairs. septate

Distribution: only known from type locality. It seems possible that this is an

extreme form of the variable C. hirsutipes.

5. Coryphopteris plumosa (C. Chr.) Holttum, comb. nov.

Fil. Dryopteris plumosa C. Chr., Dansk Bot. Ark. 9, 3 (1937) 65. — Lastrea plumosa Copel., Gen. (1947) 139.

— Thelypteris plumosa Reed, Phytologia 17 (1968) 305. — Type: Mjoherg 7, Sarawak, Mt. Murud,

2700 m (BM).

6—10 base dark with reddish firm scales X Stipe cm, very copious 7 0,75 mm, upper almost part paler and finely short-hairy, rachis stramineous. Lamina 20 cm long, pinnae all middle basal nearly 30 pairs, nearly deflexed, ones largest; pinnae 2 cm long, slightly and narrowed to the basiscopic base, basal acroscopic lobe a little enlarged, dentate free;

firm. 0.8 costules veins texture Largest pinnae 2.5 X cm, lobes entire; 2 mm apart; 3 —4 pairs, pale and prominent both sides; lower surface of rachis and costae bearing pale acicular hairs over mm small hairs and 0.5 long, capitate present on costae, costules, veins,

between veins, a few scales on surface of costae some glands very narrow costae; upper and with hairy as lower, veins costules small capitate hairs, glands throughout. Sori supramedial; indusia small, thin, with capitate hairs.

Only known from type collection. R. E. Holttum: Coryphopteris 29

6. Coryphopteris viscosa (Baker) Holttum

viscosa — Lastrea viscosa C. (Bak.) Holttum, Blumea 19 (1971) 33 J. Sm. in Hook. J. Bot. 3 (1841) 412, nom. viscosum tiud. — Nephrodium calcaratum(Bl.) Hook., Spec. Fil. 4 (1862) 93, var.β tantum.]—Nephrodium

Bak., Syn. Fil. (1867) 264, excl. plant. Philip. — Lastrea viscosa Bedd., Ferns Brit. India (1870) t. 334;

Handb. (1883) 238; Ridley, Journ. Mai. Br. R. As. Soc. 4 (1926) 65, p.p.', Copel., Fern Fl. Philip, (i960)

— viscosa Rev. Gen. A. Handb. 324, excl. plant. Philip. Dryopteris Kuntze, PL 2 (1891) 814; v. v. R.,

C. Gard. Bull. Settl. — (1908) 186, p.p.', Chr., Str. 4 (1929) 380, p.p.', ibid, 7 (1934) 240, p.p. Thelypteris viscosa Fan Mem. Inst. Bot. Rev. Ching, Bull. Biol. 10 (1941) 215; Holttum, Fl. Malaya 2 (1955) 252,

— Sinica — p.p. Parathelypteris viscosa Ching, Acta Phytotax. 8 (1963) 304. Type: Cuming 401, Malacca, Mt. Ophir (K; iso in BM).

var. viscosa

dark at basal scales rachis Stipe 15—20 cm long, base, paler upwards, 4x0.5 mm, thin; dull reddish throughout. Lamina to 30 cm long, tapering very gradually distally, thin, pinnae to 25 pairs or more, closely placed, a few lower pinnae deflexed; basal pinnae to narrowed little free. 1.4 cm wide, to base, basal acroscopic lobe or not dentate, not base with Largest pinnae 5.5 x1.2 cm, sessile; truncate acroscopic lobe sometimes a little elongate, apex short-pointed, obtuse; lobes mostly entire; costules 2.5 mm apart; hairs veins to 6 pairs; lower surface of rachis and costae bearing copious acicular 0.5 mm scales cells long with some short capitate hairs and glands; on costae 1 —2 wide; glands of surface of scattered hairs abundant between veins; hairs upper costae unicellular, on and surface. costules veins, glands throughout upper Sori medial, distal ones ± athyrioid; indusia thin, with a few glands.

Distribution: Mt. Ophir; Mt Poi in western Sarawak. var. poiensis Holttum, var. nov.

A typo speciei differt: pinnis 12—18-jugatis, lobis pinnarum plerisque crenatis.

T y p e: B. L. Burtt & P. J. B. Woods 2828, Sarawak, G. Rumput, Poi Range, 1430 m

(K). Also from Poi Range: Clemens 20456, J. W. Anderson 206 (K).

but there is Note. These specimens are very much alike; at BM a specimen sent by

Mjoberg to Christensen with locality 'Mt. Poi, foot', which appears to me exactly like the typical form ofC. viscosa, otherwise only known fromMt. Ophir. Further collections from Mt. Poi desirable show of variation. 'Mt. foot' are to range Poi, perhaps means foot of the a particular peak in Poi range.

var. borneensis Holttum, var. nov.

A typo speciei differt: pagina superiori eglandulosa. Richards Ty p e: P. W. 1702, Sarawak, Mt. Dulit (K) Also from Penrissen Mt. Dulit: C. Hose (K), Mjoberg 8 (BM); Brooks s.tt., Mt. (BM); Brooks 3, Mt. Bengkaram, Indonesian Borneo.

comb. 7. Coryphopteris gymnopoda (Baker) Holttum, nov.

Trans. Linn. Soc. C. Nephrodium gymnopodum Baker, II Bot. 4 (1894) 252. — Dryopteris gymnopoda Chr., Bull. Ind. Fil. — viscosa C. Gard. (1903) 269; Gard. Bull. Str. Settl. 7 (1934) 240. Dryopteris sensu Chr.,

— viscosa — Str. Settl. 4 (1929) 380, p.p. Thelypteris sensu Holttum, Rev. Fl. Malaya 2 (1955) 252, p.p.

Haviland Mt. Type: i486, Kinabalu, 3200 m (K).

Kew — Lastrea ridleyi Bedd., Bull. (1909) 423. — Dryopteris ridleyi C. Chr., Ind. Fil. Suppl. (1913) 38. Bukit Type: Ridley 7849, Selangor, Hitam, 1000 m (K).

subviscosa A. Bull. Bot. Handb. — T Dryopteris v. v. R., Jard. Btzg II, 26 (1915) 14; Suppl. (1917) 153. y p e: Beccari G. iso in 429, Sumatra, Singgalang, 1700 m (BO; Fl, K).

Dryopteris kinabaluensis Copel., Philip. J. Sci. 12C (1917) 55. — Type: Topping 1719, Mt. Kinabalu,

Pakka Cave (MICH, not seen).

Lastrea robinsonii F. M. S. Mus. Mai. — Ridl., Journ. 10(1920) 156; Journ. Br. R. As. Soc. 4 (1926) 65, p.p. 30 BLUMEA VOL. 23, No. I, 1976

— Bull. Dryopteris robinsonii C. Chr., Gard. Bull. Str. Settl. 4 (1929) 381. Thelypteris robinsonii Ching,

Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10 (1941) 254. — T y p e: F. M. S. Mus. Collector s.n., Perak, Gunong Kerbau

(K).

Gard. Bull. Settl. — Holttum Dryopteris viscosa var. kamborangana C. Chr., Str. 7 (1934) 240. T ype: 25472, iso in Mt. Kinabalu, Kamborangah, 2130 m (BM; BO, K, SING).

scales dark and bases var. gymnopoda. Stipe 15—20 cm long; 6 —8 x i—1.5 mm, firm, well not dilated. Lamina 25—30 cm long; pinnae 15—18 (rarely to 25) pairs, texture firm, lowest spaced; pinnae wider than next, in largest fronds more than 2 cm wide with almost all lobes dentate, in smaller fronds lobes crenate. Suprabasal pinnae commonly

to 6x 1.5 cm, on largest fronds 10x2 cm, acuminate subcaudate, lobes mostly crenate;

veins 6 lower costules 3—3.5 mm apart; —7(—9) pairs; surface of rachis bearing some acicular of and sometimes few acicular hairs, costae bearing many glands capitate hairs, a lower acicular hairs surface of rachis hairs, glands present throughout surface; on upper veins 0.5 mm long, rather thick, a little shorter on costae, few on costules and distally, little abundant glands throughout surface. Sori medial, basal ones sometimes a elongate

indusia short and and asymmetric, distal ones rarely athyrioid; bearing capitate hairs glands.

Distribution: Sabah (Mt. Kinabalu, many collections), Sarawak; in Malaya on

Holttum Gunong Tahan (,Ridley 15969, Haniff & Nur 7949, 20765) and at scattered localities the Main in rather Peninsular on Range, perhaps only open places; Sumatra, Thailand.

and robinsonii to differ from the rest in their small Note. Lastrea ridleyi L. appear only size. The is small frond which has lost almost all its basal but the type a single scales, with of the other collections from the other identity it many type locality (where no species occurs) cannot be doubted.

var. bintangensis Holttum, var. nov.

Lastrea robinsonii Br. R. Asiatic Soc. Ridl., Journ. Mai. 4 (1926) 65, p.p.

acicularibus A typo speciei differt: pagina superiori omnino pilis inter venas vestita. C. Type: B. Kloss s.n., June 1917, Gunong Bintang on Kedah-Perak boundary (K). known from collection. Only type

var. humilis Holttum, var. nov.

differt: frondibus et inferiori A typo speciei minoribus; pagina superiori pagina omnino pilis brevissimis erectis acicularibus vestita.

Type: B. Molesworth Allen 1026, Pahang, Cameron Highlands, Gunong Perdah,

2130 m (K).

Note. The type and another specimen from Cameron Highlands (Wyatt-Smith

have with It seems Kep. 63682) pinnae to 2.5 X 0.6 cm, most pinna-lobes entire. possible

that this small size is due to growth in an exposed position. I also found similar small plants (.Holttum 23310) in an exposed place which was probably near the Wyatt-Smith locality.

8. Coryphopteris obtusata (v. A. v. R.) Holttum, comb. nov.

Dryopteris obtusata v. A. v. R., Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg II, 28 (1918) 22. — Thelypteris obtusata Ching, Bull.

Fan Mem. Inst. Bot. — C. Biol. 10 (1941) 253. Type: J. Brooks 339 S, Sumatra, Benkoelen, Lebong

Simpang (BO; iso in BM).

C. Str. — T Mt. Dryopteris supravillosa Chr., Gard. Bull. Settl. 7 (1934) 241. ype: Holttum 25471, Kinabalu.

1800 m (BM; iso in K, SING). R. E. Holttum: Coryphopteris 31

cm dark at scales to Stipe ij—25 long, base, short-hairy throughout; 5 x1.5 mm;

of and rachis dull reddish. Lamina to 20 —18 upper part stipe —35 cm long, pinnae 15 basal smaller narrowed pairs; pinnae somewhat reduced on fronds, to base, basal acroscopic

lobe not free. X — basal lobes dentate, Largest pinnae 6—7.5 1.3 1.5 cm, short-acuminate;

dentate, others sometimes with slight teeth at ends of distal veins; costules on type to

4 mm apart, on other specimens closer; veins 5 —6(—8) pairs; lower surface of rachis

densely hairy, costae less so, glands present on all parts of lower surface, those between

veins sometimes small (type) or replaced by capitate hairs, scales on lower surface of costae the acicular widened at base; upper surface densely covered with short hairs, some

also Sori medial distal sometimes capitate hairs or glands present. to inframedial, ones asymmetric where small; indusia bearing glands and capitate hairs.

Distribution: Sumatra, Borneo, New Guinea. The of obtusata has small sessile between lower Note. type D. glands veins on surface; another specimen from Sumatra (Surbeck 815) has normal glands, and another (Alston this 14934) from a neighbouring locality has only small capitate hairs in position. A New like Guinea specimen (L. E. Cheesman 1428A, Japen Isl.) is very the Sumatran type. Womersley 9342A, from N. E. New Guinea, Sepik District, has rather few glands and

capitate hairs; Brass 23038fromMt. Dayman, Papua, is similar. The type ofD. supravillosa

veins is a rather small specimen (lamina 20 cm long) and has small capitate hairs between

on lower surface.

klossii 9. Coryphopteris (Ridl.) Holttum, comb. nov.

Lastrea klossii Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. II Bot. 9 (1916) 257; Copel., Philip. Journ. Sci. 78 (1951) 428. —

A. — Fan Mem. Inst. Dryopteris klossii v. v. R., Handb. Suppl. (1917) 501. Thelypteris klossii Ching, Bull.

— Western New Biol. Bot. 10 (1941) 252. Type: C. B. Kloss s.n., Guinea, Wollaston Exped. to Mt.

1800 iso in Carstensz, Camp Vic, m (BM; K).

but hairs the scales Stipe 20—3° cm long, dark, bearing glands not except in groove;

mm. to or 20 half 3—4X I—1.5 Lamina 30 cm more long; pinnae c. pairs separated by little reduced narrowed basal basal their width; basal pinnae a or not, in third, acroscopic little and when lobe a enlarged strongly crenate; texture rather rigid dry. Largest pinnae

6x sinuate of type 3.3 X i.o cm, of another specimen 1.3 cm; lobes slightly falcate, edges

toothed ends of distal costules mm to at veins; 2.5—3.5 apart; veins 5 —6(—7) pairs,

thick and slightly prominent; lower surface of rachis and costae bearing rather sparse

abundant of scales acicular hairs (most near apices costae), many ovate to 1 mm long on

smaller scales on scattered surface of rachis and costae, costules, glands generally; upper

costae bearing short acicular hairs, glands and short capitate hairs on surface between veins.

Sori medial; indusia large, thin, bearing capitate hairs and glands, usually all symmetric.

Distribution: throughout New Guinea on mountains at 1800—3200 m.

o Glands the have but be N t e s. on type specimen mostly collapsed can seen abundantly

on some pinnae; the broad scales are distinctive.

Other specimens from western New Guinea are: Docters van Leeuwen 10881, 10878A,

Nassau Mts.; Eyma 4830, Wissel Lake region; Brass 9062, Lake Habbema. From eastern

New Guinea: Vink 17563, W. Sepik Dist.; Kalkman 4744, Vink 17207, Southern Highlands,

Papua.

10. Coryphopteris iwatsukii Holttum, sp. nov. Caudex basi omninominute gracilis; stipes usque 20 cm longus, atropurpureus, hirsutus;

excrescentiis paleae rigidae, c. 3 mm longae, basi 0,75 mm latae, dorso sphaericis ornatae. BLUMEA VOL. 23, No. 1, 1976 32

infimae Lamina 2j cm longa, textura tenuis; pinnae c. 15-jugatae, paulo dissitae; pinnae infimo basin versus paulo angustatae, lobo acroscopico libero, dentato, non elongato.

6x fere Pinnae suprabasales usque 1.4 cm, acuminatae; lobi rectangulare patentes, omnes

sinubus mm latis costulae mm —6- dentati, 1,5 separati; 3,5 inter se distantes; venae 5 rachis subtus jugatae; pilis 0,5 mm longis vestita, costae pilis sparsis glandulisque ornatae,

paleae majores costarum basi dilatatae, lamina inter venas glandulis paucis pilisque rachis acicularibus unicellularibus multis minutis erectis praedita; costaeque supra pilis inter vestitae, costulae venaeque pilis paucis, pagina venas glandulis multis praeditae.

Sori mediales; indusia tenuia, pilis brevissimis tenuibus acicularibus vestita.

1800 Type: K. Iwatsuki et al. S. 1012, Sumatra, Atjeh, G. Kemiri, —2500 m, in

mossy forest (K).

11. Coryphopteris atjehensis Holttum, sp. nov.

differt: dorso C. iwatsukio affinis, paleis stipitium usque 7x1,5 mm, laevibus; pinnis

lobis costulis inter usque 9,5 x 1,9 cm, plerumque integris; 4—4,5 mm se distantibus; indusiis glabris vel pilis minutis capitatis praeditis.

—1600 humus- T y p e: K. Iwatsuki et al. S. 834, Sumatra, Atjeh, G. Kemiri, 900 m, on rich ground in evergreen forest (K).

12. Coryphopteris diaphana (Brause) Holttum, comb. nov.

Fan Mem. Inst. Dryopteris diaphana Brause, Bot. Jahrb. 56 (1920) 80. — Thelypteris diaphana Ching, Bull.

Bot. — — Ledermann Biol. 10 (1941) 251. Lastrea diaphanaCopel., Philip. J. Sci. 78 (1951) 427. Type:

8903, N. E. New Guinea, Sepik Dist., 850 m, on moss cushions (B; iso in BM).

scales rigid. Stipe 10—15 cm long, dark, glossy, sparsely hairy; 2—3x0.75 mm, dark,

—18 basal little a little Lamina to 25 cm long; pinnae 15 pairs; pinnae not or reduced, lobe almost narrowed at base, basal acroscopic free, dentate, not enlarged. Suprabasal pinnae to 4.5 X 1.2 cm, short-acuminate; lobes oblique, basal ones strongly dentate, rest

veins —6 lower surface of ± toothed at ends of veins; costules 2.5 —3 mm apart; 5 pairs;

and with short on and rachis costae spreading acicular hairs, glands costae, costules, veins, of costules veins with scattered a few dark narrow scales on costae; upper surface and

hairs, no glands nor hairs between veins. Sori supramedial; indusia glabrous. Distribution: from only known from type collection and Brass 13294 Idenburg

River at 900 m, on ground in Agathis forest.

Note. The Brass specimen differs in having 2—3 pairs of lower pinnae distinctly reduced, and somewhat broader scales on lower surface of costae.

habbemensis 13. Coryphopteris (Copel.) Holttum, comb. nov.

Olenitis Dryopteris habbemensis Copel., Univ. Cal. Publ. Bot. 18 (1942) 216. — habbemensis Copel., Gen. Fil.

Sci. — T Brass N. W. New Guinea, Lake Habbema, (1947) 124; Philip. J. 78 (1951) 411, pi. 15. y p e: 9304,

3225 m (MICH; iso in BM).

Stipe 25 —30 cm, base dark with short brown hairs, reddish distally; scales thin, 5 x 1.5

to c. 18 basal not much narrowed at base. mm. Lamina 30 cm long; pinnae pairs; pinnae

in basal rest adnate Largest pinnae 7x2 cm, pinnate half; 2—3 pairs pinnules quite free, ± lobes distal of connected to costa, on half pinna by a very narrow wing; pinnules 7 —12 mm their bases and long, 2 —3 mm wide, larger ones deeply lobed near crenate distally; costules forked basal lobes of lower 3.5 —4 mm apart; veins 5 —8 pairs, in larger pinnules;

surface of rachis and costae copiously short-hairy, also on costae thin clathrate scales, the R. E. Holttum: Coryphopteris 33

sessile smaller larger ones ovate; some glands and scales on costules; acicular hairs on upper

surface of costae and bases of costules, no glands. Sori medial; indusia thin, glabrous.

Distribution: mountains from middle to east of New Guinea 1800 at —3200 m;

see also C. stereophylla (no. 33) from western New Guinea.

14. Coryphopteris subbipinnata Holttum, sp. nov. Caudex altus. basi usque 45 cm Stipes 30 cm, tantum niger, sursum pallidus; paleae

tenues usque iox 1,5 mm. Lamina usque 45 cm longa; pinnae 24-jugatae; pinnae infimae basi lobis infimis liberis medio 1,9 cm latae, 1,0 cm, 2-jugatis lobisque 2—3-jugatis adnatis. breviter disjuncte Pinnae suprabasales usque 12 x1,7 cm, acuminatae; lobi valde lobi infimiambo costulae inter falcati, fere omnes dentati, liberi; 3,5 mm se distantes;

rachis subtus pilis mm multis linearibus venae 8-jugatae; 0,5 longis paleis 3 —4 mm longis vestita; costae subtus similiter vestitae, paleis usque 1 mm longis basi dilatatis, costae costulae rachis venaeque glandulis praeditae; supra pilis longioribus paleisque multis nullae. Sori vestita, costae costulaeque pilosae, glandulae mediales, omnes symme- trici; indusia tenuia, glandulis pilisque acicularibus vestita. Braithwaite Solomon Type: A. F. 4757, Islands, Guadalcanal, Mt. Popamanatsu,

1700 m, in mossy forest (K).

arthrotricha 15. Coryphopteris Holttum, sp. nov. basi Stipes usque 30 cm longus, atropurpureus, paleis 3 mm longis praeditus, sursum sulco hirsutus. Lamina pallidior et in tantum vulgo 25 —35 cm (usque 45 cm) longa; infimae basi valde lobo pinnae 20-jugatae, non sese contingentes; pinnae angustatae, libera Pinnae infimo acroscopico fere non aucto. suprabasales vulgo 8x1,6 cm (usque

i2X2cm)breviter caudato-acuminatae; lobi plerumque dentati; costulae3,5 —4mm inter

se distantes; venae 6—7(—io)-jugatae; rachis subtus pilis acicularibus minutis pilisque

brevibus etiam capitatis praedita, costae costulaeque glandulis paleisque linearibus prae- rachis ditae, glandulae inter venas paucae; costaeque supra pilis 1—3-septatis vix 0,5 mm longis vestitae, venae pilis paucis interdum septatis praeditae, pagina inter venas vel calva vel brevibus acicularibus Sori indusia pilis capitatisque praedita. mediales; parva, pilis brevibus capitatis interdum etiam glandulis ornata.

Type: Holttum 23345, Pahang, Cameron Highlands, 1500 m (K).

Distribution: forest at This the Malaya, Sumatra, in 1220—1520 m. is common of the Main in in book the of species Coryphopteris on Range Malaya; my on ferns Malaya from ( x 955) 1 did not distinguish it C. viscosa.

tahanensis 16. Coryphopteris Holttum, sp. nov.

C. arthrotricha affinis, differt: paleis stipitis usque 7x1 mm, rigidis, longe acuminatis; lobis infimis fere rachi versus frondis subtus pinnarum praeter integris; costisque apiccm pilis 1,5 mm longis pluricellularibus patentibus praeditis; rachi costisque supra pilis 1 mm longis septatis vestitis.

1800 Type: Holttum 20694, Pahang, Gunong Tahan, m, in dwarf forest (K; iso in G. SING). Also from Tahan: Holttum 20742, Ridley 15970 (K); no other collections. Note. This species is intermediatebetween C. arthrotricha and C. multisora; it differs from the latter in narrower rigid stipe-scales, lack of hairs at base of stipe, shorter hairs surface of rachis and on upper costae.

17. Coryphopteris athyrioides Holttum, sp. nov. breviter Stipes usque 20 cm longus, basi niger, sursum leviter rufescens, omnino

ovatis vestitus. Lamina pilosus, basi paleis tenuibus 3—4x1,5 mm 30 cm longa; pinnae BLUMEA VOL. 34 23, No. 1, 1976

18—20-jugatae; pinnae infimae interdum leviter reductae, lobo infimo acroscopico non libero. breviter lobi falcati leviter Pinnae maximae 6,7 x1,7 cm, acuminatae; dentati; inter costulae usque 4 mm se distantes; venae 7—8-jugatae, subtus prominentes; rachis brevibus filiformibus dense costaeque subtus pilis patentibus paleisque vestitae; pagina inferior omnino glandulis rubris ornata; costae costulaeque supra pilosae, venae pilis

paucis praeditae, pagina superior glandulis destituta. Sori plurimi asplenioidei, longitu-

fere nonnulli raro dinem venarum totam occupantes, more generis Athyrii hamati, reniformes; indusia glandulis et interdum pilis paucis brevibus praedita. rock iso in Type: Brass 24722, Papua, Goodenough Island, on mossy (BM; L, LAE).

Note. In its sori this is very similar to Asplenium decurtatum Kunze ex Link of South

America, which is also a Thelypteroid fern.

18. Coryphopteris pectiniformis (C. Chr.) Holttum

C. pectiniformis (C. Chr.) Holttum,Webbia 30 (1976) 20.— Dryopterispectiniformis C. Chr., Gard. Bull. Str.

Fan Mem. Inst. Bot. Settl. 4 (1929) 379. — Thelypteris pectiniformis Ching, Bull. Biol. 10 (1941) 253:

Holttum, Rev. Fl. Malaya 2 (1955) 253, fig. 144. — Parathelypteris pectiniformis Ching, Acta Phytotax.

Sinica 8 (1963) 304. — T y p e: G. F. Hose 293, Perak (P; iso in K).

Thelypteris subglandulosa Ching, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 6 (1936) 323. — T ype: Wray 367, Perak, G. Batu Puteh (US; iso in CAL, L). (Locality mis-spelled by Ching).

var. pectiniformis

dark at base with thin setiferous scales to x through- Stipe 7 1 mm, distallystramineous, hairs. out covered with short unicellular Lamina 40—45 mm long, texture thin; pinnae

15—20 pairs, well spaced; basal pinnae narrowed near base, basal acroscopic lobe not

bttle dentate. 1.6 lobes enlarged, sometimes a Suprabasal pinnae to 10 X cm, acuminate;

veins —-8 lower entire, slightly falcate; costules to 3 mm apart; 7 pairs, very oblique; surface of and costules short acicular and short rachis, costae, bearing pale hairs, glands

erect acicular and hairs surface between surface of costae capitate on veins; upper bearing unicellular hairs than few hairs costules and copious pale more 0.5 mm long, on veins, indusia with sometimes no other hairs, no glands. Sori medial; abundant capitate hairs, also a few acicular hairs.

Distribution: Malaya, on Taiping Hills (common on Gunong Hijau) and northern of also part Main Range, Gunong Padang in Trengganu.

var. hirsuta Holttum, var. nop. differt: costulis subtus A typo speciei minore (pinnis usque 6,5 cm longis); venisque pilis usque 1,5 mm longis septatis vestitis; indusiis pilis tenuibus unicellularibus usque

vestitis. 0,5 mm longis dense Holttum Hill Fraser's iso in Type: 21547. Pahang, Pine-tree (near Hill), 1460m (K; SING)"

N found this with C. the o t e. In 1969 I not uncommon, growing arthrotricha, on path from Fraser's Hill to known from this Pine-tree Hill; only locality. In 1955 I gave a provisional name var. hirsuta but no Latin description; such a description was later given

C. F. Reed but he did cite The by (Phytologia 17, 1968: 302) not a type specimen. other varietal should provisional name given by me in 1955, var. eglandulosa, lapse; much shriv- I think all specimens are glandular, but in some the glands have become very elled. R. E. Holttum: Coryphopteris 35

andreae 19. Coryphopteris Holttum, sp. nov.

—6 Stipes 5 cm longus, basi niger, sursum pallidior, omnino brevi-pilosus, paleis tenuibus c. 2 X I mm non setiferis vestitus. Lamina c. 14 cm longa; pinnae 12—15-jugatae; infimae basin lobis infimis pinnae 2—3 pares deflexae, versus angustatae, acroscopicis leviter fere maximae ad auctis, dentatis, liberis; pinnae 3,0x0,8 cm, breviter acutae, fere costulae costam lobatae; lobi integri vel paulo dentati; 2 mm inter se distantes; venae

4-jugatae; rachis costaequesubtus pilis brevibus erectis dense vestitae, paleis minutis etiam inferior praeditae; pagina glandulis resinosis ornata; costa supra pilis antrorsis vestita,

cetera vel hirsuta. Sori indusia interdum pagina superior glabra ± mediales; magna,tenuia, pilis brevibus capitatis vestita.

Type: Millar & Holttum NGF 15768, N. E. New Guinea, Morobe Dist., Wau in iso Also Subdist., Otibanda Creek, 2150 m, moss forest (LAE; in K). found by me the abundantly on Mt. Kaindi, near type locality, in 1969 (Holttum NGF 40182). hairiness. Notes. The upper surface of pinnae is very variable in

The epithet andreae refers to Andrce Millar, to whom I am grateful for much help travels during my in 1963.

20. Coryphopteris squamipes (Copel.) Holttum, comb, nov.

Lastrea Fern Dryopteris squamipes Copel., Philip. J. Sci. 56 (1935) 99, pi. 5. — squamipes Copel., Fl. Philip.

— (i960) 325. Thelypteris squamipes Reed, Phytologia 17 (1968) 315. — Type: Ramos & Edaho BS

Mt. 38525, Mindanao, Bukidnon Prov., Lipa, 2000 m (BO, MICH, US).

of —8 dark scales Stipe type 5 cm long, at base, paler distally; thin, to 5 mm long, to

wide base. 28 than 6—8 lower 2.5 mm at Lamina to cm long; pinnae more 20 pairs; pairs lowest short- pinnae gradually reduced, 1.5—2 cm long. Largest pinnae 3.5 x0.9 cm, lobes basal costules acuminate; oblong, mostly crenate, ones dentate; 2—2.5 mm apart;

veins to 5 pairs; lower surface of rachis and costae bearing stiff unicellular hairs to 1 mm small and long, on costae many scales, glands present on costules, veins, surface; upper

surface sometimes with a few glands on and near veins. Sori medial, distal ones mostly

symmetric; indusia glabrous or with a few glands. Distribution: Mindanao, several collections.

Note. This species is near C. fasciculata (no. 38) differing in smaller size, broader

on lower surface. The has numerous scales stipe-scales, copious glands type specimen on

lower surface of costae, these scales being widened at their bases, but on other specimens been only very narrow scales have seen. It seems possible that intermediates exist between

this species and C. pubirachis var. philippinensis.

borealis 21. Coryphopteris Holttum, sp. nov.

basi fusco- Caudex usque 30 cm altus; stipes 20—25 cm longus, atropurpureus sursum vel ruber; paleae usque 4 x 2,5 mm. Lamina usque 45 cm longa; pinnae 20-jugatae plures; leviter infimae pinnae inferiores 2 —4-jugatae reductae, 2,5—3 cm longae. Pinnae fertiles steriles lobi leviter maximae 4,5 X 1,2 cm, 5,0 X 1,3 cm, apice abrupte angustatae; ad lobis obliqui, subtruncati, apice (praecipue fertiles) apices venarum dentati, infimis frondis fertilis valde costulae inter lobatis; 3—3,5 mm se distantes; venae 4-jugatae; rachis subtus fere costaeque pilis 1 mm longis vestitae, paleae costarum omnes perangustae,

costulae venaeque glandulis parvis praeditae; rachis costaeque supra hirsutae, pilis ad

venas raris, pagina inter venas glabra. Sori inframediales; indusia magna, glabra. Northern Type: M. Jacobs 7588, Luzon, Mt. Tabayoc, 2300-2400 m, on ridge in shade (K; iso in L). BLUMEA VOL. 23, No. 1, 1976 36

22. Coryphopteris meiobasis Holttum, sp. nov.

tenuibus vestitus; vix ultra 1 latae. Stipes usque 25 cm longus, pilis pallidis paleae mm inferiores sensim Lamina usque 40 cm longa; pinnae c. 20-jugatae, 3-jugatae reductae,

lobo infimo aucto. infimae 3,5—4,5x1,1—1,3 cm, acroscopico non Pinnae maximae valde costulae x (steriles), 8,5 X cm (fertiles), acuminatae; lobi obliqui, dentati; 9 1,9 cm 1,7

rachis subtus mm 4,5 —5.5 mm inter se distantes; venae usque 7-jugatae; pilis copiosis 1 subtus longis vestita, costae pilis similibus brevioribus paleisque perangustis vestitae, inter costulae venaeque glandulis sessilibus praeditae, glandulis venas paucis; costulae

inter Sori infra- venaeque supra pilis paucis praeditae, pagina venas glabra, eglandulosa. mediales, orbiculares; indusia pallida, tenuia, pilis paucis brevibus praedita.

Type: T. G. Walker 8730, N. E. New Guinea, Morobe Dist., trail from Sewe to

Freyburg Pass, 2300—2450 m (BM).

vitiensis 23. Coryphopteris Holttum, sp. nov. basi Stipes usque 20 cm longus, atropurpureus, sursum fusco-ruber, brevi-pilosus, multis in juventute paleis tenuibus vestitus; paleae usque 4 mm longae, 1 mm vel paulo infimae ultra latae, dorso glabrae. Lamina usque 23 cm longa; pinnae 18-jugatae; pinnae

basin versus lobo infimo leviter reductae, medio 9—11 mm latae, angustatae, acroscopico

libero, valde dentato, leviter elongato. Pinnaesuprabasales 4,2—5 cm longae, 0,9 —1,2 cm latae, brevi-acuminatae; lobus infimus acroscopicus elongatus, dentatus, lobi ceteri fere costulae rectangulare patentes, plerique integri; 2 mm inter se distantes; venae 6-jugatae, rachis subtus vix prominentes; costaeque pilis acicularibus 0,25 mm longis vestitae, basi dilatatis inter costae etiam paleis usque 1 mm longis glandulisque praeditae, pagina rachis costulae venas glandulifera; costaeque supra pilis 0,5 mm longis vestitae, venaeque nuda. indusia pilis dispersis praeditae, lamina inter venas Sori inframediales, symmetrica;

glandulis paucis tantum ornata.

Type: G. Brownlie 1777, Fiji, Viti Levu, Mt. Victoria, 1320 m, common on summit ridge (K). Only known from this locality. cleared Notes. Dr. Brownlie informs me that the summit of Mt. Victoria is kept which the close of costules and dense scaliness for survey purposes, may explain placing here named of the specimen. It is certainly distinct from the other species of Fiji, C. seemannii.

24. Coryphopteris kolombangarae Holttum, sp. nov. lamina C. pubirachi affinis, differt: paleis stipitis rigidis, opacis, c. 0,5 mm latis; usque inferioribus reductis, 35 cm longa; pinnis usque 23-jugatae, pinnis 3 —4-jugatis gradatim abaxialis infimo vulgo 3 cm longo; paleis paginae costarum rigidis, opacis; pilis costarum longioribus.

T A. F. Braithwaite Solomon New y p e: 4377, Islands, Georgia Group, Kolombangara, Also Whitmore & BSIP 1650 m, in moss forest (K). foundat same locality by Grubb, 2094.

Not other collections.

seemannii 25. Coryphopteris Holttum, sp. nov. basi atroruber brevissimis Stipes 20 cm longus, sursum pallidior, pilis paleisque angustis hirsutis 4 mm longis vestitus; rachis pallide rubra. Lamina usque 32 cm longa; pinnae c.

infimae medio basi 20-jugatae, tenues; pinnae non reductae, 1,7 cm latae, paulo angustatae, Pinnae lobo infimo acroscopico libero, dentato, non elongatae. suprabasales usque 7 cm fertiles steriles leviter lobo infimo longae, 1,3 cm, 1,6 cm latae, acuminatae; lobi obliqui

ceteris costulae inter dentato fere integris; 3—3,5 mm se distantes; venae usque 7-jugatae; R. E. Holttum: Coryphopteris 37

basi dilatatis rachis costaeque subtus pilis 0,25 —0,33 mm longis vestitae, costae paleis

sessiles ad costulas et rachis praeditae, glandulae inter venas dissitae; costaeque supra pilis

mm vestitae, costulae fere Sori inframediales (inferiores 0,3 longis venaeque glabrae.

leviter divergentes); indusia reniformia, glandulis paucis ornata. Viti A. C. Type: Seemann 741, Fiji, Viti Levu, Voma Peak (K). Also from Levu: Mt. Smith 5154, 1290—1320 m; Brownlie 2145, path to Voma, 900 m; Gillespie 2746. Smith of From Vanua Levu: A. C. 1669, summit Mt. Seatura, 700—830 m, epiphyte.

26. Coryphopteris pubirachis (Baker) Holttum, comb. nov.

Nephrodium pubirachis Baker, Journ. Bot. 14 (1876) 344. — Dryopteris pubirachis C. Chr., Ind. Fil. (1905)

287; Bishop Mus. Bull. 177 (1943) 82. — Lastrea pubirachis Copel., Gen. Fil. (1947) 139. — Thelypteris

pubirachis Reed, Phytologia 17 (1968) 307. — Type: Whitmee 202, Samoa (K).

Bot. Gart. — Samoa Dryopteris mataanae Brause, Notizbl. Berlin 8 (1922) 1939. Type: Vaupel 460, (B; iso in BM).

Mus. Dryopteris viscosa sensu Copel., Bishop Bull. 59 (1929) 41-

var. pubirachis dark scales acicular Stipes 13—20 cm long, throughout; to 5x1.5 mm, thin, lacking well hairs; rachis dark to light reddish. Lamina to 25 cm long; pinnae 12—15 pairs, spaced; than basal pinnae wider next pair, narrowedtowards base on basiscopic side, basal acros-

1.8 copic lobe free and strongly dentate, not elongate. Suprabasal pinnae to 7.5 X cm, short-acuminate, lobes slightly oblique, almost all toothed at ends of veins, basal acroscopic lower lobe usually longer than rest; costules 4 mm apart; veins 6—7 pairs; surface of with slender acicular hairs less than rachis and costae 0.5 mm long, glands present on

and not few between few scales widenedat base costae, costules, veins, or veins, a narrow hairs and few present on costae; on upper surface of rachis and costae longer thicker, a on infra basal little distal costules and veins, not elsewhere. Sori medial, ones a divergent;

indusia few hairs sori smallest, sometimes a little asymmetric; bearing glands, a sometimes

also present.

Distribution: Samoa, Tahiti ( Grant 3761 at 1830 m).

var. major Holttum, var. nov. differt: lamina A type speciei majore, usque 40 cm longa, pinnis usque 20-jugatis;

pinnis maximis suprabasalibis usque 10 X 1,8 cm.

Type: AF. Braithwaite 4378, SolomonIslands, New Georgia Group, Kolombangara,

1650 m, in mossy forest. (K).

Distribution: Solomon Islands, Bougainville, New Guinea.

var. philippinensis Holttum, var. nov.

viscosa Fern Lastrea sensuCopel., Fl. Philip, (i960) 324.

inferiore A typo speciei differt: majore; pagina inter venas glandulosa; pagina superiore

inter venas ± hirsuta; lobis pinnarum, praeter inferiores, fere integris.

Type: Ramos & Edano BS 37939, Luzon, Mt. Masapilid, Bontoc Subprov. (K).

Distribution: throughout Philippines, on mountains.

C. in but when well Note. This variety grows along with squamipes Mindanao, both basal grown is very distinct, in its large fronds and also its very large pinnae. However, from Mindanao is somewhat intermediate. DeVore & Hoover 327 (K, MICH) Corypho- abundant in the because pteris plants are apparently not Philippines, perhaps many moun-

tains are volcanic. 38 BLUMEA VOL. 23, No. I, 1976

var. sulawesica Holttum, var. nov.

differt: A typo speciei pinnis maximis usque 1,2 cm latis; pagina inferiori inter venas

glandulosa; pagina superiori inter venas pilis acicularibus et capitatis praedita. Walker above Type: T. G. 12, 334, Celebes, on ridge River Pasir, 2000—2200 m

(BM). Only known from type collection.

Note. This is similar in pubescence and glands to the Philippine variety, but, quite

large fronds have much narrower pinnae.

comb. 27. Coryphopteris athyriocarpa (Copel.) Holttum, nov.

Dryopteris athyriocarpa Copel., Philip. J. Sci. 3C (1908) 344; Sarawak Mus. Journ. 2 (1917) 353, 359. —

Mts. Type: Brooks & Hewitt 2, Sarawak, Bongo (MICH).

Stipe to 21 cm, base very dark, dark red distally; scales to 5 mm long, base dilatedwith

isodiametric above base less than mm cells of cells, 1 wide, elongate. Lamina type 20 cm

18 1.8 long, pinnae c. pairs; basal pinnae largest, 5.5 X cm. Suprabasal pinnae to 4X 1.2 cm, short-acuminate; both acroscopic and basiscopic basal lobes deeply dentate, other lobes costules lower surface of mostly ± crenate; 3 mm apart; veins 4—5 pairs, very oblique; short and rachis bearing capitate hairs, costae bearing glands, capitate hairs, very narrow surface of rachis with acicular hairs shorter isolated scales; upper 0.5 mm long, on costae, costules and veins, between short hairs and few short acicular on veins many capitate a

hairs, no sessile glands. Sori medial; distal sori usually ± athyrioid; indusia with a few

glands, no hairs.

t b t known from and Hans Winkler D i s r i u i o n: Only type 334, Pontianak,

Kapuas River (BM). This has the but smaller Note. narrow scales of C. viscosa fronds and a different

distribution of hairs and glands. It might better rank as a variety of C. viscosa; more evidence is needed.

andersonii 28. Coryphopteris Holttum, sp. nov.

Caudex basi usque 30 cm altus; stipes 20 cm longus, atrocasteneus, sursum pallide

basi fuscis mm rachis castaneus, omnino brevi-pilosus, paleis 4—5x1—1,5 vestitus; straminea. Lamina usque 25 cm longa, subcoriacea, in sicco rigida; pinnae 15-jugatae; infimae basi leviter pinnae non reductae, angustatae, lobo infimo acroscopico interdum

dentato, non libero. Pinnae suprabasales usque 5 x 1,2 cm, brevi-acuminatae; lobi obliqui

(c. 60°), vix falcati, apice rotundati, basales tantum leviter dentati; costulae 2 mm vel ultra valde paulo inter se distantes; venae 6-jugatae, obliquae, utroque latere pallidae et subtus vel prominentes; rachis pilis c. 0,25 mm longis vestita, costae pilis paucis nullis, vel dilatatis paleis multis anguste linearibus basi praeditae, venae et pagina inter venas rachis glandulosae; costaeque supra pilis o,j mm longis vestitae, pagina superior cetera glabra. Sori mediales, symmetrici; indusia tenuia, glabra. Anderson Type: J. A. R. 4535, Sarawak, BaramDist., G. Mulu, 2000 m (L; iso in K). known from the Note. Only type collection; it has the aspect of

29. Coryphopteris tanggamensis Holttum, sp. nov. basi Caudex usque 30 cm altus; stipes 30 cm longus, laevis, atropurpureus sursum

Lamina valde fusco-ruber; paleae 5 x 1,25 mm. usque 35 cm longa; pinnae 22-jugatae, dissitae; pinnae inferiores 2-jugatae deflexae non reductae; pinnae infimae basi leviter R. E. Holttum: Coryphopleris 39

lobo infimo dentato non libero. angustatae, acroscopico elongate Pinnae suprabasales lobi deorsum usque 7 x1,5 cm, acuminatae; obliqui, falcati, marginibus dentatis, apice rachis subtus rotundato integro; costulae 3,5 mm inter se distantes; venae 6 —7-jugatae; vel pilis brevibus capitatis multis pilisque acicularibus paucis, costae pilis capitatis glandulis inter parvis paleisque linearibus praeditae; glandulae venas non certe visae; rachis supra brevioribus costulae pilis copiosis 0,65 mm longis, costae pilis vestitae, venaeque pilis lamina inter sparsis praeditae, venas glabra eglandulosa. Sori inframediales, distales plerique symmetrici; indusia pilis capitatis praedita.

Type: M. Jacobs 8255, South Sumatra, G. Tanggamus, 2000m, in mossy forest (L; iso in K).

comb. 30. Coryphopteris quaylei (E. Brown) Holttum, nov.

Dryopteris quaylei E. Brown, Bishop Mus. Bull. 89 (1931) 28, fig. 9. — Thelypteris quaylei Ching, Bull.

Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. — T 10 (1941) 254. ype: Quayle 1144, Marquesas Isl., Uapou, 1200 m (BISH).

least scales Lamina Stipe at 17 cm, dark at base only; not seen. 30 cm long; pinnae to

basal little narrowed at base. 6x 25 pairs; pinnae slightly reduced, Largest pinnae 1.4 cm; others sometimes lobes slightly oblique, not falcate, basal ones dentate, slightly so; costules lower surface of rachis and with rather to 3 mm apart; veins to 7 pairs; costae and between neither long hairs, some ovate scales on costae, glands abundant on veins;

between veins Sori distal often glands nor hairs on upper surface. medial, ones athyrioid; indusia with firm, many glands.

Distribution: only known from type. found like the N o t e. E. Brown figures a closely spinulose spore, but I nothing figure

from the the looks more like a of Plesioneuron among spores type specimen; figure spore

(see Holttum, Blumea 22: 223 —250). E. Brown also writes 'costules and branches thinly covered with deciduous setose scales'. I could not find such scales; those on the lower

entire. resinous surface of costae are all E. Brown reports that the fronds had a odour, attributed to the glands.

diversisora 31. Coryphopteris (Copel.) Holttum, comb. nov.

Mus. Dryopteris diversisora Copel., Occas. Pap. Bish. 14 (1938) 54, pi. 6. — Lastrea diversisora Copel., Gen.

— — H. St Fil. (1947) 138. Thelypteris diversisora Reed, Phytologia 17 (1968) 273. Type: John et al.

15660 Austral Isl., Rapa, on at 620 m (BISH; iso in K). , ridge

dull covered Stipe 20—30 cm long, dark at base, reddish upwards, with very short

scales Lamina hairs; thin, to 6x2 mm, not setose. to 35 cm long; pinnae c. 12 pairs; narrowed side than basal pinnae 2.2 cm wide, near base, middle lobes on basiscopic longer

8 1.8 on acroscopic. Suprabasal pinnae to x cm, short-acuminate; lobes oblique, crenulate to distal costules to those crenate-lobate, ones entire; 4.5 mm apart; veins 7—8 pairs, on basiscopic side of costules often forked; rachis and costae beneath bearing copious acicular hairs and thin clathrate scales 0,5 mm long many scales, on costae ovate to lanceolate, lower to 10 cells or more wide at base, glands scattered all over surface; hairs on upper surface of rachis and costae a little shorter, scattered hairs on costules and veins, no glands.

Sori medial, only basal ones rcniform, rest athyrioid; indusia small, glabrous or with a few hairs.

Distribution: known from and other collection from only type one Rapa in veins Island (St John & Fosberg 15723) which fewer are forked. 40 BLUMEA VOL. 23, No. 1, 1976

comb. 32. Coryphopteris engleriana (Brause) Holttum, nov.

Dryopteris engleriana Brause, Bot. Jahrb. 49 (1912) 19. — Lastrea engleriana Copel., Gen. Fil. (1947) 138. —

T L. N. E. New Thelypteris engleriana Reed, Phytologia 17 (1968) 274. — y p e: Schullze 330, Guinea, Sepik Dist. (B).

and rachis of 18 Stipe dark; base stipe not seen. Lamina to 50 cm long; pinnae c. pairs,

widely spaced; basal pinnae not reduced, narrowed gradually in basal half, basal pair ot

lobes free, not enlarged, not dentate. Suprabasal pinnae to 10.8 x 1.6 cm, with stalks 1 mm

long, narrowly acuminate; middle lobes somewhat falcate with rounded ends, separated

wide costules veins by rather sinuses, edges slightly crenate; 4.5 mm apart; 7 pairs; lower

surface lacking acicular hairs, costae bearing narrow scales (often uniseriate), no glands;

surface with brown hairs rachis and others. inframedial upper coarse on costae, no Sori with except basal ones; no indusia; spores many small wings. Distribution: known from and Schultze from only type 304 same locality. Note. Near C. subnigra (no. 47) but larger and exindusiate.

A. 33. Coryphopteris stereophylla (v. v. R.) Holttum, comb. nov.

A. Nova Fan Dryopteris stereophylla v. v. R., Guinea 14 (1924) 17. — Thelypteris stereophylla Ching, Bull.

Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10 254. — T e: Lam W. New 3200 (1941) y p H.J. 1785, Guinea, Doormantop, m, in shady ravine (L).

to base rest flushed with hairs Stipe 30 cm, dark, red; very short, thick, brownish; with of scales c. 3x1 mm, dark. Lamina to 25 cm long 15—20 pairs well-spaced pinnae;

when lowest narrowed little at texture thick, rigid dry; pinnae not reduced, a basiscopic

base. to with —8 of free adnate Suprabasal pinnae 7.5 X 1.5 cm, 4 pairs or separately in basal lobedalmost and lobes pinnules part, apical part to costa; pinnules I—2 mm wide, almost all wide crenulate, separated by sinuses; costules 3 mm apart on type, to 4 mm on Pulle lower 883; veins 4—j pairs, grooved on upper surface; surface of rachis covered withbrown hairs thin with similar hairs and 0.25 mm long and scales, costae ovate-acute lanceolate clathratc short to scales 1 mm long, no glands; upper surface bearing very

erect hairs on edges of grooved costa. Sori medial; indusia small, thin, glabrous.

Distribution: only known from type and Pulle 883 from Mt. Hellwig, 2600 m (L).

Note. This species is closely related to C. habbemensis, differing from the latter in of lower surface. more coriaceous texture, usually narrower pinnules, and lack glands on If the two were united, the name stereophylla has priority.

horizontalis 34. Coryphopteris (Rosenst.) Holttum, comb. uov.

horizontale 8 — horizontalis Bull. Athyrium Rosenst., Nova Guinea (1912) 722. Dryopteris v. A. v. R., Jard.

Roemer W. Bot. Btzg II, 11 (1913) 10; Handb. Suppl. (1917) 151. — Type: von 1136, New Guinea,

in Hellwig Mts., 1350—1600 m (S-—PA; iso BO).

covered withhairs and thinscales Stipe 15 cm long, dark, densely 1 mm long 3x1.5 mm.

Lamina 18 lowest to 40 cm long; pinnae —20 pairs; pinnae a little reduced and narrowed base. lobes to Suprabasal pinnae to 7X 1.5 cm, sessile, short-acuminate; oblong, serrate- basal lobes costules rachis crenate, most strongly so; to 4 mm apart; veins 6—7 pairs; beneath bearing acicular hairs 1 mm long, shorter hairs on costae, sparse on costules,

linear sometimes dilated at hairs surface of no glands; scales, base, on costules; on upper R. E. Holttum: Coryphopleris 41

short veins. rachis as lower, on costae shorter, copious hairs on surface between Sori

inframedial, mostly not athyrioid; indusia thin, short-hairy. Distribution: known from and Pulle only type 633, Mt. Dromaderis, 1250 m (L).

comb. 35. Coryphopteris propria (v. A. v. R.) Holttum, nov.

Bot. 16 Handb. — Dryopteris propria v. A. v. R., Bull. Jard. Btzg II, (1914) 10; Suppl. (1917) 152. Type: Rachmat 496, Central Celebes, Tondo-Tondo (BO, iso in L).

Lamina Stipe to 13 cm long, dark; scales c. 3 X 1 mm, thin. to 14 cm long; pinnae 10 basal little narrowed basal lobe pairs; pinnae largest, to 4X 1.3 cm, a at base, acroscopic free. lobes entire enlarged, dentate, Suprabasal pinnae to 3.5x1.1 cm, short-acuminate, abundant or with slight teeth at ends ofdistal veins; costules to 3 mm apart; veins 4 pairs; between very short capitate hairs on lower surface of rachis, costae, and surface veins, and sparse very short acicular hairs on costae, costules, veins, surface between veins; short short hairs surface of short sparse acicular and many capitate on upper costae, very and hairs basal acicular hairs on costae veins, short capitate between veins. Sori medial, few ones often somewhat athyrioid; indusia bearing many capitate hairs and sometimes a acicular ones.

Distribution: only known from type collection.

lauterbachii comb. 36. Coryphopteris (Brause) Holttum, nov.

Dryopteris lauterbachii Brause, Bot. Jahrb. 49 (1912) 18. — Lastrea lauterbachii Copel., Gen. Fil. (1947) 139- —

T L. E. Thelypteris lauterbachii Reed, Phytologia 17 (1968) 287. — y p e: Schultze 273. N. New Guinea Sepik Dist. (B).

to and rachis dull soft hairs on abaxial Stipe 25 cm, dark, upper part reddish; pale

scales thin. to cm to basal surface; 3—4X 1 mm, Lamina 43 long; pinnae 24 pairs; pinnae

little lobe free. X a reduced, slightly narrowed at base, basal not Suprabasal pinnae 7.5 1.7 base lobes cm, sessile, truncate and a little dilated both sides, acuminate; slightly oblique,

costules rachis beneath slightly crenate; 3.5 mm apart; veins to 8 pairs; and costae bearing

short acicular few on small hairs surface between veins, hairs, costules, very capitate on small and hairs many scales on costae costules; on upper surface of costae longer, some of hairs indusia consisting 2 cells, sparse on costules and veins. Sori medial; large, thin, short-hairy.

Distribution: only known from type collection.

37. Coryphopteris microlepigera Holttum, sp. nov.

in Stipes usque 15 cm longus, atropurpureus, sulco adaxiali pilis 0,5 mm longis vestitus;

rachis fusco-rubra. 28 cm paleae 2 —3 mm longae, tenues; Lamina usque longa; pinnae c.

20-jugatae; pinnae inferiores 1—3-jugatae leviter reductae. Pinnae maximae 5,5 X 1,1 cm, breviter lobi infimi manifeste costulae acuminatae; dentati, ceteri ± sinuati; 3 mm inter rachis subtus brunneis vestita, se distantes; venae 4—5-jugatae; pilis 0,5 —0,75 mm longis acicularibus costulae costae pilis brevioribus, venaeque pilis brevissimis capitatis praeditae, cellulis paleae costarum lanceolatae, basi 5 —10-seriatis constructae; rachis supra ut subtus

vestita. vestita, pili costarum breviores, pagina inter venas pilis acicularibus brevibus

Sori leviter supramediales, interdum leviter athyrioidei; indusia glabra. Pulle Type: 1078, W. New Guinea, Mt. Treub, 2300 m (L; iso in BM). BLUMEA VOL. 23, No. 1, 1976 42

Distribution: Western New Guinea; Amboina? A second New Guinea collec-

from differs in shorter tion Mt. Nettoti at 1800 m ( van Royen & Sleumer 8226) narrower with hairs veins pinnae few between on upper surface; a specimen collected by Teysmann similar. on Mt. Toena, Amboina (BO) is

fasciculata 38. Coryphopteris (Fourn.) Holttum, comb. nov.

Aspidium fasciculatum Fourn., Ann. Sci. Nat. V, 18 (1873) 295. — Nephrodiumfasciculatum Bak., Ann. Bot. 5

(1891) 320. — Dryopteris fasciculata C. Chr., Ind. Fil. (1905) 264. — Thelypterisfasciculata Ching, Bull.

Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10 (1941) 251; Brownlie in Aubrev., Fl. Nouv. Cal. 3 (1969) 210, pi. xxvii. — Type: Balansa 3568, New Caledonia, Mt. Humboldt (P).

Nephrodium macgregorii Bak., Ann. Bot. $ (1891) 320. — N. simulans Bak., Journ. Bot. 28 (1890) 106, nott

— Bak. 1874 nec Bak. 1888. — Dryopteris conterminoides C. Chr., Ind. Fil. (1905) 258, nom. nov. superfl.

Lastrea Trans. Linn. Soc. II Bot. — C. macgregorii Ridl., 9 (1916) 257. Dryopteris macgregorii Chr., Ind. Fil.

Suppl. Ill (1934) 90. — Lastrea conterminoides Copel., Philip. J. Sci. 78 (1951) 424. — Thelypteris conter-

— W. Mt. minoides Reed, Phytologia 17 (1968) 269. Type: McGregor 18, Papua, Knutsford (K). hirta Brittonia T Dryopteris engleriana var. C. Chr., 2 (1937) 296. — ype: Brass 5032, Papua, Mt. Tafa,

2400 m (BM; iso in K, NY).

dark hairs Stipe 12—20 cm long, at base only, reddish upwards, bearing I mm long;

somewhat Lamina scales 3X1 mm or larger. 3°—4° cm long; pinnae 25—30 pairs; up and lowest to 8 pairs lower pinnae deflexed gradually reduced, 1—2 cm long. Largest basal lobes pinnae 4—5.5x0.8—1.3 cm, short-acuminate; lobes ± dentate at vein-ends, costules lower surface of rachis and most strongly; 2.5 —3 mm apart; veins 3 —4 pairs;

costae bearing rather thick acicular hairs 1 mm long, linear scales present on costae and

few sometimes between costules, rarely a glands on costae only, short erect hairs present hairs of rachis and veins; copious acicular on upper surface costae, few on costules and

veins, sometimes short capitate hairs present between veins. Sori inframedial; indusia

thin with short capitate hairs and few to many short acicular hairs.

Distribution: New Caledonia, New Guinea, Celebes, at 1800—3000m.

Note. The type of N. macgregorii Bak. is a poor specimen with basal pinnae lacking; in it agrees well with other specimens pubescence. Some specimens from both east and New Guinea have few lower surface of others with the west a glands on costae, agree All short hairs between type in having none. Celebes specimens have some veins on both

sides; they are: Eyma 621, Enrekang; Eyma 1624, 1625, Menado; Jermy 7308, Rante

Mario, in Agathis forest, 2300 m.

hubrechtensis 39. Coryphopteris Holttum, sp. nov.

maxima sordide Stipes usque 35 cm longus, pro parte niger, nitidus, glaber, sursum rufescens; paleae non visae. Lamina 20 cm longa; pinnae c. 18-jugatae, rigidae, inferiores Pinnae maximae plurimae deflexae, infimae I—2-jugatae leviter reductae. 3 cm longae,

lobi fere lobo tantum usque 1 cm latae, apice obtusae; plerique integri, infimo acroscopico

fere leviter costulae mm inter se paulo aucto, libero, dentato; 2,5 distantes; venae 4—5- jugatae, in lobo infimo acroscopico interdum furcatae; rachis subtus pilis acicularibus subtus costulae 0,5 mm longis copiosis vestita; costae paleis angustis 0,5 —0,75 mm longis,

venaeque paleis minutis uniseriatis praeditae, glandulae nullae; pagina superior praeter costulas costae glabra. Sori prope siti; indusia sat magna, glabra.

W. New Mt. iso in Type: Versteeg 2433, Guinea, Hubrecht, 3000 m (BM; L).

Distribution: known also from two other collections from western New Guinea:

Pulle Lake Habbema. 1004\ Brass 9062, R. E. Holttum: Coryphopteris 43

40. Coryphopteris brevipilosa Holttum, sp. nov.

Stipes 16—24 cm longus, atropurpureus, sursum pallidior, pilis 0,25 mm longis vestitus;

—18- paleae c. 3 X 1 mm, tenues. Lamina usque 30 cm longa, textura tenuis; pinnae 15

jugatae; pinnae infimae non vel paulo reductae, 1,8 cm latae, lobo infimo acroscopico Pinnae libero, valde dentato. suprabasales usque 6,5 X 1,5 cm, stipitulo alato 1 mm longo distinctis suffultae, acuminatae; lobi fere omnes dentati, praesertim infimi, sinubus inter subtus separati; costulae 3,5 mm se distantes; venae 6-jugatae; rachis costacque

pilis 0,2 mm longis vestitae, costae ctiam pilis glandulosis subsessilibus paleisque angustis rachis praeditae, pagina inferior cetera glabra; supra pilis 0,3 mm longis, costae pilis

vestitae. Sori indusia 0,2 mm longis mediales, superiores saepe athyrioidei; tenuia, glabra.

Pulle on limestone Type: 5J2, W. New Guinea, Mt. Perameles, 900 m, (L).

Note. This specimen was named Dryopteris horizontals by Alston, but is very different

in pubescence. The limestone habitat and rather low altitude are notable. The plant is

rooted of with likely to have been in a mass humus and mosses, not directly in contact the

limestone.

A. 41. Coryphopteris oligolepia (v. v. R.) Holttum, comb. nov.

— Fan Dryopteris oligolepia v. A. v. R., Nova Guinea 14 (1924) 17. Thelypteris oligolepia Ching, Bull.

Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10 (1941) 253. — Type: Lam 1 977, W. New Guinea, Doormantop, 2520 m, epiphyte (L).

scales Stipes 12—20 cm long, dark, glossy, 2—3 x 1 mm. Lamina to 25 cm long; pinnae lowest and and c. 20 pairs; pinnae deflexed reduced, basal lobes free dentate. Largest with lobes pinnae 4 x 1.3 cm stalk hardly 1 mm long, short-acuminate; oblique, crenulate; costules lower surface of rachis 3 —4 mm apart; veins 3 —5 pairs; castaneous, glabrous, all scattered small other lower surfaces bearing very capitate hairs, some linear scales on surface of of rachis and few hairs costules. costae; upper hairy on edges groove costae, on indusia hairs. Sori near costules, sometimes asymmetric; small with some capitate Other Distribution: Western New Guinea. specimens are: Docters van Leeuwen

10787B, Nassau Mts., 2500 epiphyte; van & Sleumer Vogelkop Penin., m, Royen 8223>

1800 terrestrial. latter and Mt. Nettoti, m, The specimen is largest, has more widely than the lowest little reduced. spaced pinnae type, pinnae

coriacea 42. Coryphopteris (Brause) Holttum, comb. nov.

coriacea Bot. Inst. Dryopteris Brause, Jahrb. 56 (1920) 63. — Thelypteris coriacea Ching, Bull. Fan Mem.

Biol. Bot. 10 (1941) 251. — Lastrea coriacea Copel., Philip. J. Sci. 78 (1951) 428. — Type: Ledermann

N. E. New in forest 10965, Guinea, Sepik Dist., Hunsteinspitze, 1300 m, mossy (B).

Dryopteris coriacea var. elata I. c. — Brause, Type: Ledermann 11291 , same locality, epiphyte (B).

8 Stipe dark, glossy, —12 cm long, hairs on adaxial side short; scales 8—10 X 1.5—2 mm;

rachis lower reddish, green towards apex. Lamina to 26 cm long; pinnae 12 pairs; 3—5 and pairs pinnae deflexed short-stalked, narrowed to base at both sides. Largest pinnae

5.5 x 1.5 cm (of var. elata 8.5 x 2.0 cm), short-acuminate; lobes oblique (except basal ones) and almost slightly falcate, or quite entire; costules 3.5 mm apart; veins to 6 pairs, grooved above and flat lower surfaces small thick scales on beneath; quite glabrous, some present surface and lobes. costae; upper hairy on rachis costae, scattered hairs on margins of indusia Sori near margins; thin, glabrous. Distribution: only known from type locality. The named Note. specimens var. elata by Brause differ from the type of the species only in size. BLUMEA VOL. No. 44 23, 1, 1976

comb. 43. Coryphopteris ledermannii(Hieron.) Holttum, nov.

Athyrium ledermannii Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. 56 (1920) 133. —Type: Ledermann 11906, N. E. New Guinea,

in Schraderberg, 2070 m, epiphyte moss forest (B).

in the Stipe dark, glossy, hairy groove only, 15 cm long. Lamina to 20 cm long; pinnae

well spaced, to 13 pairs, texture thin; basal pinnae short-stalked, somewhat reduced.

the middle lobed about half to Largest pinnae 2.5 X 0.8 cm, apex obtuse, in way costa, entire costules towards base more deeply, lobes or slightly dentate; to 3 mm apart; basal middle lower surfaces veins 3—4 pairs in lobe, 2 pairs in lobes; quite glabrous, no

scales seen; upper surface with short hairs on rachis and costae only. Sori medial, almost all athyrioid; indusia glabrous. Distribution: known from collection. only type

44. Coryphopteris dura (Copel.) Holttum, comb. nov.

v. A. v. Lastrea Dryopteris dura Copel., Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 805; R., Handb. Suppl. (1917) 148. —

Fl. — dura Copel., Gen. Fil. (1947) 135; Fern Philip, (i960) 323. Thelypteris dura Reed, Phytologia 17

(1968) 274. — Type: Elmer 11674,Mindanao, Mt. Apo, 2600 m (MICH; iso in BM, E, L).

dark cm for of Stipe near base, paler distally, 20—30 long, glabrous except groove

18 upper part; scales to 5 x 1—2 mm, acuminate. Lamina to 25 cm long; pinnae pairs,

little to rather thick; basal pinnae sessile, sometimes slightly reduced, a narrowed base, basal acroscopic lobe free, orbicular, a little dentate. Largest pinnae 4.5x1.1 cm, apex

lobed at base to mm from less towards lobes entire blunt, 1 costa, deeply apex, rounded, basal costules veins except acroscopic ones; 3 —3.5 mm apart; 3—4 pairs, slightly promi-

nent on both sides; lower surfaces hairless apart from edges of lobes, scales on costae

cells wide at base; short thick hairs surfaces of racbis and costae. 2—3 or more on upper

Sori near costules; indusia glabrous, sometimes a little athyrioid.

Distribution: Mindanao; eastern New Guinea. From N. E. New Guinea:

in forest from Carr Jermy 4172, 4262, Nothofagus-Pandanus moss at 3000 m; Papua: 15112,

crest of main range at 2750 m.

badia comb. 45. Coryphopteris (v. A. v. R.) Holttum, nov.

badia Bull. Handb. — Dryopteris v. A. v. R., Jard. Bot. Btzg II, 16 (1914) 9; Suppl. (1917) 149. Thelypteris

Fan. Inst. Bot. — Lastrea Gen. badia Ching, Bull. Mem. Biol. 10 (1941) 250. badia Copel., Fil. (1947)

— T Matthew Mt. Tandikat 138. y p e: C. G. 674, Sumatra, (BO; iso in E). Sci. 12C Mt. Marei Dryopteris linearis Copel., Philip. J. (1917) 56. — Type: Clemens 11069, Kinabalu,

Parei Ridge (MICH; iso in BO, BM, K).

in N. W. New Guinea L. S. Dryopteris villosipes Gepp Gibbs, Dutch (1917) 70. — Type: Gibbs 5627, Arfak W. New Guinea, Mts., 2150—2450 m, epiphyte (BM).

v. Fen Mem. Dryopteris rigidifolia A. v. R., Nova Guinea 14 (1924) 18. — Thelypteris rigidifolia Ching, Bull.

Bot. — Lam Inst. Biol. 10 (1941) 254. Lectotype: 1562, W. New Guinea, Doormantop, 1420—1450

m, in mossy forest, mostly epiphytic (BO).

Stipes varying much in length according to habitat (extremes 10 cm, 70 cm), dark, slender hairs glossy, with hairs in groove only, at base often bearing a tangled mass of

which brown when scales with size of are glossy golden dry; narrow, varying frond; rachis also dark from throughout. Lamina varying 10 cm long (type of D. villosipes) to

65 cm (specimen from Atjeh); pinnae 15 pairs on small plants, to 30 pairs on large ones, basal texture always thick and rigid when dry; nearly all pinnae distinctly stalked; pinnae little lobe sometimes a little reduced, narrowedat base, basal acroscopic free or nearly so. R. E. Holttum: Coryphopteris 45

lobed Largest pinnae commonly 5 —6x1.2— 1.5 cm (extremes 1.7x0.5, 8x2cm), to entire about 1 mm from costa; lobes or nearly so, deciduously ciliate on edges; costules

less than in in veins 2 mm apart smallest plants, 3—3.5 mm large ones; commonly 4 —5

pairs (extremes 2 and 8 pairs), sometimes grooved on both sides; lower surfaces usually

quite glabrous apart from hair-like scales on costae and costules; upper surface of rachis

and costae bearing rigid dark brown hairs. Sori near costules; indusia glabrous; sporangia sometimes slender hairs their stalks. bearing 2 —3 non-glandular on Distribution:Malaya, Sumatra, Sarawak, Sabah, Celebes, New Guinea, mostly

in mossy forest at 1400 —2500 m. Sleumer & Vink BW 14269 was found 'in shadowed

in fire Baeckia’ spot vegetation of Ericaceae and on clay soil, W. New Guinea, Anggi-Gigi

Lake at 2200 m.

found Note. The largest specimen seen is de Wilde 13256 from Atjeh, in deeply shaded with and lamina but from mossy forest, on a tree-trunk, stipe 70 cm 65 cm long;

0.8 the same area is de Wilde 13148with stipe 12 cm and lamina 25 cm long, pinnae 2.7 X is cm. The type of D. villosipes only a little smaller than the latter specimen from Atjeh.

46. Coryphopteris platyptera (Copcl.) Holttum, comb. nov.

Dryopteris platyptera Copel., Univ. Cal. Publ. Bot. 18 (1942) 219. — Lastrea platyptera Copel., Gen. Fil.

(1947) 139; Philip. J. Sci. 78 (1951) 433, pi. 17. — Thelypteris platyptera Reed, Phytologia 17 (1968) 304.

on banks — Type: Brass 11328, N. New Guinea, Bele River, 2200m, rocky of stream (MICH; iso in L).

dark and scales thin. Stipe 20—25 cm, glossy throughout; ovate, cordate, c. 2x1 mm,

18 well basal Lamina 30 cm long; pinnae to pairs, spaced, many distinctly stalked; pinnae

slightly reduced, stalked r mm, basal acroscopic lobe quite free, a little dentate. Largest caudate-acuminate pinnae 5.5 —7x1.3—2 cm, (cauda 7—15 mm long, entire), deeply lobed lobes basal of costules throughout, in part pinna ± crenate-dentate; 3.5—4 mm lower surface hairless from of scales apart; veins to 6 pairs; apart edges lobes, ovate-acute

present on costae, very small fdamentous scales on costules and veins; stiff dark hairs on

surface ofrachis upper and costae. Sori inframedial; indusia small, glabrous.

Distribution: only known from type collection.

47. Coryphopteris subnigra (Brause) Holttum, comb. nov.

Bot. 82. Dryopteris subnigra Brause, Jahrb. 56 (1920) — Thelypteris subnigra Ching, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst.

Biol. Bot. 10 (1941) 254. —Lastrea subnigra Copel., Gen. Fil. (1947) 140; Philip. J. Sci. 78 (1951) 427. —

N. New Type: Ledermann 11962, E. Guinea,Sepik Distr., epiphyte on moss cushion (B).

from hairs in — Stipe to 24 cm long, very dark, glabrous apart groove; scales 3 4 X I mm. well lower Lamina to 25 cm long; pinnae c. 12 pairs, spaced; pinnae stalked hardly 1 mm, narrowed base to on basiscopic side, basal acroscopic lobe free (also on all other free dentate. sterile pinnae) and Largest pinnae 5 —6x 1.4 cm, short-acuminate, where lobed

to 1 mm from costa, where fertile more deeply; lobes ± dentate, most strongly where costules and fertile, oblique; 3—3.5 mm apart; veins to 6 pairs, prominent slender on both lower acicular hairs sometimes sides; surfaces lacking hairs, a few short capitate on costae, scales with widened base scales present on costae, uniseriate on costules; short acicular indusia hairs on upper surface of rachis and costae. Sori near costules; small, glabrous;

sporangia often with red glandular cell on stalk.

Distribution: collections in New others many eastern Guinea; no reported as epiphytes. 46 BLUMEA VOL. 23, No. 1, 1976

Index

New in bold Numbers refer the under which the mentioned. names are type. to species names are

Aspidium subbipinnata Holtt. 14

fasciculatum Fourn. 38 subnigra (Brause) Holtt. 47 Athyrium tahanensis Holtt. 16 Holtt. horizontalc Rosenst. 34 tanggamensis 29

Hieron. unidentata ledermannii 43 (Bedd.) Holtt. 1 Coryphopteris viscosa (Bak.) Holtt. 6

andersonii Holtt. 28 var. borneensis Holtt. 6

Holtt. Holtt. andreae 19 var. poiensis 6

6 arthrotricha Holtt. 15 var. viscosa

athyriocarpa (Copel.) Holtt. 27 vitiensis Holtt. 23

Ctenitis athyrioides Holtt. 17 Holtt. habbemensis atjehensis n (Copel.) Copel. 13

badia A. (v. v. R.) Holtt. 45 Dryopteris

borealis Holtt. 21 athyriocarpa Copel. 27

brevipilosa Holtt. 40 badia v. A. v. R. 45

coriacea (Brause) Holtt. 42 conterminoides C. Chr. 38

diaphana (Brause) Holtt. 12 coriacea Brause 42

Brause diversisora (Copel.) Holtt. 31 var. elata 42

dura (Copel.) Holtt. 44 diaphana Brause 12

engleriana (Brause) Holtt. 32 diversisora Copel. 31

fasciculata (Fourn.) Holtt. 38 dura Copel. 44

Brause gymnopoda(Bak.) Holtt. 7 engleriana 32 hirta Chr. var. bintangensis Holtt. 7 var. C. 38

C. var. gymnopoda 7 fasciculata (Fourn.) Chr. 38

var. humilis Holtt. 7 gracilescens habbemensis (Copel.) Holtt. 13 var. chinensis Chr. 3

hirsutipes (Clarke) Holtt. 3 gymnopoda (Bak.) C. Chr. 7 horizontalis (Rosenst.) Holtt. 34 habbemensis Copel. 13

A. R. hubrechtensis Holtt. 39 horizontalis (Rosenst.) v. v. 34

iwatsukii Holtt. 10 indochinensis Chr. 3

klossii (Ridl.) Holtt. 9 kinabaluensis Copel. 7

kolombangarae Holtt. 24 klossii (Ridl.) v. A. v. R. 9 lauterbachii (Brause) Holtt. 36 lauterbachii Brause 36

ledermannii (Hieron.) Holtt. 43 linearis Copel. 45

meiobasis C. Holtt. 22 macgregorii(Bak.) Chr. 38

microlepigeraHoltt. 37 mataanaeBrause 26

A. R. multisora (C. Chr.) Holtt. 2 megalocarpa v. v. 3

obtusata (v. A. v. R.) Holtt. 8 monodonta C. Chr. 1

A. C. oligolepia(v. v. R.) Holtt. 41 multisora Chr. 2

18 A. R. 8 pectiniformis (C. Chr.) Holtt. obtusata v. v. hirsuta A. R. var. Holtt. 18 oligolepiav. v. 41

18 18 var. pectiniformis pectiniformis C. Chr.

petelotii (Ching) Holtt. 4 platyptera Copel. 46

platyptera (Copel.) Holtt. 46 plumosa C. Chr. 5

plumosa (C. Chr.) Holtt. 5 propria v. A. v. R. 35

A. C. propria (v. v. R.) Holtt. 3$ pubirachis (Bak.) Chr. 26

pubirachis (Bak.) Holtt. 26 quaylei E. Brown 30

C. var. major Holtt. 26 ridleyi (Bedd.) Chr. 7

Holtt. 26 A. R. var. philippinensis rigidifolia v. v. 45

C. var. pubirachis 26 robinsonii (Ridl.) Chr. 7

26 var. sulawesica Holtt. squamipes Copel. 20

quaylei(E. Brown) Holtt. 30 stereophylla v. A. v. R. 33

seemannii Holtt. 25 subnigra Brause 47

squamipes (Copel.) Holtt. 20 subviscosa v. A. v. R. 7

A. C. 8 stereophylla(v. v. R.) Holtt. 33 supravillosa Chr. R. E. Holttum: Coryphopteris 47

villosipes Gepp 45 Parathelypteris

viscosa (Bak.) Kuntze 6, 26 angulariloba(Ching) Ching 3

C. var. kamborangana Chr. 7 hirsutipes (Clarke) Ching 3

Lastrea indochinensis (Chr.) Ching 3

angulariloba (Ching) Tagawa 3 pectiniformis (C. Chr.) Ching 18

badia (v. A. v. R.) Copel. 45 petelotii(Ching) Ching 4

conterminoides (C. Chr.) Copel. 38 simozawae (Tagawa) Ching 3

viscosa 6 coriacea (Brause) Copel. 42 (Bak.) Ching

diaphana(Brause) Copel. 12 Thelypteris

diversisora (Copel.) Copel. 31 angularilobaChing 3

dura (Copel.) Copel. 44 badia (v. A. v. R.) Ching 45

engleriana (Brause) Copel. 32 conterminoidcs (C. Chr.) Reed 38 Bedd. gracilescens sensu 3 coriacea (Brause) Ching 42

hirsutipcs (Clarke) Bedd. 3 diaphana (Brause) Ching 12

indochinensis (Chr.) Tagawa 3 diversisora (Copel.) Reed 31

klossii Ridl. 9 dura (Copel.) Reed 44

lauterbachii (Brause) Copel. 36 engleriana (Brause) Reed 32

macgregorii (Bak.) Ridl. 38 fasciculata (Fourn.) Ching 38

multisora (C. Chr.) Copel. 2 herbacea Holttum 3

petelotii(Ching) Tagawa 4 hirsutipes (Clarke) Ching 3

platyptera (Copel.) Copel. 46 indochinensis (Chr.) Ching 3

plumosa (C. Chr.) Copel. 5 klossii (Ridl.) Ching 9

pubirachis (Bak.) Copel. 26 lauterbachii (Brause) Reed 36

A. ridleyi Bedd. 7 megalocarpa (v. v. R.) Ching 3

robinsonii Ridl. 7 multisora (C. Chr.) Reed 2

simozawae A. (Tagawa) Tagawa 3 obtusata (v. v. R.) Ching 8 A. squamipes (Copel.) Copel. 20 oligolepia (v. v. R.) Ching 41

subnigra (Brause) Copel. 47 pectiniformis (C. Chr.) Ching 18

unidentata Bedd. 1 petelotii Ching 4

viscosa (Bak.) Bedd. 6, 26 platyptera (Copel.) Reed 46

Nephrodium plumosa (C. Chr.) Reed 5

fasciculatum (Fourn.) Bak. 38 pubirachis (Bak.) Reed 26

gracilescens quaylei (E. Brown) Ching 30

var. hirsutipes Clarke 3 rigidifolia (v. A. v. R.) Ching 45

gymnopodum Bak. 7 robinsonii (Ridl.) Ching 7

simozawae macgregorii Bak. 38 Tagawa 3

pubirachis Bak. 26 squamipes (Copel.) Reed 20

A. repentulum sensu Tutcher 3 stereophylla (v. v. R.) Ching 33

simulans Bak. 38 subglandulosa Ching 18

viscosum Bak. 6 subnigra (Brause) Ching 47

unidentata (Bedd.) Holttum 1

viscosa (Bak.) Ching 6