ASl-LKMIi-i; lU.KCllM .M. *Jl 



decurrcnt, cleft almost to the costa into cniwdt'd lolits; lobea scarcely 1 cm. 

 lf)nf;, half as lnoiid. <rianj,'uI;ir-ol)lt>ii^', sul)fah'ati', limly hut aciitidy ser- 

 rato; rat'liis licaiinji tiiaiij,'uhir, oftt'ii hifurcate k)hos hftwei-ii th(; piiin.'p; 

 sori linear, midway between the niarj.'iii aii<l midrib of the lobe but soon 

 occupying the entire lamina; induKium narrow, gray, evanescent. 



Central Cordillera of Luzon, grfgarioii^. n])parcntly fruiting raroly, 

 Lohcr. 



Tj'pe of the species in New Zealand. 



(34) WOODWARDIA Smith. 



Veins anastomosing to form a series of areohe along the costa, and in 

 our species several series of similar areolae between this and the margin; 

 sori linear-oblong, one occupying each costal areola, the indusium opening 

 toward the costa. Large terrestrial ferns with bipinnatifid fronds. 



(1) W. radicans (L. ) Smith. Rhizome sliort. ficct ; stipe 40 to 100 

 cm. high, strong, naked except at the base; frond 1 ni. <>r more high, 

 one-third as wide; pinnre broadly lanceolate, acuminate, subsessile, cut 

 down almost to the costa into narrowh' linear segments serrate toward 

 their apices, subcoriaceous. 



Benguet, Loher, Elmer G512. 



Warmer parts of Northern Hemisphere. 



Our plant is intermediate between 11'. radicals as originally described 

 and IF. orientalis Swartz of Japan and Formosa, which is no longer 

 regarded as a distinct species. 



