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The incomplete description given above is a translation of the 
original by Kunze, changed only as to measurements to include some 
smaller but mature fronds in the Delessert Herbarium at Geneva. 
Siebold’s specimen seen there bears Kunze’s name and is evidently 
a cotype of L. danaeacea. Christensen makes L. deflexa Liebm. 
a synonym of danaeacea; this it certainly is not, as deflexa is 
described as having numerous sterile pinnae. The validity of 
Lomaria deflexa itself might well be questioned, as no type speci- 
men is indicated, and it is founded on a single sterile leaf (a not 
uncommon practice with Liebmann). 
14. S. falciformis (Liebm.) Broadh. comb. nov. 
Lomaria falciformis Liebm. Vid. Selsk. Skr. V. 1: 234. 1849. 
Blechnum falciforme C. Chr. Ind. Fil. 154. 1905. 
ants terrestrial. Rhizome (not seen), the scales lanceolate 
to ovate-lanceolate, 1-3 cm. long. Sterile fronds 70-150 cm. long; 
herbaceous; veins distinct, at least below, not heavy (often appear- 
ing as delicate dark lines), the vein spaces 12-15 to I cm. (9-12 
11 One Very young frond and also in a single pinna, both determined 
by Liebmann), Sporophyls (incomplete) at least 65-80 cm. long; 
_LU@ 36-40 cm. long; pinnae 11-22 cm. long, 4-5 mm. wide, 
with a sterile apex 3-12 mm. long, the base cordate, usually 
Petioled ; sporangia dark brown; indusium lacerate. 
__ TyPE: Cotypes (?) U.S, National Herbarium no. 474921 (an 
m™mature frond determined by Liebmann), ‘‘ad rivulos, Chiu- 
= aa Mexico, May, 1841. Berlin herbarium (single pinna now 
“the New York Botanical Garden herbarium) Liebmann 135, 
* 
Elsewhere spelled Chiuautata and Chiautla. 
