Underwood : The genus Stenochlaena 47 



Bay, Queensland. Warburg's specimens represented at the Ber- 

 lin herbarium differ mainly in having somewhat shorter pinnae 

 with their upper basal angle more truncate than in Presl's plant. 

 The venation and margins of the pinnae suggest Plagiogyria, but 

 there is apparently no indusium. It forms a clearly marked spe- 

 cies from a region inhabited by no other species of this section. 



14. Stenochlaena leptocarpa (Fee). 



Lomariopsis leptocarpa Fee, Mem. Foug. 2: 69. //. 29. 1844-5. 



(Type from the Philippines, Cuming IJ2.) 

 Lomaria spectabilis Kunze, Bot. Zeitung6: 144. 1848. (Type 



from Pangarango, Java, Zollinger 31 jo.) 

 Lomariopsis spectabilis Mett. Fil. Hort. Bot. Lips. 22. 1856. 

 Acrostichum spectabile Racib. Pter. Fl. Buitenzorg 54. 1898. 



Icon : Fee, loc. cit. 



Range : Java and the Philippines. 



We have not seen Fee's own specimen of this species, which is 

 now in storage with the Cosson herbarium at the Paris Museum. 

 This number of Cuming in the general collection of the herb. 



Mus. Paris, does not agree with Fee's excellent figure, but is 

 clearly 6*. Smithii. Original specimens from Mettenius' herbarium 

 agree perfectly with Fee's plate, as does Raciborski's recent ex- 

 cellent description. 



15. Stenochlaena lomarioides (Bory) [Figure 6]. 



Acrostichum lomarioides Bory, Belang. Voy. Bot. 21. pi. 2. 1833. 



(Type from He de France, Belauger.) 

 Lomariopsis Boryana Fee, Mem. Foug. 2: 68. 1844-5. (Specific 



name changed from the above without apparent warrant.) 



Icon. : Bory, loc. cit. 



Range : Bourbon. 



16. Stenochlaena Mannii sp. nov. [Figure 2.] 



Stems stout, climbing, 1.5 cm. or more in diameter, densely 

 covered with dark-brown scales ; stipes scattered, stout, 20-30 

 cm. long, densely covered with similar dark-brown scales ; sterile 

 leaves pinnate, about 19-jugate, the pinnae closely placed, up to 

 17 cm. long by 2 cm. or more wide, the lowest two or three pairs 

 slightly shorter, the upper gradually reduced to 3-5 cm. long, the 

 terminal similar but larger (8 cm. long) ; pinnae rounded-truncate 

 at the base, gradually tapering to an acute point, margins undu- 



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