Underwood : The genus Stenochlaena 49 



late, midribs with occasional scales ; rachis strongly margined 

 above, more or less scaly throughout ; sporophyls pinnate, the 

 pinnae 26-jugate, gradually diminishing above and below, the 

 longest (medial) 1 1 cm. long by 5-7 mm. wide at the rounded 

 base, tapering gradually to a point ; rachis similarly scaly and 

 margined above. 



Fernando Po : 5,000 ft., i860, Mann 354 (type), K (three 

 sheets) ibid. 3,000 ft. 4.4.6, K. 



Cameroons : Kalbreyer 188 \ K (slightly smaller ; sterile leaves 

 28-jugate) ; H. H. Johnston 146, K (still smaller; sterile leaves 

 only, 24-jugate.) 



17. Stenochlaena Novae-Caledoniae (Mett.) [Figure 7.] 



Lomariopsis Novae-Caledoniae Mett. Ann. Sci. Nat. IV. 15: 58. 

 1 86 1. (Type from Poila, New Caledonia, Vieillard 1529.) 

 Range : Known only from its type collection. The species 



resembles S: Pervilhim the form of the pinnae, but differs widely 



in the sporophyls. 



18. Stenochlaena oleandrifolia Brack. Filices U. S. Expl. 



Exped. 75. 1854. (Type from the Fiji Islands, Wilkes?) 



[Figure 10.] 



Range : Fiji Islands and New Hebrides. 



19. Stenochlaena Pervillei (Mett.) [Figure i.] 



Lomariopsis Pennllei Mett.; Kuhn, Fil Afr. 53. 1868. (Type 

 from the Seychelles Islands, Perville p8.) 

 Range : Known only from the type locality. 



20. Stenochlaena pollicina (Willemet) [Figure 8] . 



Osmunda pollicina Willemet, Ann. Bot. Usteri 6 18 : 61. 1796. 



(Type locality, Mauritius, Mt. Pollex?.) 

 Lomaria fraxinea Willd. Sp. PI. 5 : 294. 18 10. (Type locality, 



Mauritius, and also cites Osmnnda pollicina as a synonym !) 



Lomaria integrifolia Kaulf. ; Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 4: 63. 1827. 



(Type from Mascarine Islands.) 



Range : Mauritius, Bourbon, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands. 



21. Stenochlaena Seemannii (Carruth). 



Lomariopsis Seemannii Carruth. Fl. Vit. 373. 1873. (Type 

 from the Fiji Islands, B. Seemann J 12). 

 Range : Fiji Islands and New Hebrides. 



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