Lobbiane. N. O. Filices. 
DCCCCVILI. 
GYMNOPTERIS TRILOBATA, Sm. 
Frondibus sterilibus hastato-trilobis seu pinnatifidis basi in 
petiolum alatum decurrentibus, lobis oblongis obtuse acu- 
minatis intermedio nunc sinuato subpinnatifidis, fertilibus 
profunde tri-quinquefidis segmentis linearibus acuminatis 
infra lobos non raro sterilibus, stipitibus paleis longis sub- 
ulatis patentibus fuscis squamosis, radice cespitosa. 
Gymnopteris trilobata, J. Smith, in Hook. Journ. of Bot. 3. 
p- 403, (name only). 
Leptochilus subquinquefidus, Fée, Acrost. p. 88. t. 49. 
Gymnopteris subquinquefida. Presl. Epim. Bot. p. 151. 
Has. Luzon, Cuming, (n. 3), Mr. Thos. Lobb, in Herb. Nostr. 
A plant evidently of the same genus with that figured at 
our Tab. 905; and for similar reasons, as in that case, M. Fée 
refers it to Leptochilus. Our plants have a short stout hori- 
zontal very scaly caudex, and the fronds, including the stipes, 
are a foot to a foot and a half long. Strangely enough M. 
Fée quotes J. Smith’s Gymnopteris trilobata under his Hete- 
J. Sm.) an extremely different species, and No. 32 of Mr 
Cuming’s collection. Our species varies with the leaves 
‘segments, and with the lower segments auriculate. Gymno 
teris taccefolia, J. Sm. initen n. 357. Leptochilus, Fee, 
Acrost. t. 50), is closely allied to the more highly developed 
form of this, but it is larger, more membranaceous, decidedly 
pinnate, with the lower pinnx bipartite, and has a creeping 
caudex. Smith’s name is anterior to M. Fée’s, but neither is 
appropriate to so very variable a species. 
Fig. 1. Portion of the sterile frond. f. 2. Portion of the 
fertile frond :—magnified. 
