140 TRICHOMANES. 



Hab. Woods, Java, Blume. " Closely allied to T. lucens," Sw. — I be- 

 lieve the true T. lucent is little known or understood. I have never seen 

 any East Indian Trichomancs at all resembling it ; nor does Blurae's cha- 

 racter of T. pallidum in the least agree with it. 



Fronds from ait elongated creeping caudex. (Sp. 73 — 87). 



73. T. dissectttm, J. Sm. ; caudex long creeping stout 

 setose, fronds erect rigid black when dry scarcely sti})ulate 

 lanceolate pinnate, pinngs petiolate semiovato-lanceolate ob- 

 liquely cuneate at the base inciso-pinnalifid on the superior 

 margin and the upper half of the inferior margin, the seg- 

 ments unequal oblong or linear subincised, involucres termi- 

 nal on the segments and supra-axillary scarcely sunk small 

 urceolato- cylindrical copious, rachis terete and as well as the 

 stipes hispid. — J. Sm. in En. Fil. P/iilipp. {name only). Hook. 

 Ic. Plant. V. viii. ined. 



Hab. Luzon, Cuming, n.V29. — At first siglit this seems allied to T. Javani- 

 ciim{n. 45), being pinnated, rigid and black, but it is in reality very differ- 

 ent. Caudex long, stout. Fronds with scarcely any stipes, 6 — 8 inches long. 

 Rachis hispid, pinnae tapering into a short stalk, pinnatifid only on the up- 

 per side, except towards the apex ; the segments laciniated or incised, each 

 segment frequently bearing an involucre. Receptacle protruded. Its re- 

 semblance to T. auriculahim, Bl. is considerable, but, as already observed, 

 the pinnae are more acuminated and more divided, so as to be pinnatifid. 



74. T. melanorhizon, Hook. ; caudex creeping, and as well 

 as the thick numerous branching roots densely woolly with 

 black hairs, fronds short ovate almost sessile pinnate, pinnge 

 bipinnatifid, the segments narrow-linear acute glabrous, in- 

 volucres in the axils of the upper segments urceolato-cyliu- 

 drical partially sunk, the mouth with 2 semiorbicular lips. — T. 

 bilingue, /. Sm. in En. Fit. Philipp. Hook. Ic. PI. viii. t. 705. 



Hab. Leyte, Philippine Islands, Cuming, n. 316. — Caudex and short 

 branching fibres quite velvety with copious black hairs. Stipes scarcely | 

 an inch long. Frond 3 inches. Pinna distant, sometimes opposite, very 

 slightly decurrent. Rachis terete. Segments narrow. Involucres confined 

 to 3 or 4 of the ultimate segmeius, the mouth with rather large lips less 

 acute but resembling those of T. Filicula, Bory {T. bilabiatum, Nees), from 

 which however in other respects the plant is widely different. 



75. T. scandens, Linn. ; caudex long creeping tomentose, 

 fronds rather tall ovale acuminate bipinnate, pinnae lanceo- 

 late bipinnatifid the ultimate ones decurrent, segments cili- 

 ated at the margin oblong or broad-linear emarginate or in- 

 cised obtuse, involucres small entirely sunk in short lateral 

 segments urccolate obscurely '2-lipped, the lips sjireading, 

 cosla and terete rachis and stipes with appressed tawny hairs. 

 — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 15G2. Sw. Ft. Ind. Occ. p. 1757. Sijn. 

 Fil. p. 144. Willd. Sp. PI. V. 513, [not Hedw.) Slodne, 

 Jam. i. p. 90, t. 58, yood, {not Plum. Fil. p. 93). 



