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4S. LO]>IA.T«,IA., Willdenow. 



{la) Ij. K.e,yssei*i, ». A. v>. R.; Blecknum Keysseji, Est.^ in Fed;, 

 Eep., XII, 527. 



Stipes provided in the upper part with 10 or more pair remote, 

 auricle-lilie, reduced pinnae + 2 — 3 mm. long by 15 mm. broad. Barren 

 fronds lanceolate-oblong, to 35 cm. or more long by + 14 cm. broad, 

 narrowed towards both ends, deeply pinnatifid. Lobes + 20 on a side, 

 subhorizontal, nearly linear from a dilated base, the central the largest, 

 + 7 cm. long by l^'/^ 3m. broad, straight, or upcurved towards the 

 short-acuminate apex, the edge entire, revolute; sinuses acute, the lower 

 more rounded. Texture coriaceous; surfaces naked; costa above pale, 

 flat, slightly grooved, beneath black-purple, subterete. Fertile fronds 

 smaller, with the lobes contracted, remote, connected by a very narrow wing. 



Neio Guinea. 



(lb) See also Blechnum egregium Cojxl. 



(3) L. egenolfloides, Bk. 



Omit this species, it being referred to Plagiogyria. 



(5a) li. Baiiileriana. «. A. ». R.; BlecJwmm Bamlerianum, R,st.. 

 in Fed., Rep., X, 325; C. Chr., Ind. Fil., Suppl. 



Rhizome erect, thick, woody, densely scaly at the apex; scales lan- 

 ceolate, shortly acuminate, rigidly coriaceous, blackish, brown-margined, 

 sparingly fibrilloso-ciUate. Stipes tufted, to 30 cm. long, angular, livid- 

 brown, fuscous and scaly at the base. Barren fronds lanceolate-ovate, + 

 50 cm. long, 20 cm. broad, acuminate, pinnate in the lower part, pinnatifid 

 in the upper part, entire or subentire at the lanceolate apex. Segments 

 linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, cartilagineous and minutely spinoso- 

 serrate at the edge, the central ones ± 10 cm. long, 1 '/^ cm. broad ; 

 lower segments contracted at the base, lowest + 5 cm. long, often 

 deflexed, remote, central adnate, higher connected and slightly dilated at 

 the base, approximate. Texture chartaceo-coriaceous ; surfaces naked; 

 rachis subquadrangular, ochraceous, provided with scattered, deciduous 

 scales; veins immersed, simple or forked. Fertile fronds often broader, 

 with the segments and sori long-decurrent. 



Neiv Guinea. 



