438 86c. LOMAGKAMMA. 



(2) tj. hiplnnaist, Copel., in Philipp. Journ., XF, 41. 



Barren fronds ovate, + 40 cm. long, 2-pinnate, the rachis castaneo- 

 stramineous, very minutely and sparingly paleaceous, glabrescent. Pinnae 

 lanceolate. Pinnulae conspicuously auriculate, the lower base cut av^^ay, 

 the portion above the auricle lanceolate, acuminate, serrate. Texture 

 herbaceous ; surfaces naked ; veins free, simple. Fertile pinnulae moderately 

 contracted, with the higher sporangia acrostichoid, the lower often forming 

 sori on the apices of the veins. — Aside from the incomplete dimorphism, 

 this is distinguished from L. articulata Gopel., most evidently by the much 

 narrower pinnulae. 



Samar (Philippines). 



(3) Vj. loBiis^rioides, J. Sm., Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, Suppl., 

 106; C. Chr., Ind. Fil.. Suppl.; Leptochilus lomarioides, Bl., Enum., 206; 

 C. Chr., Ind. Fil. ; Gymnopteris lomarioides ., Christ., in Bull. Herb. Boiss., 

 2e Ser., I, 456; Acrostichum lomarioides., Christ., in Ann. Btz., XY, 179; 

 A. Blumeanum, Hk., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 55, p.p. 



Stipes 15 — 80 cm. long, deciduously scaly. Barren fronds 30 — 100 

 cm. long. Pinnae numerous, sessile, simple, rather falcate, + 6 — 20 

 cm. long, I'/a — 2% cm. broad, the base generally truncate-rotundate or 

 rounded, the edge serrate or toothed but more prominently towards the 

 apex, the apex acuminate. Texture thin, transparent; colour not reddish; 

 rachis and costae more or less scaly beneath, the former narrowly winged 

 particularly towards the apex ; veins distinct and more or less prominent, 

 costal areolae rather large. Fertile fronds ynth the pinnae to + 6 mm. 

 broad, soriferous over the whole under surface, but sometimes only partly 

 contracted and soriferous. 



Assam across Malaya to Polynesia. 



(4) I^. iiteroideis, .7. Sm., in Journ., ofBot., Ill, 402; Ban. &Hk., 

 G-en. Fil, tab. XCVIII; L. lomarioides., J. Sm., var., C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; 

 Acrostichum Blumeanum, Ek., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 55, p. p.; — var. 

 negrosensis, Copel., in Leaf!., II, 393; — var. subcoriacea, Copel., in 

 Philipp. Journ., IIP, 32. 



Like L. lomarioides J. Sm. but the pinnae entire or crenate, or more 

 or less strongly crenate-dentate towards the apex. Sori sometimes mar- 

 ginal on more dilated fertile pinnae. 



Vap. negi'osciiisiiS : Barren pinnae shorter, less falcate; costae 

 rather naked beneath. 



