86c. LOMAGRAMMA, 439 



War. subcoriacea : Texture firmer than in the type; colour 

 reddish when dry. 

 Philippines. 



(5) li. Itrooksii, Copel., in Pliilipp. Journ., IIP, 345. 



Rhizome wide-scandent, scaly. Stipes + 4 cm. long, scaly. Barren 

 fronds 1 m. or more long, + 15 — 80 cm. broad. Pinnae simple, + 7V2 — 15 

 cm. long, + 1 ',2 cm. broad, the base truncate, the edge subentire, the, apex 

 falcate, short-acuminate. Texture subcoriaceous ; rachis scaly in the lower 

 part, naked and winged in the upper part; surfaces naked, green; veins 

 immersed, reddish beneath; costal areolae small. Fertile fronds to more 

 than 80 cm. broad; pinnae straight or falcate, + 2 — 3 mm. broad, the 

 base dilated but not auricled. 



Borneo. 



(6) li. abscoiidltffl, V. A. V. n., in Bull. Btz., 1913, XI, 16;iep- 

 tochilus absconditus, v. A. v. E., 1. c. ; Acrostichum Blumeanum, Hk.., Rac, 

 Flor. Btz., I, 55, p. p. 



Near L. Brooksh Cope/, but the barren pinnae 5 — 12 '/j cm. long, obliquely 

 cuneate-truncate and often subauriculate to 2-auriculate at the base, the 

 veins pale, not reddish beneath; fertile pinnae shorter, sometimes barren 

 and much dilated at the base. 



Java. 



(7) li. |terakcnsis, Meda., Handb. Ind. Ferns, Suppl., 107; C. 

 Chr., Ind. FiL, Suppl. ; LeptocMlus perakensis, G. Chr., Ind. Fil. ; Acrostichum 

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



Stipes + 30 cm. long, shghtly scaly, the scales caducous. Fronds 

 + 90 — 120 cm. long, very similar to those of L. lomarioides J. Sm. but 

 subcoriaceous in texture, the rachis not winged, the pinnae entire or 

 obscurely crenated, the surfaces quite naked or the costae very slightly 

 scaly, the veins sunk and scarcely visible, the venation closer and the 

 costal areolae smaller; fertile pinnae 1 — 4 mm. broad. 



Malacca, Java. 



