﻿*720 79. STENOCHLAENA. § 1. LOMARIOPSIS. 



* (3) S. Suiithii, r>. A. «. Jt. ,• S. Radborskii, C. Chr., Ind. Pil. ; 

 Acrostichum Smithii, Rac, Bull. Ac. Crac, d902, S9. 



Rhizome wide-creeping (scandent), densely clothed with lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, fimbriate scales. Stipes 8 — 10 c.M. long, green, slightly canaliculate, 

 scaly especially near the base. Fronds pinnate, 50 — 45 c.M. long, 30 — 36 

 c.M. broad. Pinnae 1 — 3 on each side below the terminal one, alternate, 

 articulate, distant, linear-lanceolate, 13 — 20 c.M. long, 2 — 3 c.M. broad, the 

 base narrowed, the margin entire or indistinctly crenate; terminal pinna 

 25 — 30 c.M. long, often inequilateral. Texture rigid, fragile ; surfaces smooth, 

 naked ; veins parallel, spreading or suberecto-patent, simple or often once fork- 

 ed. Fertile pinnae linear, 2^2 — 5 m.M. broad, thinly herbaceous. 



Moluccas, Aru Islands. 



* (4) S. palustriii, JBedd. {not Mett.), Copel., Polypod. Philipp., '88 ; 

 Diels, in Engl, k Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Fam., V, fig. 133, C—D; S. scandens, J.Sm., 

 Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. CCI ; Acrostichum scandens, Hk. (not /. Sm.), Rac, Flor. 

 Btz., I, 54; Lomariopsis paluslris, Kuhn (not Mett.), Christ, Parnkr. d. Erde, 

 41 ; Polypodium palustre, Burm., (oldest name) ; — var. juglandifolia ; S. ju- 

 glandifolia, Pr., Copel., 1. c. 



Rhizome woody, wide-scandent, naked or sparingly covered with round- 

 ish or ovate, adpressed scales. Stipes 7 — 20 c.M. long, firm, erect, naked. 

 Fronds 30 — 200 c.M. long, 20 — 50 c.M. broad, pinnate. Pinnae articulate, 

 numerous, lanceolate, 2 — 4 c.M. broad, acuminate, pungently serrate towards 

 the apex, the base cuneately rounded, with a small pulvinate gland on the 

 upper side, which is often black in dried material. Texture firm; surfaces 

 naked; veins simple or forked, united at the base by a costal line or costal 

 arches, otherwise free, but not rarely irregularly and slightly anastomosing 

 in the fertile pinnae. Fertile fronds with the pinnae linear, 2 — 5 m.M. broad, 

 the edge mostly covering the sori when young. 



"Var. juglandifolia: Fertile pinnae leafy at the base; stipes mu- 

 ricate. 



Trop. Asia, Australia ^ Polynesia; — var. juglandifolia: Philippines. 



* (5) S. isorbifolia, J. Sm., Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 88; Diels, 

 in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Fam., I*, fig. 133, A — B; Acrostichum sorhifolium, 

 L., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 412; Lomariopsis sorbifolia, Fee, Christ, Farnkr. d. 

 Erde, 39; Bedd., Ferns Br.I., II, tab. CXCII; — var. spectabilis; A. specta- 

 hile, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 54; Lomaria spectabilis, Kze, Bot. Zeit., i848, 144. 



