﻿774 93. OPHIOGLOSSUM. § 1. EU-OPIIIOGLOSSCM. 



* (5) O. inconispicuuiii, v. A. ». JR., Bull. Dep, Agr. I. N., d908, 

 XXI, 9; 0. moluccanum, Schl., forma inconspicua, Rac, Nat. Tydschr. Ned. 

 Ind., LIX, 237, tab. II, fig. 5; — var. niajus, v. A. v. R., 1. c. 



Rhizome + cylindrical. Fronds 1 — 2, sometimes more, 7—10 c.M. high, 

 the barren segment sessile, elongate-lanceolate, + IV2 — 3 c.M. long, 2 — 3 '/a 

 m.M. broad, acute al both ends, placed mostly below the middle. Texture 

 ± fleshy, often thin when dry; areolae longitudinally elongated. Fertile 

 spike ± 1 — 2 c.M. long, the peduncle + 1 '/2 — 2 X as long as the barren 

 segment. 



War. iiiajuis : Like the type but all the dimensions + 2 X as large, 

 and the fronds more numerous, even to 12 — 15, tufted. 



Java, New Guinea; — var. majus: New Guinea (Versteeg). 



(4) O. puniiluilB, ». A. V. R.i 0. moluccanum, Schl., forma pumila, 

 Rac, Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind., LIX, 237, tab. II, fig. 2—3 ; ? Ann. Btz., XXI, 

 tab. XIX, fig. 134. 



Rhizome short. Whole plant 1 — 5 c.M. high. Barren segment roundish 

 or rotundo-ovate, + sessile, placed near the base of the plant, 3 — 10 m.M. 

 long, nearly as broad. Fertile spike 2 — 6 m.M. long, with the peduncle to 

 3V2 c.M. long. 



Java. 



(5) ©. luacrorrbizuiti, Hxe, Prantl, Ophiogl., 322, tab. VIII, fig. 

 22; Kze, Farnkr., I, tab. XXlX, fig. 1, a— e. 



Rhizome short, thick. Whole plant under 5 c.M. high. Sterile segment 

 placed at or below the middle, lanceolate or oblong, 5 — 10 m.M. long, 2—3 

 m.M. broad, the apex blunt or acute, not apiculate, the base cuneate, decurrent 

 on the petiole. Texture thin; principal veins 3, fine, the central one stouter; 

 areolae indistinct. Fertile spike + as long as the sterile segment; peduncle 

 slender, 1 — 2 c.M. long. 



F Philippines ; South. Brasilia, Argenline Republic. 



(6) O. fibroisiiui, Schum., Prantl, Ophiogl., 32b, tab. VIII, tig. 26; 

 0. brevipes, Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. LXXII. 



Rhizome thick, bulbous. Fronds 1 — 7. Stipes very short, with the ste- 

 rile segment + close to the base, oblong or lanceolate, 4 — 7 c.M. long, 

 I'/j — 2 c.M. broad, sometimes smaller (± 2'/^ c.M. long and + 1 c.M. broad), 

 the apex obtuse or acute, the base cuneate. Texture thick, subcarnose; veins 



