152 15. OLEANDRA. 



(1) O. cuspidata, JBts., Becc, Mai., m, 44. See the Appendix. 

 Rhizome stout, woody, copiously branched, densely clothed with small, 



adpressed, castaneous, ovate, firm scales, which ai*e pale-coloured at the margin. 

 Stipes short, articulate at the summit. Fronds ligulate, cuspidate, 10 — 15 

 C.M. long, narrowed gradually from the middle to the hase. Texture rigid; 

 surfaces naked; veins conspicuous. Sori in 1 row on each side of the costa, 

 not below the middle of the veins; indusium small, firm, reniform, persistent. 

 New Guinea. 



(2) O. ciliata, XL, Linn., XXXVI, 126. 



Rhizome scandent; the scales ovate and adpressed at the base, the point 

 subulate, spreading, the edge finely ciliate, the ciliae cobwebby. Stipes 8 — 15 

 m.M. long, 5—10 m.M. apart. Fronds to ± 40 c.M. long, + 2 '/a c.M. 

 broad, acuminate, narrowed gradually at the base. Texture membranaceous 

 or subchartaceous ; upper surface naked, + glossy, under one covered vnth 

 scattered hairs. Sori not contiguous, in 1 row on each side near the costa; 

 indusium reniform, both sides unequally rounded, coriaceous, reddish-brown. 



Amboyna; New Hebrides, Pinoriim Island. 



* (5) O. coliibrina, CopeJ., Polypod. Philipp., 48; Blechnum co- 

 lubrinum, Blanco, Flor. Filip., 834; — var. brachypus; 0. neriiformis, Cav., 

 var. brachypus, Hk., Spec. Fil., IV, 156. See the Appendix. 



Rhizome woody, stout, erect or suberect; the scales dense, adpressed, 

 the base lanceolate, peltate, dark-coloured, the margin brown, + ciliate when 

 young, the apex acuminate, erect or spreading, deciduous or persistent. Sti- 

 pes mostly clustered, articulate immediately below the lamina. Fronds + 

 16 — 20 C.3I. long, + 2 — 3 c.M. broad, widening towards the upper part, 

 then narrowed and caudate or acuminate, narrowed gradually towards the 

 base, the edge ciliate with whitish or brownish hairs. Texture papyraceous 

 to coriaceous; costa and surfaces + conspicuously clothed with rather 

 long, soft, slightly crisped hairs. Sori in 1 irregular row on each side near 

 the costa. 



*VaP. brachypus: Costa and surfaces pubescent or sparingly villose. 



Philippines, Borneo, Java. 



* (4) O. neriiformis, Coe., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 302; Bedd., Ferns of 

 Br.I., II, tab. CCLXIV; 0. neriifolia, Pr. (not Cav.), Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 203, p. p. ; 

 — var. mollis; 0. mollis, Pr., Epim., 41; 0. hirlella, Miq., Kze, Farnkr., II, 

 tab. CXXIX; 0. pilosa, Hk., Ban. & Hk., Gen. Fil., tab. XLV, B. 



