380 48. LOMARIA. 



scales. Stipes 10 — 30 c.M. long, pale, erect, paleaceous below. Fronds 13 — 45 

 c.M. long, 7 — IB c.M. broad, the barren ones ovate-lanceolate, narrowed at the 

 base or not. Pinnae numerous, close, lanceolate, subfalcate, the point acute or 

 blunlish, 5 — 10 c.M. long, '/2 — ^ c.M broad, the base not decurrent, slightly 

 dilated, lowest pinnae deflexed. Texture coriaceous; veins fine, prominent 

 beneath; surfaced and edges often hairy. Fertile pinnae linear, very narrow, 

 distant, suddenly dilated at the base, S'/j — 10 c.M. long. 



Java, Celebes <^ Luzon to Polynesia, Queensland, Tasmania, Nevv Zealand. 



(^) I< eseiiolfioid« e i sit ., Kow 'Bull . ) i89<i, 7; Bloohmm ow^l - 



fioides, C. Chr., Ind. Pil. ^^^....^''''^ 



Rhizome erect. Stipes densely tufted, o'/a— 13 c.l\Lljtfigft£ie fertile fronds 

 on the longest stipes. Fronds simply pinnale^^jjje'lwren ones 12 — 15 c.M. 

 long, 3—4 c.M. broad at the middle, jM^^etl^ slender, brown. Pinnae linear, 

 obtuse, crenate, the base aui;jiJ<?tron both sides, lower pinnae deflexed, 

 gradually reduced. TgarfUfe subcoriaceous ; surfaces naked; veins distant, 

 erecto-patent, ipHiI^ed, obscure, simple, the lower forked. Fertile fronds 

 2 — 2j/^,.<!!fbroad, with the pinnae narrower, more distant. 

 < Bomm. 



(4) El. areolari s , 1Imh ' i - i; — Journi of Linn. Soo., Dot., XVI, W ; 

 Blechnum>iKeslare, Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 90; C. Chr., Ind Fi\.;Steno'chlaena 

 areolaris, Cope/., Ptsligp. Journ., II, 406. 



Rhizome long, slenJteiSv^aked, twisted. Stipes of barren fronds ±15 

 c.M. long. Barren fronds ovate7""t^<;;^5 c.M. long, 7—10 c.M. broad, pinnate. 

 Pinnae 7 — 9, 'subsessile, li near-lanceolat e >4-— 2 c.M . broad, acute, fi nely ser- 

 rate, tl (7) i;^^ vestiia, m. 



I 

 I 



h! series < 



naked ; 

 30 c.M 

 tant. I 

 Pit 



Scales of stipe and rachis at length deciduous ; pinnae not rare] 

 rigidly coriaceous, with the edge often much and irregularly recur 

 reflexed, the base rounded, truncate or cordate; veins distinct, pro] 

 beneath. — A form gathered in Luzon (Robinson, Bur. of Sci. No. 

 has the pinnae very blunt, and crenulate. Perhaps a distinct spec: 



(5) Wj. puncililata, Mime, Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil, 179; Blechnum punc- 

 lulalum, Sw., Christ, Parnkr. d. Erde, 178; C. Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Rhizome stout, densely paleaceous at the crown. Stipes 7 — 15 c.M. long, 

 strong, erect. Barren fronds oblong-lanceolale, 30 — 60 c.M. long, 10—15 

 c.M. broad. , Pinnae very numerous, contiguous, linear, subfalcate, 5 — 7 '/j 



