382 48. LOMARIA. 



CLXXXV; Blechnum Fraseri, Luerss., Christy Farnkr. d. Erde, 180; C. Chr., 

 Iiid. Fil.; — var. philippinesis, Christ, Bull. Herb. Boiss., VI, 149, tab. II. 



Caudex elongate, stout, suber«ct, densely clothed with linear, dark-brown 

 scales at the crown. Stipes 10 — 15 c.M. long, strong, erect, scaly. Fronds 

 ovate-acuminate, 2-pinnatifld, 30—45 c.M. long, 10—15 c.M. broad. Pinnae 

 linear-lanceolate, the lower ones 5 — 7 c.M. long, 1 — 2 cjl. broad, cut down 

 very nearly to the costa into linear-oblong, mucronate^^^igM'y toothed seg- 

 ments, their bases decurrent into a pinnatifid wii^ to the main rachis, the 

 lobes triangular. Texture herbaceous ; veins fine, simple or forked. Fertile 

 fronds similai* in cutting but more or less reduced in size. 



War. philippinensis: Caudex subarborescent, to \% M. high, 

 the scales lanceolate-ovate to subulate. Stipes 3 — 4 c.M. long. Fronds 20 — 

 25 c.M. broad, long-acuminate, narrowed at the base. Indusium narrow, 

 evanishing. 



New Zealand; — var. philippinensis : Philippines. 



