' 79. STENOCHLAENA. § 1'. LOMABIOPSIS. tl^S 



h.h. Barren pinnae equal-sided at the base. 



c. Lateral pinnae few, i — 3 on each side, (5) Si Smithil. 



e.c. Lateral pinnae more numerous, + 6 or more on each side. 



d. Rhizorne naked or nearly so; barren pinnae with a small 

 gland at or near the base on the upper edge. 



(4) S. palustris. 

 d.d,. Rhizome rather copiously scaly; barren pinnae without a 

 gland at the base. 

 e. Barren pinnae mith-tke-edges-not-eaPtUagineoiM^ I ■■ < 



c-.-.-'- ■":.'-•?. (5) S. sorbifolia. 



e.c. Barren pinnae wilh-the-edges cariilagineous:- 2 - - J 

 i- I :, . 6 !...•.,. .) . (6) S. subtrifoliata. 



(1) S. lanrifolia, J»r. (not Diels), Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 88; 

 Acrostichum laurifolium, Hk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Pil., 412. 



Stipes firm, erect, naked. Fronds 60—90 c.M. long, 30 — 4S c.M. broad. 

 Barren pinnae 15—25 c.M. long, S'/j — 4'/i c.M. broad, sessile, not articulate 

 to the rachis, narrowed gradually from the cordate base to the apex, the 

 edge sharply but finely toothed, without a gland. Texture coriaceous; rachis 

 and both surfaces naked. Fertile pinnae as long as the barren ones, '/j — I'/s 

 c.M. broad. 



Philippines and Celebes to Polynesia. 



(2) S. arthropteroidesi, Christ, Bull. Herb. Boiss., 2« Serie, VI, 998. 



Rhizome wide-excurrent, rugulose, not aculeate, brown, clothed with scat- 

 tered, adpressed, black, furfuraceous scales. Stipes scattered, fulvo-stramine- 

 ous, to 5 c.M. long: Fronds ± 25 c.M. long, ± 13 c.M. broad, broadly 

 ovate, hardly narrowed at the base, the rachis slender, minutely winged. 

 Pinnae lanceolate, + 8 — 10 on each side, spreading, stalked, articulate on' 

 distinct, black, calliform protuberances of the rachis, ± 9 c.M. long, + 2 

 c.M. broad in the fully developed plants, the upper base aurieulate-truncate, 

 the lower cuneate, the edge crenato-serrate. Texture thinly herbaceous; 

 colour bright-green; veins forked, more than 1 m.M. apart, clothed beneath 

 with scattered, black, furfuraceous scales, as is the rachis. Fertile fronds 

 With the pinnae linear, very distant, acuminate, rounded or nearly cordate 

 at the base. 



Luzon, 



