?20 79. STENOCHUENA. § 1. LOHAfilOPSlS. 



* (3) S. Smithii, r. A. r. S.; S. Raciborskii, C. Chr., Ind. Fil 

 Acrostichum Smilhii, Rac., Bull. Ac. Crac, 4902, 59. 



Rhizome wide-creeping (scandent), densely clothed with lanceolate, acaa 

 nate, fimhriate scales. Stipes 8 — 10 c.M. long, green, slightly canaliculat 

 scaly especially near the hase. Fronds pinnate, 50 — 45 c.M. long, 30 — S 

 cM. broad. Pinnae 1 — 3 on each side helow the terminal one, altemat 

 articulate, distant, linear-lanceolate, 15 — 20 c.M. long, 2 — 3 c.M. broad, tl 

 base narrowed, the margin entire or indistinctly crenate; terminal pini 

 25 — 50 C.M. long, often inequilateral. Texture rigid, fragile; surfaces smootl 

 naked ; reins parallel, spreading or suberecto-patent, simple or often once fori 

 ed. Fertile pinnae linear, 2^/, — 5 m.M. broad, thinly herbaceous. 



Moluccas, Aru Islands. 



* (4) fi. palnstris, Bedd. (not Mat.), Copel., Polypod. PhUipp., 88 

 Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Fam., I*, fig. 133, G—D; S. scandens, J.Sm 

 Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. CGI ; Acrostichum scandens, Ek. (not /. Sm.), Rac, Floi 

 Btz., I, 54; Lomariopsis paluslris, Kuhn (not Mett.), Ghrist, Farnkr. d. Erd( 

 41 ; Polypodium palustre, Burm., (oldest name) ; — var. juglandifolia ; S. j% 

 glandifolia, Pr., Gopel., 1. c. 



Rhizome woody, wide-scandent, naked or sparingly covered with round 

 ish or ovate, adpressed scales. Stipes 7 — 20 c.M. long, firm, erect, naked 

 Fronds 30—200 c.M. long, 20—50 c.M. broad, pinnate. Pinnae articulaU 

 numerous, lanceolate, 2 — 4 'c.M. broad, acuminate, pungently serrate toward 

 the ^pex, the base cuneately rounded, with a small pulvinate gland on th 

 upper side, whichi is often black in dried material. Texture firm; surface 

 naked; veins simple or forked, united at the base by a costal line or costa 

 arches, otherwise free, but not rarely irregularly and slightly anastomosini 

 in the fertile pionae. Fertile fronds with the pinnae linear, 2 — 5 m.M. broad 

 the edge mostly covering the sori when young. 



Var. juglandifolia: Fertile pinnae leafy at the base; stipes mu 

 ricate. 



Trap. Asia, Australia ^ Polynesia; — var. juglandifolia: Philippines. 



in Engl. & PranU, Nat. Pfl.Fam., I*, fig. 133, A— Bjjlflari»dkimrS^S» 

 L., Hk, Bk., Syn. Fil., 412j^j223£»f«rT!JFK7o^^ Christ, Farnkr. d 

 Erde, 59j^^Bedi,j:«mr-^rTrnriab. GXGU; — var. spectabUis; A. specta 



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