19. STENOCHLAIINA. ^ 1. LOMARIOPSIS. '721 



RhiBomo high climbing, thick , woodyj ofton angUd b y tho docurr a nt hirM 

 of the stipes, clothed with lanceolate-subulate, often ciliate, brownisL.«(!ciles. 

 Stipes firm, slightly scaly, 10—30 c.M. long. Pronds 30— JJ^fl'^N. long, 

 20 — 60 c.M. broad, pinnate, the rachis often narrowlv,,*dlQged towards the 

 apex. Pinnae distant, articulate, + 6 — 50 on eajtKwe, sublanceolate, 2 — o 

 c.M. broad, acute, acuminate or subcaudaj^f^tire, crenate, serrate- or-den- 

 tate, the base ± cuneately narrowejJXnTexture firm; surfaces naked; colour 

 blackish-green wien dry; veuj^'^allel, distinct quite to the margin, simple 

 or forked. Fertile froijdswith the pinnae smaller and narrower, + ~5 — 9- 

 m.M. broad. 



\aVyft^Ci«fta,MliH : Fertile pinnae as long as the barren ones, linear, 

 2^><jOI. broad. 



i H lfiopioal ; var i Bpoctabilie i Jfa/aya i . , 



(6) S. subtrifoliata, Copel., Philipp. Journ., I, Suppl., 152. 



Rhizome scandent, angular, densely clothed with rather long, lanceolate 

 or ovale, fuscous scales. Stipes 10 — 20 c.M. long, firm, densely scaly at the 

 base, subglabrescent towards the frond. Fronds of the fully developed plants 

 pinnate, 45 — 70 c.M. long, ovate. Pinnae articulate to the rachis, the lower 

 stalked, + 25 c.M. long, 2'/2 — 3 c.M. broad, acute or caudate, the edge en- 

 tire, cartilagiaeous ; higher pinnae sessile, often oblique. Texture coriaceous; 

 surfaces naked. Fertile pinnae ± 1 c.M. broad. 



Mindanao. 



Dubious species. 



• (7) ? S. clubia, e. A. ». «., Bull. D^p. Agr. I. N., i908, XVIII, 26. 



Rhizome scandent, woody, stout, densely scaly like the base of the stipes, 

 blackish-brown, the older parts rough and rather naked. Stipes + 35 

 c.M. long, dark-purple-brown, densely scaly at the base, densely tomentose 

 in front like the rachises, provided with 2 rows of elliptical, flattened, de- 

 pressed, paler coloured glands resembling scars of fallen pinnae, the scales 

 long, linear- subulate, brown, leaving the stipes asperous when they fall, the 

 tomentum dark-reddish-brown. Fronds 2-pinnate, the rachis dark-purple-brown. 

 Pinnae erecto-patent, not articulate to the rachis. Pinnulae numerous, rather 

 spreading, articulate to the secondary rachises, ovate-oblong, acuminate, + 

 3 c.M. long, ± 7a '^•^- hroad near te base, the base rounded or broadly 



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