774 93. OPHIOGLOSSUM. § 1. EU-OPHIOGLOSSOM. 



♦ (5) ©. inconspicnnin, r. A. r. JR., Bull. D6p. Agr. I. N., i908, 

 XXI, 9; 0. moluccanum, Schl., forma inctmspicua, Rac, Nat. Tydschr. Ned. 

 Ind., LIX, 237, lab. II, fig. 5; — var. majus, v. A. v. R., 1. c. 



Rhizome ± cylindrical. Fronds 1 — 2, sometimes more, 7—10 c.M. high,' 

 the barren segment sessile, elongate-lanceolate, ± iVj — 3 c.M. long, 2 — S'/j 

 m.M. broad, acute at both ends, placed mostly below the middle. Texture 

 ± fleshy, often thin when dry ; areolae longitudinally elongated. Fertile 

 spike ± 1 — 2 c.M. long, the peduncle + 1 '/^ — 2 X *s long as the barren 

 segment. 



Var. majus : Like the type but all the dimensions + 2 X &s large, 

 and the fronds more numerous, even to 12 — 15, tufted. 



Java, New Gtnnea; — var. majus: New Guinea (Versteeg). 



(4) O. puniiliim, r. A. «. R.,- 0. moluccanum, Schl., forma pumila, 

 2 Rac, Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind., LIX, 237, tab. U, fig. 2—3; ? Ann. Btz., XXI, 



§ tab. XIX, fig. 154. 



S, Rhieomo ohort. — Whole plant 1 S C i M . highi — Pi rr rn m ~mnn tr n imitiBh 



g" or rotundo-ovate, + sessile, placed nearthejBse--»Hir5'''pIanC3— 10 m.M. 



long, nearly as hmajt [ruiiiliT-spiltp 9— fi m.M. long, with the peduncle to 



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Java. 



(5) ©. luacrorrhiznin, Jffi*e, Pranll, Ophiogl., 322, tab. VIII, fig. 

 22; Kze, Farnkr., I, tab. XXIX, fig. 1, a— e. 



Rhizome short, thick. Whole plant under 5 c.M. high. Sterile segment 

 placed at or below the middle, lanceolate or oblong, 5—10 m.M. long, 2—3 

 m.M. broad, the apex blunt or acute, not apiculate, the base cuneate, decurrent 

 on the petiole. Texture thin; principal veins 3, fine, the central one stouter; 

 areolae indistinct. Fertile spike + as long as the sterile segment; peduncle 

 slender, 1—2 c.M. long. 



.^ Philippines; South. Braiilm, Argentine RepMic. 



(6) O. fibrosum, Schum., Prantl, Ophiogl., 325, tab. VIII, fig. 26; 

 0. brevipes, Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. LXXII. 



Rhizome thick, bulbous. Fronds 1—7. Stipes very short, with the ste- 

 rile segment ± close to the base, oblong or lanceolate, 4—7 c.M. long, 

 l'/^- 2 c.M. broad, sometimes smaller (+ 2'/, c.M. long and ± 1 c.M. broad), 

 the apex obtuse or acute, the base cuneate. Texture thick, subcarnose; veins 



