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fronds being narrower and attenuated at the base, with a more gradual 

 acuminated point. 



4. STENOCHLJ3NA SCANDENS, J. Sm. 



S. rhizomate scandente nudo; stipite glabro subtereti; frondihus coria- 

 ceis glabris pinnatis ; pinnis sterilibus subpetiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis basi oblique cuneatis margine spimdoso-serratis ; pinnis 

 fertilibus elongato-linearibus margine integris revolutis; venis promi- 

 nentibus approximatis parallelis. 



Stenochlcena scandens, J. Sm. in Hook. Jour. Bot. 4, p. 149 ; Hook. Gen. Fil. 1. 105, B. 

 Lomaria scandens, Willd. Spec. PI. 5, p. 293; Blume, Enum. PI. Jav. p. 203. 



Hab. Singapore. Rewa, Feejee Islands : on trees. 



The climbing rootstoch of this species is long and branching, desti- 

 tute of scales, emitting its rootlets in tufts or bundles. Stipe naked, 

 from 10 to 12 inches in length, nearly round, with a shallow furrow 

 in front. Frond coriaceous, large and broad ; the sterile ones usually 

 the smaller. Pinnae, 25 to 30 in number, 4 to 6 inches long, and from 

 10 to 15 lines broad, with a short, oblique, cuneate base, the petioles 

 very short and articulated with the rhachis; the margin hard, fur- 

 nished with sharp teeth ; the upper surface shining, with a close 

 parallel striated venation : fertile pinnm elongated-linear, scarcely 2 lines 

 broad, from 8 to 10 inches long, with an entire, reflected, indusiform 

 margin. 



5. Stenochlcena heteromorpha, J. Sm. 



Stenochlcena heteromorpha, J. Sm. in Hook. Jour. Bot. 4, p. 149. 

 Lomaria filif or mis, A. Cunn. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 2, p. 363. 



Hab. Vicinity of the Bay of Islands, New Zealand ; frequent. 



This is a very distinct species, and interesting as regards its mode 

 of growth. The creeping rootstock (which is at first slender, but 

 increases in thickness towards the point, and is often branched), 



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