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equal in length, 6 to 8 inches. The species appears to be rare, as we 

 only found it in the locality above mentioned. 



3. LOMARIA MELANOCAULON, Sp. Nov. 



L. stipite Icevi atro; frondibus ovato-oblongis acuminatis glabris bad 

 pinnatis apicem versus profunde pinnatifidis ; pimiis sterilium oblongo- 

 lanceolatis acuminatis subfalcatis margine punctatis apice crenatis 

 basi hinc auriculatis decurrentibus, terminali longiore, fertilium linea- 

 ribus mucronatis ; indusio lacero. 



Hab. Mount Maijaijai, Luzon, Philippine Islands. 



Stipes 8 inches long, smooth and black. Fi-onds of both kinds about 

 equal, and the same length as the stipe, ovate-oblong, smooth, acuminate, 

 pinnate at the base, towards the point deeply pinnatlfid. Pinnae of 

 the sterile ones 2 inches and upwards in length, oblong-lanceolate, about 

 7 lines broad, tapering into a short acuminate point, with a short and 

 broad, rounded, decurrent wing at base, the terminal one the longest, 

 the margin punctate, the apex crenate, the inferior base auriculate and 

 decurrent : fertile pinnce linear, mucronate. Indusium mucronate. 



Related to L. punctata of Blume; but differing in its fronds being 

 rounder at the base and in the absence there of minute obtuse pinnse ; 

 also in the greater breadth of its sterile pinnae. 



4. LOMARIA CORIACEA, Sp. Nov. 



L. stipite Icevi subtereti hinc sulcato; frondibus coriaceis glabris late 

 ovatis acuminatis pinnatis basi lobulis rotundis interpositis ; pinnis 

 sterilibus distantibus alternis adnatis lanceolato-linearibus acuminatis 

 margine punctatis basi hinc subauriculatis decurrentibus, fertilibm 

 elongato-linearibus obtusis; venis immersis; indusio lacero. 



Hab. Feejee Islands : in mountain forests ; rare. 



Stipe of the sterile frond a span long ; that of the fertile a little 



