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A NEW LASTREA FROM ASSAM. 145
petalis bilobis intense violaceis, carpellis tenuiter rugosis margine
acutis.
Hab. Pamphylia, Heldreick !
Stem 2-3 ft. liigli ; leaves 1-2 in. long ; bracts J in. ; sepals
^ in. ; petals 1^ in. long.
20. A. Loftusii, n. sp. — Caule erecto flexuoso inferne tereti
glabro superne minute adpresse tomentoso, stipulis parvis lineari-
lanceolatis, petiolis inferioribus laminis sequilongis, foliis ovatis vel
oblongis basi cmieatis vel subcordatis margiue iutegris subtus
nervis prominentibus, pedunculis axillaribus longis 1-2 floribus,
bracteolis triaugularibus acutis dimidio calyce brevioribus, sepalis
oblongis acutis tomentosis, petalis magnis obcordatis, carpellis
canaliculatis ad medium dorso hirtis transverse rugosis marginibus
acutis, seminibus i-eniformibus.
Hab. Mountains of Mungerrah, near Dizful, Persia, No. 43,
W. K. Loftus ! Herb. Mus. Brit.
Leaves 4-5 in. long, 2-3 in. broad ; bracts ^ in. ; sepals | in.
petals nearly 2 in. long.
(To be continued.^
A NEW LASTREA FEOM ASSAM.
By C. W. Hope.
Nephrodium [Lastrea) Mannii, u. sp. — Rhizome suberect (?),
clotbod with nearly linear, pale-brown, hair-pointed scales ; stipes
tufted, very long, longer even than frond, stiti', wiry, and, together
with the main rachis, channelled deeply on upper side and slightly
on under side ; stipe and iiiain rachis densely clothed to within a few
inches of apex of frond with hairy scales (or hairs), three-eighths
of an inch and less in length, changing rapidly upwards fi-om the
colour of those on the rhizome to very dark brown ; frond oblong-
lanceolate, truncate at base, 18j in. long, 6i- in. broad halfway up,
increasing to OJ in. at base, upper half lanceolate, gradually
acuminate ; pinnm narrow, oblong, slightly falcate, acuminate
towards tip, about 12 pairs distinctly stalked, above which the
lowest pinnule on lower side becoming decurrent on main rachis,
upper 20 or more pairs sessile, distance between pinujie gradually increasing
downwards to 1^ in. ; lowest pair of pinuiB slightly the
longest, nearly 5 in. long ; pinnae of lower half of frond bipinnate
for part of the way up (/. e., towards base cut down quite to the
rachis and with intervals between the pinnules), as to the rest of
the frond to within 4 in. of tip cut down to rachis but for a distinct
sinus between each into oblong, falcate segments, unequally rounded
at point, decurrent on rachises ; piumc :| in. and rather more wide at
base of frond, scarcely diminishing in width till near the apex
pinnules of segments J^ths of an inch long by y.-.ths broad, entire
in the upper part of the frond and becoming gradually lobcd (most
so on lower side) towards the base, not anywhere toothed at apices ;
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