Lonchitis
(a name given by Dioscorides to one of the orchids, from lonche, a lance; alluding to the shape of the fronds). ORD. Filices. A genus comprising two species of stove ferns. Sori marginal, placed in the sinuses of the frond, more or less distinctly reniform, but often considerably elongated; involucre of the same shape as the sorus, and covering it, membranous in texture, formed from the reflexed margin. For general culture, see Ferns. L. pubescens (pubescent). sti. 1ft. to 2ft. long, strong, erect, densely clothed with woolly pubescence. fronds 2ft. to 4ft. long, deltoid, tripinnatifid, cut down to the rachis except towards the apex; lower pinnae sometimes 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. long, 4in. to 5in. broad; pinnules lanceolate, cut down nearly to the rachis below, with blunt, oblong, sinuated segments. sori placed round the main sinuses of the pinnules, and in two or three of the hollows of the segments on each side. Mauritius. The following are forms or synonyms of this species: glabra, Lindeniana, madagas-cariensis, and natalensis.