Elaphoglossum lastii (Baker) C.Chr.

EX HERB. HORT. BOT. REG. KEW.
THIS MATERIAL IS RESTRICTED. IT IS SUBJECT TO THE RBG KEW
TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH IT WAS SUPPLIED.
C- Che.
^-CtAor-s (2^6 3 ft
FLORA OF ARUSHA DIST., R. TANGANYIKA
Elaphoglo ssum	. :
An epiphytic rhizofchadaius fern the
rhizomes stout densely covered with
"black scales, stipes brown stiff
covered with large dark brown scales, ;
fronds simple very dark green and
glossy above dull beneath and very
leathery, fertile fronds smaller and
more slender covered densely with black
spores beneath, the mid-rib of the
sterile fronds scaley with a scattering
of scales down each side of the mid-rib
on the under side glabrous above. Common
and sometimes locally dominant on tree
trunks and branches with Asplenium-
Loxogramme-Pleopeltis in Nuxia congesta-
Juniperus procera-Podocarpus-Xymalos mon
osperma-Agaureia evergreen forest on a
gentle slope of the mountain.
T0 2, Jekukuma River, 6,750 ft. alt.,
Mt0 Meru East Slope; 21/3/1966. '
P. J. GREENWAY & KANURI, 12,463,,
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