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176 33. L O M A K I A , § E U L O M A R I A ,
6. L. attenuata, Willd. ; caud. long, horizontal, stout, densely clothed a t the
apex with linear-subulate, brigbt-brown scales ; st. 4-6 in. 1., erect, naked or
slightly scaly below ; ? r . 1-3 ft. 1., 6 -9 in .b r ., ovate, narrowed very gradually
downwards ; barren pinnoe numerous, contiguous, spreading, linear, 3-4 in. 1.,
J - | in. br., narrowing gradually towards the point, which is sometimes bluntly
serrated, dilated on both sides a t tlie base ; texture coriaceous ; veins strong ;
fe r tile p innæ as numerous but very narrow (J-1 lin. b r.) ; raehis naked.—Hh.
S p .3 .p .6 . I . gigantea, K a u lf. i l k . Sp. S. p . 16.
Hab. America from the West Indies and Guatemala southward to Brazil and Juan
Fernandez ; Polynesian Islands, Norfolk Island, Mauritius, Bourbon, Fernando Po, and
Cape Colony.—L. pteropus, Kunze, is evidently a form with the lower pinnæ confluent.
Occasionally all the pinnse are obliterated, and we have an entire lanceolate frond like
that of L. Patersoni.
7. L. VH e rm in ie r i, Bory ; eaud. u ltimately elongated, densely clothed with
linear dark-brown scales; s « 4 - 6 in . 1., strong, erect, dark-brown, paleaceous;
barren f r . ovate-lanceolate, 9-16 in. 1., 3-4 in. br. ; the pinnæ dilated a t the base,
slightly falcate, 2 in. or ra th e r more 1., J in. br., the point bluntish, a few of the
lower ones cut down suddenly into mere auricles ; texture coriaceous ; colour
dark-green, both surfaces naked ; veins not conspicuous ; fertile p innoe 2-3 in.
L, J in. br., the lower ones J-1 in. ap a rt a t tbe base.—H k . Sp. 3. p . 9. Gard.
Ferns, t. 40.
Hab. America from the West Indies and Columbia southward to Chili.—A smaller
plant than L. attenuata, narrowed more suddenly below, with shorter, broader, and
blunter pinnæ.
8. L. divergens, Kunze ; caud. thick, creeping or suberect, densely scaly a t the
crown ; St. 6-12 in. 1., stout, erect, dark-coloured, naked ; f r . 2-3 ft. 1., 9-12 in. br.,
oblong-lanceolate, abruptly terminated a t the base ; pinnæ very numerous on
each side, spreading, those of the barren frond 4-6 in. 1., J - f in. br., cut down
very nearly to the base, the edges flat, entire, contiguous, the point acuminated ;
texture subcoriaceous ; veins obscure, subparallel, nearly J in. apart a t the base ;
fertile pinnæ 4-6 in. 1., J in. br., often variously curved, dilated at the base,
rachis naked.—L. Pluinieri, Desv. H k . Sp. 3. p . 7.
Hab. Tropical America from the West Indies and Columbia southward to Rio Janeiro
and Peru.—In some of the forms the pinnæ are nearly equal at the base, in others few in
number and conspicuously dilated. This and the next may be known from all the preceding
by the abrupt termination of the frond in a downward dhection, the lowest pair
of pinnæ being usually not much shorter than the others.
9. L. vulcanica, Blume ; caud. thick, erect or subprostrate, densely clothed a t tbe
crown with subulate blackish scales ; .st. 4-6 in. 1., pale, erect, paleaceous below ;
f r . 6-18 in. 1., 3-6 in. hr., the barren one ovate-lanceolate, not narrowed a t the base
or the lower pinnæ abbreviated ; p innæ spreading, lanceolate, 2-4 in. 1., J - f in.
br., th e base slightly dilated, the point acute or bluntish, the lowest j)air
deflexed ; texture coriaceous, tlie margin cartilaginous and unduiated ; veins fine
and prominent beneath, the surface and margin often slightly hairy ; fe rtile
p innoe linear, distant, dilated suddenly a t the base, 2-4 in. 1., J in. br.—H k . Sp.
3. p . 13. Ic. t. 969. L. pilosa, Brack.
Hab. Java, Polynesian Islands, New Zealand, and Van Diemen’s Land.
10. L. opaca. Baker ; caud. ascending, clothed a t tlie crown with numerous
linear dark-brown sc ales; barren f r . ovate, narrowed very gradually below,
6-12 in. 1., 4-6 in. br. ; pinnm numerous, close, spreading horizontally, linear-
oblong, 1-2 in. ]., J - | in. br., dilated and connected a t the base, tbe margin
undulato-dentate, and tbe apex b lu n tly rounded and emarginate ; texture thick
and coriaceous ; veins fine, a t least twice branched, sometimes anastomosing
before they m im /ro u ? d i n a r r o w ?
S e a T S n i - T B l I t t n / i i m J u. Annales, 4 ser. p a rt 15. 69.
Hah. G a th e red hy M ik e ^
T f o H h T f , t d ! r £ o T u T ' d T T r t h i n ’a considerable d istan ce of th e raohis. M e tten iu s
compares i t in h a b it to L . mgra.
t t t Spieant group. Fronds smaller, Uneeolate, pinnm not more than 1 - lJ in. I.
pinnæ close, L ./.î/s l-fa o e s n ak ed ; texture coriaceous,
spreading
« 429. S p . 3 . p . l l .
Hab. A u stra lia , V a n Diemen’s L a n d , N ew Ze aland, an d P olynesian Is la n d s .
r SinTi: stTong, erect, da rk c h e s n u t - b r o w n ; ? ,» -
with ovate-lanceolate scales at the ba. , / . dwarfed into rounded
down to the rachis below ; barren p finm , o T s narower and more
t a / ; : « 18^6, ?,. 290.
Ferns Brit. ^ For. p . 296. „ •*.
H a b . Ch ath am Is lan d s — “ A llied A. ¿ a r g in
S t S I J J J J Z Z Z Z r u Ä l y - f r n i t e d very b lu n t crowded pinme and
fringed indusia .”—Moore, I. c.
14. L. aspera, Klotzsch ; caud. ¿ T T F ^ i f / r . ' ^ ’e 'in . L,°*2**in. hr.,
linear chesnut-brown scales; (,gfow •’?,*»— clo se , the largest | in. 1.,
the invol. broad, and involute.—Eh. 5. p- . ^ a ^
p l a r - S / a T “ i / r T : S ' i s l u ^ :V ^ n h e T t t o one is
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