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16. L. miocleoides, S p re n g .; rhizome long, scandent, densely clotlied with
linear cliesnut-brown scales; barren f r . m ist. 3-4 in. 1., lanceolate, 12-18 in. 1.,
1-2 in. br., narrowed very gradually below ; pinnæ 1 in. 1. or less, J - f in. br.,
lanceolate, dilated a t the base, narrowed gradually towards the point ; texture
very coriaceous, the surface shining and the veins heneatli prominently channelled
; fertile f r . on st. 4-G in. 1. ; pinnæ linear, 1 - lJ in. 1., central ones J in.
ap a rt at the base ; invol. broad, involute.—I l k . Sp. 3. p . 10. t. 146.
Hab. West Indies and Ecuador.—A more rigid plant than the four preceding, with
a different caudex. The pinnæ recall those of attenuata, but are muoh shorter.
16. L. obtusata, Labill. ; caiid. stout, suberect, clothed with dark-brown linear
scales ; st. 2-3 in. 1., strong, erect, scaly below' ; barren f r . linear-lanceolate,
narrowed very gradually towards both ends ; pinnæ close, erecto-patent, linear,
sliglitly falcate,'bluntish, J in. 1., J in. br., the lower oiies reduced down to mere
auricles ; texture coriaceous ; veins inconspicuous ; fertile f r . ra th e r longer and
on longer stalks ; pinnæ narrowly linear, falcate, J in. apa rt, decurrent a t the
base.—la b . Sert. t. 6.
Hab. New Caledonia.—Very like L. Spieant in general outline, but much more rigid,
with an elongated caudex.
17. L. Spieant, Desv. ; rhizome stout, short-creeping ; barren f r . on stalks
2-3 in. 1., lanceolate, 6-9 in. 1., 1 - I J in. br., narrowed gradually below' ; pinnæ
linear, J - J in. 1., J in. br., bluntish or mucronate, slightly dilated a t the base ;
texture herbaceous ; veins inconspicuous ; fertile f r . often 1 ft. 1., 2 in. br., on st.
6-9 in. 1., chesnut-coloured and polished ; narrowly linear pinnæ J - f in. apart,
dilated a t the base, the line of fructification a t first slightly intrama rginal.—
H k . Sp. 3. p . 14. B r it. F . t. 40.
Hah. Throughout Europe from the Arctic regions to Madeira and Crete, Caucasus,
Kamtschatka, Japan, N. W. America.—In this and the next the fertile fronds are erect,
and the barren ones more or less spreading. I t seems probable that Bleclmum doodioides,
Hook. Sp. Fil. 3. p. 60. t. 153. which has not been refound, is a Doodioid form of this,
analogous to the one which occurs iu L. punctulata.
18. L. alpina, Spreng. ; rhizome slender, wide-creeping, clothed with lanceolate
ferruginous scales a t the crown ; barren f r . 4-8 in. 1., J - | in. br., linear-
lanceolate, with spreading close-placed linear-oblong, obtuse p innæ J in. 1., J iu.
or ra th e r more br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; raehis naked ; fertile f r . on st. 4-12 in.
1. ; pinnæ narrow'er and more distant ; invol. slightly in trama rginal.—H k . Sp. S.
p . 16. F il. Fxot. t. 82.
Hab. S. Brazil ; plentiful in Temperate S. America, New Zealand, Van Diemen’s
Laud, Alps of S. Australia.—A smaller plant than A. Spieant, with a slender wide-
creeping rhizome, and the pinnæ, especially of the fertile frond, broader and shorter.
sing gradually
aecurrenti wiiig to luc sLem , f r . smaller a.... ....... ^ ........-
narrower and more d is ta n t; texture subcoriaceous; rachis naked.—H k . Sp. 3. p .
17. H k .fil. F l. N . Z . t. 76.
Hab. New Zealand.—Easily distinguished from all its allies by its oblong obtuse
pinnæ, even the upper ones more than half as broad as long.
20. L. pumila, Raoul ; rhizome slender, creeping, clothed with bluntish fe rru ginous
scales at the a p e x ; barren f r . lanceolate, 3-4 in. 1., J in. br. ; pinnoe
g t l lU U O OA.CHCO CI.L UHG O-pV-iV j e/XM! ! KJiU j I . X VX»» wv,, -- - -7 Z ^ ^
cnvoarliiio:spreading, linear-linonv-oblong,nblnno:. obtuse,nhtnsR. crenated,crenated. 4 \ in. !..L, ^I ill.in. br.,bl'..
the stem about 1 in.
1. ; fertile f r . on st. 3-4 in. 1. ; the pinnæ linear-oblong with a considerable space
between them ; texture herbaceous ; veins inconspicuous ; raeUs naked. H k .
Z e a ,a „ d .-M o s t lik e A. alpima, b u t much more d elicate in te x tu re , w ith
the pinnæ he p i u n æ udiiasuitLiinL.cutil.yj c--r-e-n--a-t-e-d--.
Central and Uwer pinnæ o f the sterUe fro n d narrowed at the base and always
di\sstuinncctulyy separated Jfr'om o.n.e. .a.notlier, bp. M JU.
21. L. punctulata, Kunze ; 4^6 in. br. ; jnnnw
3-0 in. l.,rtro n g , e re c t; barren f r . in. br., rou’nded oxvery
numerous, contiguous, ^ deflexed and the lowest reduced
cooordliattee aanndd aauurriicclleedd aatt tthhee base, ^the ¿ " - i r T c m i F i Tfoc„ot us ;; ffeerrttiillee ff rr .. ssiimmiillaarr,,
down to auricles ; * « T ! i F i / T h a n i in. h r . ; invol. often more or less intra -
Qarg'inai; ’/u-G/ifo ^ i •<. i
Hah. S. Africa from Natal southward^andJ^v.^^^^^^^^^^ t t o j r u i t o f
Lomaria and sometimes i^^^Tvrno- t 4768) in which every pinna has a large
Seolopendrium K f f s i i of the midrib towards the edge at an acute
„umber of parallel rows of and there is a form differing only
angle with the former, as interrupted, and thus agreeing with
from Bleelmm in the line « ^ j r n f A l i i w k k the pihnate-fronded series, and may
K i t k i t t o / ' K "
auricles.
T l . procera, Sp ren g .; K Ì Ì T Ì
ovate or lanceolate acuminate ii„ear, 3-12 in. 1.,
scaly below ; barren f t . ovate, • „otmded or even cordate, sometimes
i - l i n .h r . , the lower ones sta ked, gifoqtly toothed; texture
t t « Kc"'f ¿ K t
53. ’L. Gilliesii, ¿1.1 t y» T | v / . I /,X I. '
N. Zealand, S. Anstraha, Van ^ form that has the barren pinnæ
partially barren and partial y feiti e, inability to separate them clearly, a large
dightl/pknatifid. We include here, urdistinct,/anging from A. daneacea,
number of plants which have b g^ch side nearly an inch broad, up te
Kunze, whioh has only two j tuberculata, J . Sm., and, A. longifoha,
L. ornifolia, Presl (A. spectaMfi f e ty pinme, the lower ones
Schleclit), which has fronds o f t . ' “ S T l-m d s like t h o s e o f at the base of
distinctly stalked and Willd., and Blechnum lechleri, Mett., are
the petiole. A. chilenms, Kaulf., T n d A. squamidma, Desv., have densely
s i m i l a r large-growing forms; A Zealand Flora, defines four varieties,
paleaceous rachises. Dr. Hookei,
■which keep their characters under cultivation.
23. L. caudata, B a k e r; caud. "scaly below ; barren f r .
lanceolate dark-brown scales ; ii. 2-3 bekw and elongated and rooting
2 ft. 1. or more, 4 in. br., narrowed suddenly to the
at the apex ; pinnoe numerous, 9 “ , ^ ^ „ little below the centre of
midrib, but not stalked at the base streFding horizontally, narrowed
t h e s t e m , xnear -obloiigg t h ei„' iwKerr ssididee, , nnaarrrroowweedd "ssu’uddddeenniyly aa t
suddenly at the base, shghtly auiic „.i-.idually down into mere auricles ;
tthhee pp oo iinntt;; ttlliiee llooww''eerr oonneess bWluiinntt,, Ppaa®a-;JJ o » .¡^¿ualW ssmmaalllleerr aanndd bblluunntteerr ttoo
those above the centre ol the stem gi Zofour bri>'lit-green ; veins beneath
where it takes r o o t ; texture coriaceous , colom bi o n
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