33. L O M A R I A , § E U L O M A R I A .
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prominent ;
is and midrib more or less chaffy ; fertile f r . with narrow linear
pinnæ 3-4 in. 1.
Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Spnice, 5329.—Most like L. procera, of which it may be an
abnormal form. Pinnæ at least J in. distant at the base.
24. L. Boryana, W illd .; eaud. stout, erect, 1-2 ft. high, woody, densely
clothed with dark-coloured, firm linear-subulate scales ; st. stout, erect, 4-6 in. 1. ;
harren f r . ovate, 1-2 ft. 1., 6-8 in. br. ; close-placed, erecto-patent, lanceolatei
narrowed gradually to the point, narrowed and sometimes auricled at
the base, 3-6 in. J in. or rather more br. ; te iu r e coriaceous ; veins inconspicuous
; /o'it'fe ?>«»»« nai'i’ow, linear, ra th e r close ; invol. brown, membranaceous,
fimbriated, sometimes slightly intramarginal.—L. Magellanica, Desv. Hh.
Sp. 2. p . 27. Gard. Ferns, t. 52.
Hab. W. Indies southward to Falkland Islands and Straits of Magellan ; Mauritius,
Bourbon, Madagascar, Angola, and S. Africa.—Very near A. procera, but a stouter-
growing plant, with narrower and moro spreading pinnæ. Perhaps the best distinction
is in the scales, which here are very dense, long, and fibre-like. Usually the raclns is
quite naked, but in a stout-growing form from Tristan d’Aounha (A. robusta, Carm.), it is
densely scaly throughout.
25. L. amtta, Desv. ; caud. stout, elongated, densely scaly a t the crown ; St.
strong, erect, 4-6 in. 1., dark-coloured, paleaceous below ; f r . stout, erect, ovate,
2-3 ft. 1., 1 ft. br., with numerous pinnæ on each side, which are quite distinct
and 1 in. or more distant at the base, linear, 4-6 in. 1., nearly 1 in. br., entire at
tbe edge, and narrowed gradually towards both ends ; texture coriaceous ; veins
inconspicuous, both surfaces naked ; fertile pinnæ 1 in. distant, narrowly linear,
4-6 in. 1. ; rachis stout, erect, naked.—L. cuspidata, Kze. H k . Sp. 3. p . 30.
t. 161.
Hab. Peru and New Granada.—Most like A. procera, but tbe pinnæ are muoh more
distantly placed and are gradually narrowed to a slightly adnate base from two-thirds
of the way down.
26. L. filiformis. Cunning. ; rhizome scandent, stout, paleaceous ; St. distant,
1-4 in. 1. ; sterile f r . ovate-lanceolate, 1-2 ft. 1., 3-4 in. br. ; pinnæ numerous,
spreading, linear, 2-3 in. 1., J in. br., distinctly stalked, narrowed gradually
towards the point and regularly crenato-dentate throughout ; f r . of the lower
p a rt of the caudex often much smaller, linear in general outline, 3-4 in. 1.,
1 in. br., with oblong obtuse sharply-toothed pinnæ ; fertile f r . ovate, with
numerous narrowly linear pinnæ 3-4 in. 1. ; raehis naked.—/ « . Sp. 3. p . 33.
Stenochlæna heteromorpha, J . Smith.
Hab. New Zealand and Fiji.—A very distinct species, easily recognizable by its
trimorphic fronds. Species 21-26 in size and habit recall 3-10, but are more distinctly
pinnate.
27. L. Germainii, H k . ; caud. elongated, clothed a t the apex with lanceolate
pale-brown scales ; st. 1-2 in. 1., erect, firm, scaly ; barren f r . 2-3 in. 1., j-1 in.
br., oblong-lanceolate, with imbricated spreading linear obtuse crenate pinnæ,
the largest f in. 1., J in. br., the lower ones distant and narrowing down
gradually to mere auricles ; texture stout, coriaceous ; veins inconspicuous ;
fertile f r . on longer stalks, witli pinnæ nearly as broad and close as the others ;
rachis naked.—U k . Sp. 3. p . 32. t. 162.
Hab. Chili ; gathered by M. Germain.—Most like A. alpina in size and babit, but the
lower pinnæ distinctly separated. We have a garden specimen of what looks like the
same, but is more slender and elongated, marked “ A. crenulata, Moore, MSS. Japan,
Veitch."
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28. L. nigra, Col.; caud. stout, clothed a t the “ -own wHb T ® “ - £ T \ h i l a i
t. 35. Ic. t. 960.
Hab New Zealand A very distinct species of herbaceous texture, with the lower
p inK q uK dfstoct, but a larje terminal portion of the frond lobed only.
i i f o f ' ^ f - l K ’b K th e ' FppT*®^* Z Z y ’o Z Z f f l the kw e r
¿ r ï £ t I T z . ‘s ' r ; : £ r i s le’ngth b e tw /n their bases ; raohis paleaceous t l i r o n g h o u t .- /« . 2. p . 34.
Hab. New Zealand, Van Diemen’s Land, South Australia.-Easily recognizable from
all the others by the shape of its pinnæ.
30. L. membrfiacea. Col ; short the - k s linear,
short; barren f r . Imear-oblong, 6-J .„..„„st 4 iii. h, i in. br., the
erecto-patent, linear-ohlong, obtuse, * T . ? T s the lovVest gradually
Hk. Sp. 3. p . 34. t. 146.
Hab. New Z e a la n d .- In t e rm e d ia te in h a b it b e twe en th e last an d A. lanceolata.
Sterile fronds bipinnatifid or bipinnate. Sp. 31-34.
31. L. diversifolia. B a k e r;
of a typical Lomaria.
32. L. lenormandi. B a k e r ; si. 4-6 T T o U t r ^ 2 - ^ rm .'^ l! " 6 - 8 h ^ b /!! ¿ i th
long brown fibrillie ; i im f e / r . ¿ e ’ 3-4 in. 1., / t l i e r
nuinerous quite distinct liuear prmiex f ^ ¿ ^ ¿ T ttio /g b o u t int^ finely-
J in. apart.
Hab. New Caledonia, Fiefflurd-This Hero
from the description is a simply puina e p r is fibrillose, not winged, whilst
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