L en g th of frond from twelve to th irty inches.
I have not y e t been enabled to pro cu re a plant. L or fronds
my thanks are due to Mr. Smith, th e Curator of the Eoyal
C a rdens, Kew.
I t is n o t as y e t in any of th e N u rse rym en ’s Catalogues.
The illustration is from Mr. Smith’s frond.
Pinna of ban-eii Frond-under side.
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LOMARIA. 123
GENUS X IV .
L OM A R IA . W i l l d e n o w .
A n interesting genus, having simple, pinnatifid, p innate, or
b ipinnatifid fronds; th e fertile fronds being contracted.
Sori lin e a r, continuous, and indusia te , situ a ted on a somewhat
b ro ad linear receptacle, and n e a rly covering th e whole of the
u n d e r side of th e contracted fertile fronds. In dusium opening
along th e inward side.
T h e veins of th e sterile fronds simple or forked, the venules
d ire c t and free. Veins o f fertile fronds obsolete, or n early so.
L en g th of frond from twelve to th irty -six inches.
T h e re is a solitary B ritish example, viz., L om a ria spicant,
o f Desvaux.
Mr. Smith, in his Catalogue of F e rn s cultivated in the E o y a l
Gardens, K ew , enumerates eighteen species, n amely;—
L omaria patersoni, Sprengel.
“ lanceolata, Sprengel.
“ atten u a ta . L in k .
“ I’herm in ie ri, Borg.
“ n u d a , W illdem io.
“ discolor, Willdenoto.
“ falcata, Sprengel.
“ alpina, Sprengel.
“ spicant, Desvaux.
Loma ria hanksii. Hooker.
“ australis. L in k .
“ punc tu la ta , Ku n ze .
“ gilliesii, Hooker.
“ minor, Sprengel.
“ procera, Sprengel.
“ capensis, Willdenow.
“ striata, WiUdenoio.
“ boryana, Willdcnoio.
K u n z e , in his “ In d e x F ilicum ,” the following:—■
Lomaria alpina Loma ria hastata Lomaria patcrso
“ attenuata “ lanceolata “ procera
“ boryana “ r h e rminie ri “ pumila
“ campylotis “ magellanica “ p u n c tu la ta
“ capensis “ meyeriana “ pycnophyllt
“ falcata “ moritziana “ spicant
“ filiformis “ n u d a “ splcndens
“ fraseri “ onocleoides “ stenopliylla
“ gilliesii
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