LOMARIA PATERSONI.
K u n z e . J. S m i t h . M o o e e a n d H o u l s t o n .
P L A T E L . V O L . IV .
S tegania patersoni,
Salpichlcena patersonii,
L om a ria patersonii,
E . B e o w n . L i n k .
F e e .
S p e e n g e l .
Lom a r ia— 'Stam L oma—an edge, in reference to the position of the spore
cases on the fronds. P a te rso n i—Paterson’s.
A V E R Y distinct dw a rf F e rn .
A n evergreen greenhouse species.
Na tiv e of New H o llan d , A u stra lia , and Tasmania.
Ra ised from spores in the Royal Gardens, Kew, in th e year
1830.
^ F ro n d s of two forms. Sterile fronds simple, and occasionally
pinnatifid in cultivation, rig id , ensiform-lanceolate in shape, with
a crenulate margin. F e rtile fronds linear, contracted, narrow,
simple, and freq u en tly pinnatifid. T erminal, and ad h e ren t to a
tu fte d rhizoma.
L en g th of fertile frond twelve inches, and of ste rile frond
eig h t or ton inches; colour d a rk green.
Veins forked.
