Pinna of barren Froncl—under side.
LOMARIA PUNCTULATA.
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L om a ria densa,
“ auriculata,
Blechnum punetu la tum.
K a u l f u s s .
D e s v a u x . S p e e n g e l .
SwAKTZ. S c h l e c h t e n d a l .
L om a r ia— Prom L oma— an edge, in reference to th e position o f th e spore
cases on th e frond. P u n c tu la ta— .................?
A n intere stin g , ra re species.
A n evergreen greenhouse F e rn .
N a tiv e of th e Cape of Good Hope.
F ro n d s p innate, pinnæ sessile, slightly imbricate, auriculate;
sterile pinnæ linear-lanceolate, ab ru p tly au ricu la te ; fertile pinnæ
lin e a r, base above suh-auriculate.
P in næ two inches in len g th , a lte rn a te ; sterile pinnæ glabrous,
e n tire , base siih-oordate-truncate, auriculate above, rotundate
below, inferior oblong, min u te , and obtuse.
Stipes covered with subulate chaffy scales.
Rachis above sulcate.
Sori linear and continuous. In d u sium siibmarginal and continuous.
L en g th of frond eighteen inches.
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