Pinna of barren Frond—under side.
LOMARIA PROCERA.
Sprengel. H ooker. J . Smith. Künze. F ee.
D esvaux. J acquin.
P L A T E L V . V O L . IV .
Osmunda procera,
Blechnum procerum,
Stegania procera.
Asp lén ium procerum.
F o r s x e e .
L a b i l l a e d i e e e . S w a e t z .
E . B e o w h . l lieH A E D .
B e e n h a e d i .
L om a ria—F rom L oma—an edge, in reference to th e position of th e spore
cases on th e fronds. Procera—Tall.
An interesting, rare Fern.
A n evergreen greeiiliouse species.
N ative of N ew H o llan d , New Z ealand, and Tasmania.
T he fronds, which are p in n a te , are ste rile, the pinnæ being
subpetiolate, oblique, cordate, oblong, acute, and se rru la te ; the
fertile pinnæ, which are contracted, are linear, very entire and
n arrow, and freq u en tly unilateral.
Stipes paleaceous.
Sori linear.
L en g th of frond from two to th re e feet.
Raised in tlic Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1883.
