Pinna of fertile Frond—under side.
LOMAPJA AUSTRALIS.
L ink . J. Smith. Kiinze. P resl.
PL .A T E S L V I I .AND I .V I I I . V O L . IV .
Blechnnm australe,
“ rigidum,
“ auriculatum,
“ tHlohum,
Lom a ria p um ila .
L in næ u s . S c h k u h e . T h u s e e e g .
ScHlECHTEND.AL.
AVil l d e n ow .
AALl l d e n ow.
P e e s l .
K aulfus s . K u n z e . F e e .
S c h k u h e .
L in k .
L om a ria— F r om Xoma—a n edge, in reference to th e posit ion o f the spore
oases o n t h e fronds . A u s tra lis— Southe rn.
One of the most beautiful of the family of Lomaría, and
rare in cultivation in this country.
An evergreen greenhouse species.
N a tiv e of the Cape of Good Hope.
In tro d u c e d into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 18.39.
T h e fronds are pinnate, and very symmetrical in form. The
sterile pinnæ oblong or lanceolate, obtuse, sessile, and superior
adnate. Terminal pinna elongate; fertile pinnæ approximate,
longer, very narrow, linear-oblong, and with the base auriculate,
P ro n d s glabrous, caudex coespitose, rachis squamnlose.
Sori linear and continuous.
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