Portion of barren Frond.
LOMARIA LANCEOLATA.
S p r e n g e l . H o o k e r . J. S j i i t h . K u n z e . F e e .
M o o r e a n d H o u l s t o n .
PLATE LXI. vol.. IV.
Stegania lanceolata. B . B k o w n .
L om a ria—F rom L oma—an edge, in reference to the position of the spore
oases on th e fronds. iaK c eo fe ia—Lanceolate.
A n interesting dwarf Fern.
A n evergreen greenhouse species.
Na tiv e of N ew Zealand and Tasmania.
Kaised from spores in the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year
1833.
T h e sterile fronds, which are glabrous, are lanceolate in form,
su b-pinnate, segments rig id , oblong-obtuse, and repand, the
margin entire.
F e rtile Ironds lanceolate, pinnate, pinnæ contracted, linear,
acute, and repand.
