734 CXLVIL. FILICES. [Lomaria. 
midrib, the sori E length covering almost the whole of the under 
surface. Veins of the barren pinnules transverse or oblique on the 
midrib, mostly forked. 
The genusis poeni distributed over the orent. ane ae gigs i regions of the 
globe. Of the ten Australian ogee s three are com o the New and the Old 
‘World, three are Batted the Old World and zear ei Ahsa dei: is only in New 
Zealand and the South Pacific Islands three appear to be endemi 
lig nne or with few feng segments decurrent on the 
eer 1. L. Patersoni. 
iden fronds with nu merous segments attached to the 
rhac nflue 
Meg segment as long as the others or nea: sls s . . 2. L. vuleaniea, 
Lower segments gradually smaller and more ent. 
i aoa and stipes glabrous except S the very bas 
Barren segme n, long, fertile ones 
nearly as long. Rhachis sta . L. discolor. 
segments br oadly lanceolate 1 to i in. Yong; 
achis pale 
fertile ones} to 1 in L. lanceolata, 
Barren segments dude: pe ou 1 to ur in. 
fertile ones above 2 in. cessum Rhizome with 
copious linear subulate scale . L. attenuata. 
Barren segments dixe oblong rarely i in, long, fertile 
ones 2 to 5 lines 1 6. L. alpina. 
— and stipes realy or his pid. 
Barren segments 4 , long, 3 to 4 lines broad, the 
margins and nud datis . L. fluviatilis. 
Barren MM ents 1} to 2 in. dong, 4 in. broad, the 
margins and veins ciliate . 8. L. Fullageri. 
Barren fronds Sith several or numerous pinnæ ‘attached by 
the midrib only, the lowest rarely small, 
ene obliquely truncate at 3 baso ‘ See tae E JF Caen 
Segments tapering at the base 4s, HM Oe, E ape 
1, L. Patersoni, Spreng. ; Hook. Spec. Filic. iii. 8, Syn. Filic. 174. 
—Rhizome short and thick. Fronds from under 1 ft. to near 2 ft. 
long, tdi iod or pinnatifid with few (very rarely 9 or 11) linear 
stipes, those of the barren fronds} to 1 in. broad, the veins transverse ; 
segments ofthe fertile fronds as long but only 1 to 2 lines broad, the 
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Br. Prod. 152 ; Lomaria ioak Blume ; Hook. Spec. Filic. iii. 3, t 
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ast, Hartmann. iig y, Dallachy ; Mount Lindsay, W. Hill; southern 
N. S. Wales. _Port Jackson, Woolls; New Stuart; Maclea, 
E Iron e River, Wiles; Tweed Bite d Guitfoule Twofcld Ban 
IS, dots Sealer’s Cove, Bunip and Hume Rivers, F, Mueller; Apollo Bay, 
Tasmania. Port Dalrymple, R. Brown; N. E. of Launceston, Gunn, 
