976 FILICES. ; [Lomaria. 
ovate to ovate-lanceolate, erect or pendulous, coriaceous, glabrous, 
dark-green above, paler beneath; rhachis winged throughout. 
Pinne 4-12 on each side, alternate, acuminate, broadly decurrent 
at the base, forming a rounded lobe in the sinus, quite entire; at 
the base of the frond there are usually several small rudimentary 
pinne sometimes extending down the stipes almost to its base. 
Veins numerous, close, free, forked. Fertile fronds as long as 
the sterile, pinnatifid ; pinne narrow-linear, 4-10in. long, 4-4in. 
broad. Sori continuous, ultimately covering the whole under-surface 
except the costa.—Thoms. N.Z. Ferns, 64; Field, N.Z. Ferns, 98, t. 
11, f. 8, 38a, 8B. L. elongata, Blume, Hn. Fil. Jav. ii. 201; Hook. Sp. 
Ful. iv. 3, t. 148; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. u. 29; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 367. 
L. heterophylla, Col. in Tasmanian Journ. Nat. Sci. (i845) 15 (not 
of Desv.). Li. Colensoi, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. t. 627, 628. Blechnum 
Patersoni, Metten. 
NortH anp SoutH Isuanps, Stewart IstAnD: Damp hilly forests from 
the Thames and Te Aroha southwards, not common; local on the east side of 
the South Island. Sea-level to 3000 ft. 
The New Zealand variety is also found in the Pacific islands, Malaya, and 
India. The typical state, which differs in the fronds being usually simple, 
occurs in Australia, Tasmania, and the Philippines. As in most of the species 
of the genus, the fronds are sometimes partly fertile and partly sterile. 
2. L. discolor, Willd. Sp. Plant. v. 293.—Rhizome short, stout, 
suberect, stoloniferous at the base, often lengthened above into a 
short erect caudex 1-2 ft. high, clothed at the top with the bases 
of the old stipites. Stipes 3-6in. long, stout, polished, densely 
covered at the base with dark-brown linear scales. Fronds 
numerous, tufted at the top of the caudex and forming an elegant 
crown, erect, 1-4 ft. high; sterile linear-lanceolate to oblong-lanceo- 
late, gradually tapering at both ends, 2—6in. broad in the middle, 
coriaceous, glossy- green above, dirty-white to reddish-brown 
beneath, often clothed with rufous scales when young, glabrous 
when old, deeply pinnatifid or pinnate at the very base. Pinnze 
very numerous, closely placed, horizontally spreading, 1-3 in. long, 
1_1in. broad, linear to linear-oblong, subacute, usually connected 
by their broad dilated bases, margins minutely sinuate. Veins 
close, free, forked. Fertile fronds about as long as the sterile but 
narrower ; pinne 3-14 in. long, linear, stout, often flexuous, usually 
with broad leafy bases. Sori continuous, covering the whole 
under-surface except the costa. Indusium with the margins much 
lacerated.— A. Cunn. Precur.n. 181; Raoul, Choiz, 37; Hook. Sp. 
Fil. iti. 5; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 30; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 368; 
Hook. and Bak. Syn. Fil. 175; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 735; Thoms. 
N.Z. Ferns, 65; Field, N.Z. Ferns, 100, t. 4, f.2, 24. Stegania dis- 
color, A. Rich. Fl. Now. Zel. 87. Onoclea discolor, Swartz, Syn. 
Fil. iti. Osmunda discolor, Forst. Prodr. n. 418. Blechnum dis- 
.color, Metten. 
