Lomaria. | FILICES. 985 
Norru Isnanp: Abundant in dry woods from the North Cape southwards to 
the Upper Waikato and Taranaki. SourH Isnanp: Nelson—Massacre Bay, 
Lyall; West Wanganui, Kingsley; extending along the West Coast as far 
south as Charlestown, Kirk. Sea-level to 2000 ft. 
A very handsome and distinct species, confined to New Zealand, unless a 
plant lately discovered in the Philippine Islands should prove to be the same. 
17. DOODIA, RB. Br. 
Rhizome short, tufted, suberect. Fronds numerous at the top 
of the rhizome, erect, harsh and rigid or membranous, pinnate or 
pinnatifid, sometimes dimorphic. Veins forked, connected by short 
cross veinlets on which the sori are placed. Sori oblong or slightly 
curved, in one or more rows parallel to the midrib, and between it 
and the margin of the pinne. Indusium the same shape as the 
sorus, attached to the cross veinlet, membranous, opening towards 
the midrib. Sporangia stalked, surrounded by an incomplete 
vertical ring, bursting transversely. 
A small genus of 5 species, found in New Zealand, Australia and Polynesia, 
and Ceylon. 
Fronds 1-2 ft., harsh, coriaceous, erect; the sterile not 
obviously differing from the fertile .. ts .. 1. D. media. 
Fronds 3-1 ft., submembranous; the sterile shorter and 
less erect, with broader obtuse pinne. Fertile pinne 
narrow-linear, with conspicuous auricled bases oD) COLO Les 
1. D. media, R. Br. Prodr. 151—Rhizome short, stout, sub- 
erect, clothed with the bases of the old stipites. Stipes 3—8in. 
long, more or less clothed with subulate scales towards the base, 
smooth or scabrous, blackish-brown. Fronds 12-18 in. long, 14-4 in. 
broad, lanceolate, acuminate, coriaceous, dark - green, pinnate 
in the lower half or two-thirds, pinnatifid above; rhachis often 
pubescent. Pinnz numerous, spreading ; lateral 1-2 in. long, 44 in. 
broad, linear or linear- lanceolate, acute or obtuse, spinulose- 
dentate, the upper ones dilated and confluent at the base, those 
below the middle free but often dilated or almost auricled at the 
base, the lower ones gradually reduced in size; terminal pinna 
often elongated. Sori short, oblong, usually in one series on each 
side of the midrib, but sometimes portions of a second row are 
irregularly developed.—Hook. Sp. Fil. iii. 74; Hook. f. Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. 870; Hook. and Bak. Syn. Fil. 190; Thoms. N.Z. Ferns, 70; 
Field, N.Z. Ferns, 112, t. 20,{.1. D. aspera, A. Rich. Fl. Now. Zel. 
76; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 195; Raoul, Choix, 38 (not of RB. Br.), 
D. Kunthiana, Gaud. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 401, t. 14; A. Cun. 
Precur. n. 197; Raoul, Choiz, 38. 
Var. Milnei, Bak. Syn. Fil. (edit. 2) 482.—Larger; fronds 1-2 ft. long or 
more, 6-12in. broad. Pinne closely placed, 4-6in. long, +41n. broad, 
narrowed into long acuminate points, sharply dentate-serrate. Sori copious, 
in 2 rows on each side of the midrib.—D. Milnei, Carr. in Seem. Fl. Viti. 352. 
D. connexa, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 369 (not of Kunze). 
