180 33. LOMARIA, EULOMAKIA. 



prominent ; rach& and midrib more or less chaffy ; fertile fr, with narrow linear 

 pinnae 3-4 in. 1. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Spruce, 5329. Most like L. procera, of which it may be an 

 abnormal form. Pinnae at least ^ in. distant at the base. 



24. L. B&ryana, Willd. ; caud. stout, erect, 1-2 ft, high, woody, densely 

 clothed with dark-coloured, firm linear-subulate scales ; st. stout, erect, 4-6 in. 1. ; 

 barren fr. ovate, 1-2 ft. L, 6-8 in. br. ; pinnae close-placed, erecto-patent, lan- 

 ceolate, narrowed gradually to the point, narrowed and sometimes auricled at 

 the base, 3-6 in. 1., \ in. or rather more br. ; texture coriaceous ; veins incon- 

 spicuous ; fertile pinnae narrow, linear, rather close ; invoL brown, membrana- 

 ceous, fimbriated, sometimes slightly intramarginal. L. magellanica, Desv. Hk. 

 Sp. 2. p. 27. Gard. Ferns, t. 52. L. tabularis, Mett., oldest name. 



Hab. W. Indies southward to Falkland Islands and Straits of Magellan ; Mauritius, 

 Bourbon, Madagascar, Angola, and S. Africa. Very near L. procera, but a stouter- 

 growing plant, with narrower and more spreading pinnae. Perhaps the best distinction 

 is in the scales, which here are very dense, long, and fibre-like. Usually the rachis is 

 quite naked, but in a stout-growing form from IMstan d'Acunha (L. robusta, Carm.), it is 

 densely scaly throughout. 



25. L. acuta, Desv. ; caud. stout, elongated, densely scaly at the crown ; st. 

 strong, erect, 4-6 in. L, dark-coloured, paleaceous below ; fr. stout, erect, ovate, 

 2-3 ft. 1., 1 ft. br., with numerous pinnae on each side, which are quite distinct 

 and 1 in. or more distant at the base, linear, 4-6 in. L, nearly 1 in. br., entire at 

 the edge, and narrowed gradually towards both ends ; texture coriaceous ; veins 

 inconspicuous, both surfaces naked ; fertile pinnae 1 in. distant, narrowly linear, 

 4-6 in. 1. ; rachis stout, erect, naked. L. cuspidata, Kse. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 30. 

 t. 151. 



Hab. Peru and New Granada. Most like L. procera, but the pinnae are much more 

 distantly placed and are gradually narrowed to a slightly adnate base from two-thirds 

 of the way down. 



26. L. filiformis, Cunning. ; rhisome scandent, stout, paleaceous ; st. distant, 

 1-4 in. 1. ; sterile fr. ovate-lanceolate, 1-2 ft. ]., 3-4 in. br. ; pinnae numerous, 

 spreading, linear, 2-3 in. L, in. br., distinctly stalked, narrowed gradually 

 towards the point and regularly crenato-dentate throughout ; fr. of the lower 



?art of the caudex often much smaller, linear in general outline, 3-4 in. L, 

 in. br^, with oblong obtuse sharply-toothed pinnae ; fertile fr. ovate, with 

 numerous narrowly linear pinnae 3-4 in. 1. ; rachis naked. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 33. 

 Stenochlaena heteromorpha, J. Smith. Osmunda reptans, Banks and Sol., 

 oldest name. 



Hab. New Zealand and Fiji. A very distinct species, easily recognizable by its 

 trimorphic fronds. Species 21-26 in size and habit recall 3-10, but are more distinctly 

 pinnate. 



27. L. Germainii, Hk. ; caud. elongated, clothed at the apex with lanceolate 



E ale-brown scales ; st. 1-2 in. L, erect, firm, scaly ; barren fr. 2-3 in. 1., f-1 in. 

 r., oblong-lanceolate, with imbricated spreading linear obtuse crenate pinnae, 

 the largest f in. 1., J in. br., the lower ones distant and narrowing down 

 gradually to mere auricles ; texture stout, coriaceous ; veins inconspicuous ; 

 fertile fr. on longer stalks, with pinnae nearly as broad and close as the others ; 

 rachis naked. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 32. t. 152. 



Hab. Chili ; gathered by M. Germain. Most like L. alpina in size and habit, but the 

 lower pinnae distinctly separated. We have a garden specimen of what looks like the 

 same, but is more slender and elongated, marked " L. crenulata, Moore, MSS. Japan 

 Veitch." 



