306 CHARACTERS OF TRIBES AND GENERA. 



led to the creation of many species, one of which is L. 

 magellanica of Desvaux (Hook. Gard. Ferns, t. 52), a native 

 of Tierra del Fuego, under which, in the " Species Filicum," 

 L. Boryana is quoted as a synonym ; but this is reversed in 

 the " Synopsis Filicum." The following are also treated 

 as synonyms of L. magellanica ; L. cinnamomea, Kaulf, South 

 Africa ; L. robusta, Carm., Tristan d'Achuna ; L. setigera, 

 Gaud., South Brazil ; L. zamioides, Gard. Brazil (Organ 

 Mountains) ; L. Ryani, Kaulf., West Indies ; L. rufa, 

 Spreng. (L. Chilensis, Kaulf.), Chili ; L. cycadi/olia, Colla, 

 Tropical America ; L. palmceformis, Thouars, Mauritius ; 

 L. lanuginosa, Kze., Natal. The only living examples of 

 these seen by me are L. magellanica and L. cycadifolia, 

 which I adopt as distinct species ; and it is probable that 

 some of the others when seen together in a living state, 

 will also be recognised as distinct. 



ft Fronds pinnate ; pinnce pinnatifid. 



L. Fraseri, A. Cunn. 



OBS. This is a native of New Zealand, it has a stem 

 about the thickness of a walking-stick, attaining the height 

 of several feet. 



172. SADLERIA, Kaulf. (1824). 

 Hook. Sp. Fil. 



Vernation fasciculate, erect, arborescent (2 to 3 feet high), 

 stout. Fronds 3 to 4 feet long, rigid, bipinnatifid, pinnas 

 linear lanceolate, 10 to 12 inches long, contiguous, sessile, 

 articulated with the rachis, deeply pinnatifid, coriaceous, 

 opaque ; lacinse f to 1 inch long, linear falcate. Veins 

 obscure, arcuately anastomosing, forming costal areoles ; 

 venules simple or forked, their apices terminating in a 

 thickened margin. Sporangiferous receptacle transverse, 



