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The fronds from 2 to 3 ft. long, have pale crimson stipes and.rachids 

 and light green pinnae : of extremely light appearance, one of the best for 

 basket culture. 



LOMARIA BLECHNOIDBS, Bory. 



Gard. Chron. 1861, p. 499(advt.). 



An effective hardy greenhouse fern of moderate size, from Chili, with 

 fronds, which grow in a spreading tuft from a short caudex, about 10 in. 

 to 1 ft. in height, lance-shaped in form and deeply pmnatifid. 



LOMARIA CILIATA, Moore. 



Gard. Chron. 1866, p. 290 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1867, p. 8, tig. 

 An elegant dwarf-growing tree fern, from New Caledonia by the late 

 John Gould Veitch. 



The arborescent character of the stem, together with the lobate 

 character of the pinnae, the undulate surface, truncate lobes, and spinulate 

 teeth, present the most striking distinction, and render this species one of 

 the most interesting in the genus. 



LOMARIA DISCOLOR, Willd., var. BIPINNATIFIDA, HorL 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1878, p. 68 ; Moore in Gard. Chron. 1877, vol. viii. p. 488. 



This truly fine fern, one of the best for decorative purposes, was 

 introduced from Melbourne through Peter C. M. Veitch. 



It is a sub-arborescent species with numerous gracefully arching fronds, 

 18 to 24 in. in length, from a short robust stem ; the pinnae so closely set 

 that they overlap, are cut to the rib, the sub-divisions being slightly 

 crisped. 



LOMARIA GBRMAINII, Hook. 



Syns. L. crenulata, Moore. 



Gard. Chron. 1862, p. 399 (advfc.) ; Hooker's Sp. Fil. iii. 152. 

 A hardy evergreen fern introduced by Richard Pearce from Chili. The 

 plant forms a close tuft about 6 in. high ; the sterile fronds narrow, 

 lanceolate, almost pinnate, with small oblong acute crenulate divisions, 

 and the fertile fronds taller on reddish stalks, linear and crenulate. 



LOMARIA GIBBA, Lab., var. BELLI, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1870, p. 35. 



A crested form of the typical Lomaria gibba, with tasselled fronds, of 

 distinct and elegant appearance. 



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